Psychology Department

Research Ethics Committees

The Psychology Department has two research ethics committees (RECs); however, all applications will be submitted through Dr. Ted Wright (REC Coordinator) and forwarded to the appropriate committee.  Any data collection (surveys etc.) that involves human participants must have ethical clearance from one of these committees.  The only exception to this rule is when data is collected within a class setting and the participants are fellow classmates.

REC Members

Committee A

Dr. Christie Lomore (Chair)

Dr. Ann Bigelow

Dr. John McKenna

Committee B

Dr. Peter McCormick (Chair)

Dr. Ted Wright (REC Coordinator)

Dr. John Edwards

Below you will find links to the REC Application form.  Save the form to your computer and type (or copy/paste) the information directly into the form.  Do not delete the questions or any other content from the form.  Use page breaks between Appendices.

Print the Faculty Supervisor Agreement form, fill it out, and have your supervisor sign it after he/she has read and approved your application. Put this form in the REC chair's mailbox.

- for all Projects with Human Participants

- must be submitted in hard copy when Ethics Application form is e-mailed to the committee (c/o Dr. Wright).

Instructions and Samples for Application Appendices

Please Note – All use of Psychology 100 Participant Pool must go through the Psychology 100 Participant Pool Coordinator, Cheryl Campana at x2007tio@stfx.ca.

Last updated January 4, 2009 by Website Manager Dr. Jennifer Sullivan