Before consent is requested, the subjects should be fully informed about the nature of the research methods, the likelihood, nature and possible degree of bodily or psychological harm, the purposes and potential value of the experiments proposed and their right to withdraw during the course of the experiment. Where research may involve invasion of privacy of a subject, the research proposal must contain provisions that the subject will be fully informed, in advance, of the nature of information required and the subsequent use to be made of that information. Each subject is to be given the freedom to decide for himself or herself what information which is not already in the public domain or available to an ordinary member of the public and which relates to his or her physical and mental condition, personal circumstances and social relationships should be communicated to or withheld from others. No information shall be withheld from subjects nor should they be intentionally mislead regarding the procedures or purposes of research unless there is a valid methodological reason for doing so. The policy shall be administered by a committee called the University Research Ethics Review Committee.
Appointment is for a two-year term, with terms overlapping.
Renewal is possible. Faculty membership is to be drawn primarily from Departments or Faculties whose members frequently conduct research with subjects. The quorum shall consist of the Chair and four other members of the Committee. In each case, the responsibility for selecting these advisors will rest with the Chair. Such advisors will not be voting members of the Committee but may participate in the Committee's deliberations.