On October 13, 2017, Langara held a Research Ethics Workshop to discuss quality assurance and legal issues around confidentiality in a post-secondary setting. The topics discussed were: · Administrative Inertia in Addressing Legal Threats to Research Confidentiality Presenter: Aaren Ivers, Criminology, Simon Fraser University · Is This Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement, Research… or Both? The Post-Secondary Context Presenter: Eugenie Lam, University of Victoria Research Ethics Board
On April 27, 2016, a panel of experts provided an overview of challenges and solutions to ethical problems that arise in creating and disseminating research surveys and questionnaires. The issues discussed included: Dealing with socially and personally sensitive topic Protecting privacy and confidentiality, including avoiding indirect identification of research participants and issues raised by online survey platforms Gender-inclusive and gender-sensitive data collection Recruitment for online and other surveys Recognition of participants' research contributions
