Research Ethics Board

Any research conducted at Sheridan or undertaken by Sheridan professors, administrators or students involving human participants must be reviewed and approved by the Sheridan Research Ethics Board (SREB). Applications for review should be submitted to the SREB using the appropriate guidelines and forms.

The mission of the SREB is to ensure that research affiliated with Sheridan involving human participants meets the highest ethical standards. To do this, Sheridan follows the guidelines set out in the Tri-Council Policy Statement on Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans.

The SREB meets monthly. Please see the meeting dates and submission deadlines below under Helpful resources.

Change to the SREB TCPS2: CORE Tutorial Requirement

As of January 1, 2023, all new SREB applications and amendments to add new researchers/staff to an existing SREB-approved research project or course must be accompanied by TCPS2: CORE-2022 certificates (completed on or after January 1, 2022) for all members of the research team.

Helpful resources:

• For Sheridan Researchers (Sheridan Central)
• For External Researchers
• For Research Participants
• Research Policies
• Multi-College Research Ethics Board
• Meeting dates and submission deadlines – 2025

For questions related to application submissions, ethical issues, SREB decisions and policies:

Email: sreb@sheridancollege.ca 

SREB membership list

• Chair – Dr. Julie Dempsey, Faculty of Applied Health and Community Studies
• Vice Chair – James March, Faculty of Animation, Arts & Design
• Dr. Farihah Ali, Faculty of Applied Health and Community Studies
• Dr. Sara Cumming, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Dr. Jessica Pulis, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Dr. Karen Slonim, Center for Elder Research
• Dr. Syed Tanbeer, Faculty of Applied Science and Technology
• Dr. Guillermo Wilches, Pilon School of Business
• External membership:
  • Sarvenaz Heirani Moghaddam, MSc
  • Dr. Frederick Koch, PhD