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Ethics in Community Based Research

On January 31st, 2008, CCBR hosted an open community meeting to discuss the need and vision for ethical review of community based research in Waterloo Region. The meeting was attended by over 45 representatives from local community organizations, social institutions, government, non-governmental funders, and academics. The purpose of this meeting was to determine if there is a local need for ethics review and protocol in community r

Forum participants discuss research ethics
esearch and if so, how this can be accomplished in Waterloo Region.

A main finding from the meeting was a strong need for a collective response in the near term. The meeting ended with a call for a working group to implement the ideas generated by meeting participants. Twelve people volunteered to join this working group.

Read complete meeting report.