Animal Care Committee

Principal Investigators (PIs) who consider it necessary to use vertebrates or cephalopods in their research, teaching or testing in the laboratory or in the field, must first apply to the UACC for an animal care protocol. Only when approval is granted may the research involving use of animals begin.

PIs are responsible for adhering to CCAC Guidelines and should be familiar with CCAC's Ethics of Animal Investigation. Applications that have not been Peer Reviewed for scientific merit must have an independent Peer Review completed, which is facilitated by the Office of the Vice President, Research and Innovation (VPRI).

• You can start the process for scientific merit review by emailing avprea@sfu.ca.
• For questions regarding animal care protocol submissions, please contact sfu-uacc@sfu.ca. 

PIs are reminded to download an application form from this site for each submission. Electronic submissions (in Word) should be emailed to sfu-uacc@sfu.ca.  

Meetings

Meetings are held on the last Tuesday of every month (with possible exemptions for August and December). The deadline for protocol submission is 4:00pm, 2 weeks prior to the next scheduled UACC meeting. Late submissions will not be reviewed until the following meeting.

Forms

• Application to Use Animals for Research or Teaching and End-Point Agreement
• Application to Use Animals for Research or Teaching (Category of Invasiveness A)
• Animal Care Protocol Approval Form - For Thesis Submission
• Amendment to a Protocol
• Personnel Amendment to a Protocol
• Protocol Annual Renewal Form (Lab Based)
• Protocol Annual Renewal Form (Field Based)