With the continued risk of COVID-19 exposure and as Public Health and institutional directives such as physical distancing continue to be mandated, researchers must think about converting studies involving in-person contact into remote methods of…
The France-Canada New Scientific Collaboration Support Program provides funding for new scientific projects jointly developed by French and Canadian teams that have never worked together before. Submitted proposals must be joint projects between a French…
The Government of Canada has launched a portal to provide information and guidance on how to protect your research. This Safeguarding Your Research portal is a public resource created to raise awareness and provide researchers…
Regarding entry into Phase 4 of research recovery, please see attached document produced by Western’s Human Resources that provides guidance to the process of inviting campus visitors and the preparations they need to consider before…
On behalf of the Panel on Research Ethics, the Secretariat on Responsible Conduct of Research has shared new interpretations to support the community in applying the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans,…
Research at Western is now in Phase 4 of COVID-19 recovery and all employees and students can be on campus as well as visitors including patients. Further, all ethics-approved studies can continue. The existing and…
Phase 3 of recovery from the COVID-19 lockdown for Western University researchers will begin August 4. Phase 3 means that researchers can resume human participant research in an ordered and safe fashion. The next critical…
According to Thomas J Tobin,“If you’ve never ‘attended’ a virtual conference before (and sometimes, even if you have), it can be confusing to figure out which set of sessions will be a meaningful and useful…
KT [Knowledge Transfer] Connects is hosting a webinar: Engage with policy makers through media: a 101 for researchers during a time of pandemics Michelle StackAssociate Professor, Department of Educational Studies, UBC Friday, July 24 at 2…
Undergraduate students who are summer research trainees are now welcome to return to the Western University campus for the purpose of conducting their research. Note, however, that their activity will be subject to the same…
