The Research Ethics Board (REB) is an autonomous body mandated by Dawson College’s Board of Governors to review the ethical acceptability of research involving humans, when conducted by Dawson faculty, staff, students or approved external researchers. The REB supports researchers in maintaining the highest ethical conduct, by ensuring that the ethical guidelines of the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans TCPS 2 (2022) and the Dawson College Policy on the Ethical Conduct of Research Involving Humans are respected.

Questions regarding the ethics review process, submitting an application to the REB, the status of an application, review letters or requests for ethics advice can be directed to the REB Coordinator at rebapply@dawsoncollege.qc.ca.

REB Meeting Dates and Submission Deadlines

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. However, the REB does not meet or review applications during the summer months. REB applications received during this period, may only be reviewed in the fall semester, starting in September.

Please note that the deadlines indicated are for initial REB application submissions that require a full board review.