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Reviewing and Approving UBC-BREB Research Ethics Applications

Find resources that clarify UBC Behavioural Research Ethics Board (BREB) review and approval processes. Guiding UBC-BREB reviews is a commitment to facilitate Indigenous led and partnered research. The BREB recognizes the distinctness of Indigenous groups, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit in Canada and Indigenous Peoples around the world. The BREB uses the frameworks and guidance provided by OCAP®, the BC Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, as well as the TCPS 2 Chapter 9 to guide its reviews.  

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BREB review steps for Indigenous-focused research ethics applications

Explains the steps UBC’s Behavioural Research Ethics Board follows when reviewing an Indigenous-focused research ethics application, from when it is first received through approval. 

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First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge with gratitude, respect and humility the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples, on whose traditional, ancestral, unceded lands UBC Vancouver is situated, as well as the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples, on whose traditional, ancestral, unceded lands UBC Okanagan is situated. We also thank UBC's Office of Indigenous Strategic Initiatives for financial assistance to build this site.

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