This document describes what students can expect regarding their rights should they be asked to participate in a research study. It can be found at www.ryerson.ca/about/vpresearch/student_researchers.html.

What does this document contain?

The document:

(a) sets out the information that must be included in a Consent Form,

(b) describes a student's right to be free from any coercion or bias that might result if the researcher is the student's instructor and is also required to evaluate the student in a course,

(c) describes how a researcher may and may not obtain participants' names in keeping with the University's privacy policy, and (d) addresses the issues of deception and conducting research during class time.