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Consultation from Health Canada
Health Canada has launched a consultation on its draft guidance document to explain the regulatory...
Renewal of Provincial Agreements
N2 is thrilled to share the renewal of the 2024-2025 BC and Québec Provincial Agreements! Since...
The IMPaCT Training Awards for the 2025-2026 Cohort are Now Open!
IMPaCT training awards facilitate participation in a 1-year immersive learning experience with assigned mentors and deliverables. The IMPaCT program is designed to give you the skills and network to design, conduct, and communicate about clinical trials with pregnant...
N2 welcomes Dorothy Herbert as the new REB SOP Committee Co-Chair!
Dorothy has been the REB Leader at Interior Health (IH) since 2011. Her IH role includes: Managing research ethics applications. Supporting REB members in their roles. Leading the development of policies and SOPs. She also works closely with REB Administrators from...
French Versions of the REB SOPs Now Available!
We are excited to announce that Version 4 of the French REB SOPs is now available and posted in the N2 SharePoint Member portal. Thank you to CAREB ACCER and CATALIS Québec, Jacqueline Senych, Dorothy Herbert and the rest of the REB SOP Committee for their support in...
DIY Community Engagement Event Toolkit
The N2 Public Engagement Committee finalized the DIY Community Engagement Event Toolkit, which you can use to plan community engagement events involving diverse populations in clinical trials! This toolkit includes templates, tips and tricks, and examples. Thank you...
Registration is Open for the Clinical Trials Ontario Annual Conference
The CTO Clinical Trials Conference is a leading Canadian forum to drive innovation in clinical trials, including leaders from the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, academic and healthcare leaders, representatives from patient groups, health charities and...
National Indigenous People’s Day
Today, we recognize and celebrate all First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples across Canada. This includes the many Indigenous researchers who play an important role in advancing the Canadian clinical research landscape. #NIPD2024
Registration is Open for the N2 Eastern Regional Meeting!
Register for our upcoming N2 Canada Eastern Regional meeting September 12, 2024! The event is being organized in collaboration with Lakeridge Health and will include topics on Advancing Clinical Research in Community Hospitals.
Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy Feedback
You may already be aware of the Tri-Agency Research Data Management (RDM) Policy and may have access to training on this Policy through your home institution. The N2 Rapid Response Team is compiling comments on this Policy and invites you to contribute by...
Open Call for Proposals: pan-Canadian single REB for multicenter RCTs
Accelerating Clinical Trials (ACT) is holding an open competition to select a group to set up and run a sustainable pan-Canadian, distributive, single research ethics board (REB) review and approval process with strict timelines, for the initiation and conduct of...
2024 IMPaCT Summit Presentation on Understanding Barriers Related to CTs faced by Newcomers to Canada
Munaza Jamil and Alison Orth delivered an excellent session at the 2024 IMPaCT Summit. The topic was understanding barriers related to clinical trials faced by newcomers to Canada. They presented recent feedback from newcomers to Canada and survey data from Canadians...