Julie Joza

Director, Office of Research Ethics, University of Waterloo
 https://uwaterloo.ca/research/office-research-ethics

Julie Joza

Julie Joza is the Director of the Office of Research Ethics at the University of Waterloo. Julie has worked in post-secondary education and academic research for nearly 30 years and in research ethics for the past 15 years. She has a master’s degree in Public Health from Lakehead University and an undergraduate degree in Health Studies (now School of Public Health and Health Sciences) from the University of Waterloo. Julie was one of the first recipients of the Partners for Progress award from the Centre for Behavioural Research and Program Evaluation and the Canadian Cancer Society, Manitoba Division, recognizing evidence-based action emerging from collaborative research partnerships and mutual learning.

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All Sessions by Julie Joza

  • Tuesday, April 30


  • 14:10  - 14:55
    SESSION KEYWORDS: Recruitment, Digital platforms, Covert, Research Ethics Board Collaboration, Ethics review

    SESSION ABSTRACT

    This case study will outline how researchers and the REB worked collaboratively to apply TCPS 2 principles to access a hard-to-reach study population. A doctoral student and their supervising faculty investigator aimed to investigate the gig work model in the healthcare industry by interviewing personal support workers (PSWs) and health care aids. Little is known about the gig care work model in Canada. As the researchers experienced several challenges in recruiting study participants, an alternative recruitment strategy was proposed. This involved posing online under fictitious pretenses, as a person looking to hire a health care worker on several digital platforms. The proposed recruitment methodology was a novel method to both the research team and the REB. Ethical concerns were identified as well as legal concerns with respect to the platforms’ statements of use. The researchers will discuss how they used the TCPS 2 principles to design the covert recruitment methodology. Staff from the Office of Research Ethics will discuss how the REB members approached the ethical review of the proposed study. REBs and the staff who support them will learn how the researchers and REB members approached the ethical dilemmas they faced around covert recruitment methods.
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  • Wednesday, May 1


  • 14:30  - 15:40
    SESSION KEYWORDS: TCPS2, Multi-jurisdictional review

    SESSION ABSTRACT

    This session aims to foster dialogue with the research ethics community on policy and practice regarding the new alternative ethics review model for multi-jurisdictional minimal risk research. The session will begin with an overview of the single REB review model of multi-jurisdictional minimal risk research and provide further nuance on its applicability provided by the Secretariat on Responsible Conduct of Research. This will be followed by three panelists who will share their perspectives and practical experiences in applying the single REB review model outlined in the TCPS. Discussions will focus on the streamlining process, the challenges that may arise and solutions to address them, as well as any additional recommendations panelists may have that could help benefit the research ethics community in applying the single REB review model. Moderator: Dr. Annabelle Cumyn Panelists: Hanan Abdel-Akher (Secretariat), Guillaume Paré (Polytechnique Montréal), Julie Joza (University of Waterloo), and Nicholas Reymond (University of Saskatchewan).
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