Membership

The following minimum requirements shall be satisfied among the BUREC membership, who represent gender diversity:

• two (2) members with expertise in relevant research disciplines, fields and methodologies covered by BUREC;
• one member knowledgeable in ethics;
• one member knowledgeable in relevant law, who is not Brandon University’s legal counsel or risk manager; and
• one community member with no affiliation to Brandon University.

Term

Members of BUREC shall serve three-year terms.

Responsibilities

It is the responsibility of BUREC to:

1. establish and maintain policies and procedures for the ethical conduct of human participatory research. These must include the TCPS2, the BUREC Policies and Procedures, and should also include accepted disciplinary guidelines relevant to the nature of the project;
2. nominate a Chair who has the necessary knowledge of and experience with TCPS2, all applicable University policies and procedures, and the administrative responsibilities of BUREC;
3. approve, propose modifications, or terminate any proposed or ongoing ethics research conducted by members of, or within, Brandon University under the guidance of the TCPS2 and BUREC’s policies and procedures;
4. ensure that appropriate mechanisms exist to inform researchers of these Policies and Procedures;
5. provide consultation to researchers on human ethics matters;
6. provide periodic opportunities for education on human participants’ ethics to its own members and to members of the University’s research and scholarly community;
7. disclose any real, potential or perceived conflicts of interest regarding any relationship to researchers (and team members) who have submitted ethics applications;
8. regularly review these Policies and Procedures, and recommend any necessary policy changes for Senate approval;
9. in the event of an ethics appeal at The University of Winnipeg, will serve as an appeal body, under the terms of a joint appeal agreement between Brandon University and The University of Winnipeg; and
10. in situations of non-compliance, issue the appropriate course of action and penalty.