Ableism in Research Ethics Applications in Canada

Date & Time

Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 4:20 PM PDT  

Location

Platinum 1  

Description

Research ethics boards help to ensure that academic researchers uphold the highest standards of ethics in working with human participants. Researchers with disabilities must navigate institutional ethical portals and application processes to begin research. Disability inclusive ethics application processes are an important aspect of accessibility in post-secondary institutions. To examine how research ethics application processes uphold accessibility and disability inclusion for participants and researchers with disabilities we audited over 20 postsecondary ethics boards websites, online tools and policies. Ableism in the ethics process is present due to the complexity of online portals and the lack of accessibility. Results indicate that the components of ethics processes (websites, policies, procedures, training tools, applications themselves) rarely consider accessibility from the perspective of a researcher with a disability or fully understand the nuance of disability inclusion and intersectionalities.  

Audience

• Higher Education
• Government
• Healthcare & Rehabilitation
• Research & Development
• Legal

Audience Level

Intermediate  

Session Summary (Abstract)

We will examine how research ethics application processes uphold accessibility and disability inclusion in the early stages of the research process of an ethics application in postsecondary institutions in Canada.  

Primary Topic

Research  

Secondary Topics

• Digital Accessibility
• Education
• Law, Compliance, and Policy

 

Session Type

General Track  

Presenters

• Mahadeo Sukhai
  CNIB
• Ana Sofia Barrows
  CNIB

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