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Building UBC-BREB Research Ethics Applications

Find resources for drafting your research ethics application. This guidance is developed by and applies specifically to Indigenous-focused ethics applications submitted to the UBC Behavioural Research Ethics Board (BREB). Additional general guidance is provided on the Office of Research Ethics website. If you are undertaking research from the UBC-Okanagan campus, visit https://ors.ok.ubc.ca/ethics-compliance/research-ethics/. 

If you are submitting for ethics review at another academic institution, you may find relevant guidance in Other Resources - Institutions & Training.

  The BREB will ask you to finalize agreement with the communities involved in your research before submitting your ethics application. The ethics application includes questions about community protocols and practices. Reviewers will be looking for how you have integrated these into research activities that require REB review and approval.

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Resource Description Resource Owner
Understanding Section G of the Behavioural Research Ethics Application

Section G of the Behavioural Research Ethics Application includes questions specific to Indigenous-focused research. This guidance provides more information about when to complete this section and the types of information to include.

 ORE/BREB
BREB Indigenous Research Core Considerations

Includes core considerations for ensuring the ethical conduct of Indigenous-focused research and reviewing research ethics applications; developed by UBC's Office of Research Ethics.

 ORE/BREB
Coversheet for study closure: Indigenous-focused Research

UBC ethics applications are closed at the end of the study. This guidance explains how to fill in the cover sheet in RISe for BREB ethics applications.

 ORE/BREB

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Contact the UBC Behavioural Research Ethics Board office:
researchethics.ubc.ca/behavioural-research-ethics/contact-breb

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