ETHICS GUIDELINES – Rideau St. Lawrence Science Fair

The RSLSF operates under Youth Science Canada’s guidelines for the use of animals and human participation. All guidelines must be met for any project to enter the Canada Wide Science Fair. Adult supervisors must be aware of Ethics Guidelines and ensure that projects are compliant. Download a user-friendly pdf from Youth Science Canada here. Ethics-in-STEM-Projects For more detailed YSC policies, please CLICK HERE.

Projects using microorganisms must have a qualified scientific supervisor. The RSLSF Safety Form R2-2020 must be completed before beginning the project. Please check the Safety Page.

If you have any questions, please Contact Us before you begin your project. We would be happy to assist with this.

HUMAN PARTICIPATION

Basic Principles

Human participants are safe and treated with respect and dignity.
All information collected is kept confidential.
Human participants must give their informed consent.

DOES YOUR PROJECT INVOLVE PARTICIPANTS?

If your experiment requires participants to fill out surveys, questionnaires or perform any tasks…

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USE OF ANIMALS

Basic Principles

Any experiment involving animals must

have scientific or educational value and
avoid gratuitous harm.

ARE YOU USING ANIMALS IN YOUR PROJECT?

If your experiment involves the use of animals both lower and higher order, embryos (including eggs), animal parts (cells, tissues, organs, plasma)…

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