The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) have received the final report of the Tri-Council Working Group on ethical conduct for research involving humans.

The three councils will conduct a final consultation process before adopting a formal policy statement concerning ethical conduct, in early 1998.

The Humanities and Social Sciences Federation has agreed to facilitate on behalf of SSHRC a consultation of the social sciences and humanities research community on the final document.

The Code of Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans is posted on the MRC Web site and hot links have been established from the SSHRC and NSERC sites to the document so that everybody can access and down load it: MRC: www.mrc.hwc.ca; SSHRC: www.sshrc.ca; NSERC: www.nserc.ca; HSSFC: www.hssfc.ca (under the entry General Interest).

The Federation will facilitate five regional consultation meetings during September and October in the following universities:

UBC - Sept. 16
Regina - Sept. 17
Toronto - Sept. 25
Montréal*
Dalhousie - Oct. 27

Information on the time and location will be provided on the Federation's Web site under General Interest as soon as available.

We would encourage you to inform your colleagues and faculty in your university who would be interested in attending this consultation meeting.

* The date for the consultation meeting at the Université de Montréal was not available at press time. Please check the HSSFC web site for current details.

Source: www.hssfc.ca

Background: CAUT Bulletin reports September 1996 & January 1997.