Please be advised that as of March 1, 2022, amendment fees are now applied when amendments are made to approved projects and phased applications. The fees for changes are based on the same sliding-scale as the original application and reflect the amount of time needed to review the amendments/phases. The amendment fee structure is as […]

CREO’s Board remains active and available to conduct ethical reviews. Please submit your application documents to creo@communitybasedresearch.ca Our Board is also available if you have questions around how to adapt your research projects to account for COVID-19 considerations.

Please note that we will be updating our review fees starting June 1st, 2020. The new fees are as follows: ORGANIZATION TYPE FEE Nonprofits & Charities (Budgets under $100,000)  $100.00 Nonprofits & Charities (Budgets $100,000 – $500,000) $200.00 Nonprofits & Charities (Budgets $500,000 – $1,000,000)  $300.00 Nonprofits & Charities (Budgets over $1,000,000) $400.00 Major Institutions, foundations, government, for-profit […]

CREO has revised the application document to submit your project for review.  You can download the new form in the link below. CREO Application Form The new application will be live as of July 1st, 2019.  If you have already downloaded and began an application with the old form, the Board will still review your application. […]

We are currently experiencing a high volume of applications. Due to this demand, wait times for application reviews may be delayed. We appreciate your patience.

We are looking for interested individuals to join our ethics review board. Candidates must have research experience at the post-masters or doctoral level, be willing to attend monthly meetings, complete ethics reviews and participate in ongoing training and sub-committee activities. Individuals with a background in immigration, justice, or children/youth as well as experience with non-for-profit […]

The Community Research Ethics Office has had the benefit of funding for several years now and has been able to offer ethics reviews for a nominal fee.  However, CREO’s funding is coming to an end.  In our need to become sustainable, it is time for us to increase our fees.  So the new fees will be […]

CREO’s founder and longtime host, the Centre for Community Based Research, has recently become associated with St. Paul’s University College in Waterloo, Ontario. They have generously allowed us to move with them and so our new mailing address is: Community Research Ethics Office c/o Centre for Community Based research 190 Westmount Road North Waterloo, ON […]

Our location has changed! The new address: Community Research Ethics Office  c/o Centre for Community Based Research, St. Paul’s University College, 190 Westmount Road North, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G5 Our email remains the same: creo@communitybasedresearch.ca    

Look for us at Carleton University from May 26th to May 29th as two CREB members attend Community-College-University Expo! Find us at the Engagement Fair if you want to engage in conversation about community-based research, ethics, and our services. Looking forward to meeting you there!