Montreal, June 26, 2018 – At its recent regular meeting, the board of directors of the Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST) appointed some new members to the research ethics committee (REC) for three-year terms.

• Emmanuelle Marceau, a philosophy teacher at Cégep du Vieux Montréal, has been appointed chair of the REC
• Suzanne Côté, a public health and social services professional and a nurse epidemiologist at the Quebec City public health research unit, CHU-CHUQ, has been appointed community representative and alternate chair of the REC
• André Plamondon, a senior researcher at the IRSST, has been appointed a member of the REC
• Sophie De Serres, a scientific advisor at the IRSST, has been appointed a member of the REC
• Sabrina Gravel, a strategic watch agent and research co-ordinator in chemical and biological hazard prevention at the IRSST and a doctoral student in toxicology and risk analysis at the Université de Montréal’s school of public health, has been appointed a member of the REC
• Virginie Maloney, a lawyer specializing in occupational health and safety, has been appointed a member of the REC
• Marie-Ève Couture Ménard, an assistant professor at the Université de Sherbrooke’s faculty of law has been appointed a member of the REC

The IRSST’s Ethics Policy on Research Involving Humans is one of the tools the Institute and its staff have at their disposal to help them appropriately address the various dilemmas and concerns associated with research involving human subjects. The Institute’s research ethics committee supports this process, which is fundamentally based on respect for human dignity.

The IRSST’s REC has a mandate to assess the ethical validity of research projects requiring the involvement of human subjects conducted by IRSST researchers or by research collaborators who do not have access to such a committee. It also has a mandate to inform and train IRSST staff.

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