Notice: Effective September 13th, 2008, all ethics (HREB) applications will be on-line [download HERO Bulletin]

Health Research Ethics Board

Ethics Tutorial

An introductory tutorial for the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS).

Health Ethics Handbooks

A Handbook of Health Ethics was prepared by a multi-disciplinary committee at the University of Alberta and is endorsed by Alberta Health Services and the Provincial Health Ethics Network. You can purchase this handbook from the Bioethics department at the University of Alberta.

Covenant Health is a member of the Catholic Health Association of Canada and uses the Health Ethics Guide published by the Association to guide its work.

"As co-creators with God, we are to use our gifts of intelligence and freedom to improve our bodies and to develop health care and social services that will benefit humankind, including medical technologies and basic sciences"
Health Ethics Guide, CHAC, 2000