Call for Nominations: Community Members for Research Ethics Boards

Are you:

- Passionate about research participants’ rights?

- Always in pursuit of learning opportunities?

- Curious about health research ethics?

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If so, you will be an excellent addition to a Manitoba health research ethics board as a community member!

We are looking for community members with no professional experience in the health sciences, to review health research ethics projects that impact people in Manitoba, Canada, and around the world alongside a dedicated group of research and ethics experts.

Your input provides a participant/patient-focused perspective to ensure that the highest standard of care is being taken to safeguard a participant’s well-being and privacy.

This is a volunteer position, where members are expected to gather online for a three-hour session each month.

Requirements:

• Be available one weekday a month (currently, the fourth Monday of each month, subject to change)

• Have no professional experience in the health sciences

• Be willing to commit to two to three hours of your own time per month to review applications before the meeting

• Be willing and able to undertake training to understand key issues in research ethics (training will be provided)

• Have working access to an internet-enabled device to view proposals and communicate comments

Benefits:

• Contribute to ethical, participant-centred research

  • Community members are essential to provide a perspective of research impacts from a participant’s, and community’s, standpoint that may otherwise be lost. By advocating for the interests of research participants and the broader community, you ensure that their voices are heard in the research process.

• Learning opportunities

  • Community members are exposed to the latest, cutting-edge research proposals at some of the earliest stages of development. For curious minds who always need to know what’s happening now and next, this is a great opportunity to engage in an ongoing, intellectually stimulating conversations.

• Personal/professional development

  • Engaging with a research ethics board helps build skills related to critical thinking, flexible problem-solving, and public speaking. The Board’s expertise will be enhanced as you contribute your unique perspectives to unravel complex issues together..

If you are interested in joining our research ethics boards, please email Elizabeth.lylyk@researchmb.ca  with any questions, or to submit your résumé or statement of interest.