Paola Pinto Vidal (they/their;she/hers) works as the Navigator for Research Ethics BC (REBC). They support the streamlining of multi-jurisdictional research in the province by supporting the operating unit through communications, training and supporting the maintenance of the Provincial Research Ethics Platform (PREP), and the development of PREP educational and training materials. Paola is currently completing their Master’s degree in Anthropology at SFU focusing on the Harmonization Initiative and the productive institutional “friction” that enabled a bottom-up approach towards collaborative ethics review in British Columbia.