Agenda and Conference Handouts

**Some presentation slides are available. Please refer to hyperlinks in the Agenda.**

 

Agenda

 

 

 

 

Thursday, June 21, 2018


 

Venue: UNC Ballroom - inside University Centre

   
8:00am - 9:00am Breakfast
   
9:00am - 9:15am Territorial Acknowledgement & Welcome, Elder Grouse Barnes
   
9:15am - 10:15am Modifying Photovoice to Fit: Examining the Ethics of On-the-Ground Research
Robert Henry, PhD; Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Calgary
   
10:15am - 10:30am Break
   
10:30am – 12:00pm Panel: Technology Platforms
Carman Neustaedter, Associate Professor, School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University;
SFU REB member
Reese Muntean, PhD Student; School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University
Mike Van der Loo; PhD, Associate Professor and Associate Head, External Dept. of Mechanical Engineering;
Director, CARIS Lab, UBC
   
12:00pm – 1:30pm Networking lunch
   
1:30 - 2:30pm Medical assistance in dying two years on: Challenges and potential research agenda
Eric Wasylenko, MD BSc CCFP (PC) MHSc (bioethics); Medical Director, Health System Ethics and Policy,
Health Quality Council of Alberta; Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Oncology,
Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
   
2:30 - 3:30pm Open is the New Closed: Privacy and Security in Modern Research
Scott Baker, BASc. CISSP PMP; Health Research Data Project Manager, Advanced Research Computing, UBC
Holly Longstaff, PhD; Research Privacy Advisor, Provincial Health Services Authority; Ethicist, BC Cancer REB
   
3:30pm – 4:00pm BCEHI Update
   
4:00pm - 4:15pm Break
   
4:15pm – 5:15pm Cycling through Effective Data Management
Scott Baker, BASc. CISSP PMP; Health Research Data Project Manager, Advanced Research Computing, UBC
The Life Cycle of Data (in a hospital context)
Dawn Pollon, PhD; Research Ethics Coordinator, Island Health Authority, Health Research Ethics Board (HREB)
   
5:15pm – 7:00pm Wine & Cheese Reception
   
   
Friday, June 22, 2018 Venue: 8:00-9:00 (UNC Ballroom); 9:15-10:45 (Purcell Lounge at 1323 International Mews); 10:45 onwards (UNC Ballroom) 
   
8:00am – 9:00am Breakfast (UNC Ballroom)
   
9:00am – 9:15am Welcome (UNC Ballroom)

** PLEASE NOTE THE OPENING SESSION (9:15AM-10:45AM) WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE PURCELL LOUNGE **
   
9:15am – 10:45am Panel: Research Ethics Considerations when Working with Indigenous Communities

***** This session will be held in the Purcell Lounge at 1323 International Mews*****

Gillian Corless, MA, Senior Advisor, Research and Ethics, Research and Knowledge Exchange, First Nations Health Authority
Tim Michel, Project Coordinator, Promoting Indigenous Led Actions in Respecting (PILAR) Tobacco Project

TBD
   
10:45am – 11:00am Break (UNC Ballroom)
   
11:00am – 12:00pm Ethical Issues to Consider in Genetics and Genomics Research
Laura Arbour, MD MSc FRCPC FCCMG; Professor, UBC Department of Medical Genetics;
Affiliate Professor, University of Victoria; Clinical Geneticist, Island Health Authority
   
12:00pm – 12:30pm Student research
Lisa Shearer, BSc. B.E.A.D., Associate Manager, Behavioural Research Ethics Board, UBC Okanagan
Eugenie Lam, MA; Human Research Ethics Coordinator, Office of Research Services, University of Victoria
   
12:30pm - 1:30pm Lunch
   
1:30pm - 3:00pm Panel: Patient-oriented research: Ethical considerations when engaging patients in the research process
Nelly Oelke, RN, PhD; Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBCO
   and Academic Co-Lead, BC SUPPORT Unit Interior Centre, Interior Health Authority
Ruth Lavergne, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Brenda Jagroop
Ursula Wick
   
3:00pm Closing remarks & Adjournment 
   

Conference Handouts

The REB West Planning Committee would like to acknowledge the generous support of the Interagency Panel on Research Ethics and Panel on Responsible Conduct of Research, funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).