Research Ethics
I have had a long-standing interest in and commitment to advancing research ethics in the province and nationally. I contributed to various national and provincial working groups and policy statements on research ethics, including CIHR鈥檚 Privacy Best Practices, CIHR鈥檚 Guidelines for Health Research Involving Aboriginal Peoples, the Canadian standards for Ethical Review and Oversight of Human Research [CAN/HRSO-200.01-2021] (2021) and Development of a Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) [CAN/HRSO-100-01-2020 (2020). I served as a member of CIHR鈥檚 Standing Committee on Ethics and was a member of the board of the National Council for the Ethics of Health Research (NCEHR) from 2003 to 2009. Provincially, I was a member of the Health Research Ethics Authority Transition Team that established the innovative centralized provincial . I have served as ethicist and Chair on one or more of its subcommittees for most of its operation. In retirement, I continue to represent the REB chairs as ex-officio member of the Health Research Ethics Authority Board of Directors, where I contributed to the development and implementation of the HRE Act (2025). My contributions to research in the field of research ethics are detailed in the research section of this faculty profile.