Example Applications

To help make your REB application process as efficient as possible, the Adler Research Ethics Board has created this guiding document for online survey methodology. 

Example Applications

The REB considers these applications good examples, but they are not perfect! Please do not consider them templates, but rather guiding documents. Many are also based on outdated application forms. 

Examples from 2016-early 2018

Methodology

Student Name

Title of Research

Year

Program

Reason for Sharing Example

Online Survey	Nicole Caruana and Deirdre Ryan	How Leader Authenticity and Humility Affect Follower Work Experiences	2019	MAOP	Best Example of Annonymous Online survey. All parts are good.
ECIT	Jessie Dhaliwal	Indo-Canadian adult women’s access to mental health counselling	2018	MAC	ECIT,  interviews, very clear application, good step by step explanation of project
Secondary Data	Resham Vasadani	Researching the effect of psychological resources on work engagement.	2018	​	Secondary Use of Annonymous Data Set, previous study has good informed consent, clear permission to use the data for other research purposes
Online survey	Pablee Wong	The association between mental health literacy (depression), acculturation, and perceived ethnic density in recent Chinese-speaking immigrants in two major Canadian cities.	2017	PsyD	Multi-language research. Translation
Semi-structured interviews	Rachel Weinstein	What are the shared, lived, subjective experience of the phenomenon of the mind-body connection for yoga practitioners in yoga practice	2017	MACP	Really clear thorough application. well thought out.
Key informant	Gloria Lee	The Common key personal and professional experiences of senior registered psychologists practicing psychotherapy in Canada and the influences on professional development	2017	PsyD	Key informant recruitment strategy
ECIT	Mairav Amouyal	Lost in Translation: What Helps and Hinders Professional Language Interpreters in Mental Health Counselling Sessions?	2017	MACP	Clarity throughout application
Narrative	Alyssa Murdocco	Understanding the Career Decisions of Second-Generation Chinese-Canadian Adolescent Females	2017	MACP	Very clear application, properly uses expert reviewers
Semi-structured interviews	Melanie Oliveira	A Thematic Analysis of Pre- and Post-Ceremony Factors Related to Self-reported Therapeutic Value of Ritualized Ayahuasca Use Among Canadians	2017	PsyD	Potentially sensitive topic, working with established researchers, consultation process
Survey	Angie Ji	Psychiatric Patient Evaluation of Music therapy in an Acute In-Patient Hospital setting	2017	PsyD	High risk population, dual relationships, verbal consent process
Online Survey	Stephanie Drake	Child and Youth Gender Health Program Three-Tier Model Evaluation	2017	PsyD	Moderate risk is well addressed, careful consultation, dual role, multiple options of inclusion and layered consent details

Examples from 2016 and before

Methodology	Student Name	Title of Research	Year	Program	Reason for Sharing Example
Semi-Structured interviews	Chrisoula Papadopoulos	Young women’s resistance to sexualization of the female body on Instagram	2016	MACP	Recommended because good example of Social Media Recruitment and research about social media. Very good outline of procedures.
Narrative Inquiry	Janina Barnett	Stories of vocational journeys lived by AA members who have maintained long-term sobriety	2016	MACP	Good example of inclusion criteria and screening script used to minimize risk to participants, Snowball and online recruitment, use of peer and expert reviewer, initial and validation interviews.
Semi-Structured interviews	Jyoti Gill	Internalized racism in second-generation South Asians	2015	MACP	Good example of Facebook recruiting, management of data, member checking, and oral consent.
Narrative Inquiry	Kelsey Jarvis	Mental health professionals’ meaning and understanding of the prospective experience(s) of working with clients interested in physician-assisted suicide	2015	MACP	Sensitive topic, legal and ethical questions addressed well
Community Based Action Research	Emily Huynh	Urban adolescent girls’ experiences of gendered cyber violence: Concerns, strengths, and solutions	2015	MACD	5-18 year old mature minor assent (no parental consent), vulnerable population, significant proportion of population Aboriginal, sensitive topic, community organization collaboration, youth advisory group, adult research advisory group – including Aboriginal
Qualitative Interview	Mona Hassannia	From risk to resilience: A study of government sponsored refugees	2014	MACP	Phenomenology, vulnerable population, agency involvement, dual relationship considerations
Experimental and Control Group	Jocelyne Lemoine	An exploratory analysis of the association between pre-treatment responsivity factors and the efficacy of a CBT-based correctional program on thinking awareness in a sample of inmates	2014	MACP	Working with an institution (prison), dual relationship considerations, Aboriginal considerations
Qualitative Interview	Terra Pritchard	Body attitudes in self-injury and in disordered eating	2014	MACP	Moderate risk, peer review, vulnerable population
Key Informant Interview	Birgitta von Krosigk	Relational dialogues in family business succession	2013	MAOP	defines size and characteristics of businesses in recruitment and manages re-identification risk well;