Year: 2022

First thing’s first! Where is the form? It is available on ICE: Teams – Academic – Research Services, Innovation and Entrepreneurship – Research Ethics Board (REB), then click on “Related Forms” on the left hand side (or just click here). All of the REB forms are listed alphabetically, so scroll down to find the “Secondary […]

 Research projects that would fall under secondary use are those which utilize previously-collected data to answer a new research question. Before the research can begin, the Research Ethics Board (REB) will need to review your proposed research. Using old data to answer new questions has a number of advantages, such as not wasting resources (e.g., […]

In previous issues, I have addressed the forms required for secondary use of data as well as how, in some cases, participants’ consent may not be required for secondary use projects. This week, I will define what a secondary use research project really is (to be continued in the next issue). In future articles, I […]

In December, I asked for your feedback in a quick two-question survey. Thank you for providing it. This was one of the suggested topics 🙂 The goal of your research project is to answer one or more research questions (typically 1-2 questions, which may have related sub-questions, also termed secondary research questions). So, your question […]

The short answer is “no”. No, informed consent is not always required, but it usually is. As a general rule, researchers are not required to obtain consent form participants if obtaining their consent will do more harm (broadly defined) than using the data without participants’ consent. For example, in the case of secondary data. Suppose […]