Research Ethics
Graduate and Undergraduate courses which include student research projects with human participants must undergo an ethics review. Regardless of whether the research is considered low, medium, or high risk for the participating subjects, the review must be conducted by the University of Toronto Research Ethics Board (REB). Faculty supervisors for course-based research projects must initiate the submission process for their students by logging into My Research Human Protocols (MRHP) within their My Research portal and by following the instructions for student submissions.
Similarly, ethics protocols for graduate student Major Research Papers (MRP) and Research Practicum projects involving research with human participants must be submitted to the REB, whether the research is low, medium or high risk. Faculty supervisors for the MRP's and Practicum projects must initiate the submission process for their students by logging into My Research Human Protocols (MRHP) within their My Research portal and by following the instructions for student submissions.
The approval process may require revisions and resubmission of the Protocol Form. Applicants of ethics protocols are encouraged to submit the completed forms well in advance of the course and/or research project start date. You can find more information about course based research ethics protocols here: Ethics Review of Course-based Research.