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Dalhousie University Senate has approved the Policy on Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (Senate, April 8, 2024) as part of the regular policy renewal process.

Dalhousie University is committed to promoting the responsible conduct of research involving humans and communities that values human dignity through the application of the ethical principles of respect for persons, concern for welfare, and justice. The purpose of the Policy on Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans is to support the conduct of ethical and respectful research, by:

1. Ensuring that all individuals conducting research involving humans under the University’s auspices or jurisdiction are doing so with appropriate ethical oversight by a research ethics board and consistent with the principles and guidance of the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans;
2. Establishing an independent ethics review structure;
3. Describing the mandate, authority and responsibilities of researchers, the research ethics boards, and the University in ensuring that research involving humans is ethically acceptable.

Read the Policy on Ethical Conduct of Research Involving Humans.