MEMORANDUM
To: Principals, Deans, Academic Directors, and Chairs
From: Professor Paul Young, Vice-President, Research
Date: March 24, 2011
Subject: Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS2 2010)
On December 6, 2010, the second edition of the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS2 2010) was released by the federal granting agencies and now supersedes the first edition.
The Tri-Council Policy Statement (TCPS 1998) was developed by the three federal granting agencies (CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC, collectively the Tri-Council) to be a single ethics guidance document for human participant research in Canada. The University of Toronto, as a recipient of funds from all three federal agencies, complies with its requirements in the review, oversight and conduct of research that involves human participants and/or personal information.
TCPS2 2010 represents a significant overhaul of TCPS, reorganizing the 1998 document for a better flow, clarifying and providing context on articles within, and expanding or adding chapters including ones on qualitative research, Aboriginal research and internet research. A Table of Concordance summarizing the substantial differences between TCPS 1998 and TCPS2 2010 is attached for your convenience.
The Office of Research Ethics (ORE) and Research Ethics Policy and Advisory Committee (REPAC) will be working with my office, Research Oversight and Compliance Office (ROCO), researchers and the University of Toronto Research Ethics Boards (REBs) to analyze TCPS2 2010 and revise the University’s policies, practices, and guidelines in line with the new requirements.
TCPS2 can be found at:
http://www.pre.ethics.gc.ca/eng/resources-ressources/news-nouvelles/nr-cp/2010-12-07/
In the event you may have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Rachel Zand, Director Office of Research Ethics at rachel.zand@utoronto.ca.
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