MEMO
    SFU
    S.ll-140
    ATTENTION: Senate,
    c/o Kate Ross, Registrar and
    Secretary of Senate
    FROM: Simon
    Verdun-Jones
    , Chair, Research Ethics B oard
    RE: Annual
    REB
    S
    enate
    Report 2010/11
    DATE: Octo
    ber 18, 2011
    Dear Kate Ross:
    In accordance with Policy R20.01, "Ethics Review of Research
    Involving
    Human Subjects", Section 3.6, I am submitting, on behalf of the
    Research Ethics Board, the Annual
    Report to Senate. The report spans the time
    frame September 1, 2010 to August 31, 2011.
    Sincerely,
    Simon N. Verdun-JpH-elCj.S.D
    Professor, Criminology
    Chair, Research Ethics Board
    Enclosure
    /bjr
    SIMON PHASER UNIVERSITY
    THINKING OF THE WORLD
    SFU
    Office of Research Ethics
    Annual Report to Senate
    September 1,2010- August 31,2011
    Regular meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month. The REB (Research Ethics
    Board) Web site is located at:
    http://www.sfu.ca/vp-research/ethics/index.htm
    1. Current Members
    Term Ends
    Elected by/from Faculty
    Simon Verdun-Jones (Chair)
    Arts and Social Sciences
    May 31, 2013
    Vacant
    Applied Sciences
    Cindy Patton
    Arts and Social Sciences
    May 31,2013
    Vacant
    Business
    Vacant
    Education
    May 31,2012
    Denise Zabkiewicz
    Health Sciences
    May 31, 2012
    Vacant
    Environment
    Robert Young
    Science
    May 31, 2013
    Gary
    McCarron
    Communication, Arts
    May 31,2013
    And Technology
    Elected by Senate from the University Community
    Andreas Pilarinos
    Undergraduate Student
    May 31, 2012
    Gord Pritchard
    SIAT
    May 31,2012
    Student Member Elected by Senate
    Thomas Unsoeld
    Student
    May 31,2012
    Lorenz Yeung
    Alternate Student
    May 31,2012
    Elected by Senate from Community Outside the University
    Margit Nance (Deputy-Chair)
    May 31, 2012
    Laurence Turner
    May 31,2012
    Office of Research Ethics
    Hal Weinberg, Director, Ex-officio (non-voting)
    Barb Ralph, Ethics Officer
    Janet Yule, Ethics Assistant
    Angela Tai, Office Assistant
    Nagisa Inoue, Office Assistant (1/2 time)
    SIMON ERASED UNIVERSITY
    THINKING OF THE WORLD
    SFU
    Office of Research Ethics
    REB Annual Report to Senate 2010/11
    Page 2.
    The Chair, Dr. Verdun-Jones, was re-elected. Ms. Margit Nance was elected as Deputy-Chair.
    2. Minimal Risk Applications Approved by the REB September 1, 2010
    to August 31, 2011.
    Faculty- 196
    Graduate Students - 257
    Undergraduate Students - 33
    Post Doctoral - 8
    Staff-2
    Adjunct-4
    Other (R.A.s, Visiting Scholars) - 3
    Total applications - 503
    3. Non-Minimal Risk Applications Approved by the REB September 1, 2010
    to August 31, 2011 -5
    4. Courses Approved by the REB under Policy R20.01
    The REB approved 12 course applications
    Information
    The REB held two Retreats, one on October 20, 2010 and one on May 25, 2011 at which the
    members discussed and received training on the Tri-Council Policy Statement 2.
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