UCLA Application Details
Application Information & Instructions
Please note that submission deadline is the first Thursday of every month. Please ensure that your documents are submitted prior to your expiry or expected start date (we recommend submission 8 weeks in advance or more).
Researchers, reviewers and signing authorities can now use the online portal to perform their animal ethics tasks in the application process from anywhere with an internet connection.
- User Guides, training opportunities, FAQs, and Support details
- ROMEO RESEARCHER PORTAL LOGIN
- If you have not done so already, please register for portal access.
If you or your lab require individual training, please contact Researcher.Portal@dal.ca
Learn more about the Animal care committees processes and procedures.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. The Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) requires all certified institutions to notify the CCAC regarding any major animal welfare incidents within 10 days of their occurrence. Major animal welfare incidents examples are:
- a catastrophic failure of critical life-support system(s);
- disregard of, or unintended failure to follow approved practices or procedures;
- significant and unanticipated morbidity or mortality unrelated to the above; and
- serious or repeated noncompliance with CCAC standards that leads to the suspension by the animal care committee or the institution of an animal-based activity that threatens animal health or welfare.
The committee needs to be informed as soon as a major animal incident occurs, the usual mechanism is via Animal Care staff. However, if any researcher has concerns or wishes to discuss animal welfare please contact either Animal Care staff or the UCLA office.
If you have any questions, please contact UCLA@dal.ca
Teaching Protocols Require Pedagogical Merit Review
For teaching protocols, we now require a pedagogical merit review for all teaching protocols. Please see the CCAC FAQ page for more details. For Instructors, please complete the following form and include it with your protocol submission on Romeo.
CCAC Resources
- CCAC Ethics of Animal Investigation
- CCAC Categories of Invasiveness in Animal Experiments
- CCAC The care and use of Wildlife
- CCAC Social and Behavioural Requiements of experimental animals
Attachments
- Attachment A [Doc - 23kB]: Part 1 & 2: Anesthesia and Surgery (updated August, 2015)
- Attachment B [Doc - 83kB]: Progress Report (Note: Attachment B is different from Form B) (updated August, 2015)
- Attachment C [Doc - 16kB]: Teaching (updated August, 2015)
- Attachment D [Doc - 38kB]: Field Studies (updated August, 2015)
- Attachment E [Doc - 50kB]: Hazardous Agents (updated August, 2015)
- Attachment F [Doc - 45kB]: Breeding Colonies (updated August, 2015)
- Attachment F (FISH) [PDF File]: Fish Breeding Colonies
- Attachment G [Doc - 36kB]: Immunization of Animals (updated August, 2015)
- Attachment H [Doc - 34kB]: Tumors, Stem Cells, and Other Biological Materials (updated August, 2015)
- Attachment I [Doc - 29kB]: Regulatory Testing (updated August, 2015)
- Attachment J [Doc - 31kB]: Use of Laboratory Animals Outside of Animal Facilities (updated August, 2015)
Additional attachments:
- Master Checklist
- Scientific Peer Review of Animal Research Proposals from Corporate Partners
- Attachment K: Novel/Uncharacterized Compound Risk Assessment
- Attachment L: Access of Corporate Partners to Animal Care Facilities for research involving chemical and biological hazards and risks
Please contact UCLA@dal.ca to access the forms listed above.