• USask GPS960 - GPS960 is a required course for all graduate students at the University of Saskatchewan. The purpose of this course is to discuss issues related to the ethical conduct of research that graduate students may face during their time at the University. Topics covered include integrity and scholarship, graduate student-supervisor relationships, conflict of interest, conflict resolution and intellectual property and credit.
• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) training for RCR - To take the CITI training, enter the University of Saskatchewan as your organization affiliation, check the boxes to confirm your agreement with terms and your affiliation with the U of S, set up your username and password and click on the course in which you want to enroll.
• University of British Colombia Course Foundations of Responsible Conduct of Research (NON-UBC)
• Scholarly, Research and Creative Integrity, Toronto Metropolitan University - The course Research Integrity Training Modules is composed of 4 modules covering study formulation and research design, research conduct and analysis, research dissemination and publishing, financial reporting and grant management.
• Responsible Conduct of Research Courses Portal, Columbia University - A course using case studies covering Conflict of Interest, Mentoring, Responsible Authorship and Peer Review, Research Misconduct, Collaborative Science, Data Acquisition and Management. 
• Coursera On Being a Scientist - A course on RCR, developed by Leiden University. The course is free if you choose to complete it without a certificate.

Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)

• External resources:
  • University of Montreal (2018) Toolbox for RCRC : synthesis of responsible conduct in research-creation issues and proposal of reflective tools https://papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca/xmlui/handle/1866/20924
  • On Being a Scientist: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in Research (2009) (download free pdf from https://www.nap.edu/catalog/12192/on-being-a-scientist-a-guide-to-responsible-conduct-in )
  • Steneck, Nicholas (2007), Introduction to the Responsible Conduct of Research, Office of Research Integrity
  • The Lab Interactive Movie on Research Misconduct https://ori.hhs.gov/the-lab
  • The Embassy of Good Science A European site for Research Integrity and Ethics with extensive resources on research integrity

USask Research Policies

• • Responsible Conduct of Research Policy
  • Human Research Ethics Policy
  • CGPS Academic Integrity
  • Conflict of Interest Policy
  • Research Administration Policy
  • Research Administration Procedures
  • Institutional Costs of Research Policy
  • Institutional Costs of Research Procedures
  • Care and Use of Animal in Research Policy
  • Postdoctoral Fellows Policy
  • Research Publications
  • Data Management Policy
  • IT Risk Management Procedure
  • Data Governance Framework
  • Data Classifications
  • Data Handling and Storage Guidelines
  • Management of University Records
  • Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Policy

Writing with Integrity

• USask resources:
  • USask Library Writing Centre provides one-to-one writing support for USask students as well as an Academic Integrity Tutorial focused on academic integrity in the classroom.
  • Self Plagiarism: Publishers’ perspectives - The Grad Hub - Jill McMillan, Graduate Writing Specialist
  • Plagiarism: Library Researcher Series
• External resources:
  • Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL):This online hub contains a wide range of writing resources — from basic grammar and punctuation to subject-specific and research writing.
  • US Office of Research Integrity: Avoiding Plagiarism, Self-Plagiarism and other Questionable Writing Practices: A Guide to Ethical Writing (2015) Concrete examples for a wide range of writing malpractices are provided, along with recommendations on how to avoid them. A paraphrasing exercise is also included, for those interested in applying guideline recommendations to avoid plagiarism.
  • Academic Integrity at MIT: A Handbook for Students focusses on writing, acknowledging sources, and collaboration.

Authorship

• External resources:
  • How to Handle Authorship Disputes; A Guide for New Researchers (2003)
  • Co-authorship in the Humanities and Social Sciences: A Global View (2017)
  • Guidelines for deciding Authorship and Contributorship or Acknowledgement
    • CRediT: Contributor Roles Taxonomy is used to better represent the range of contributions to scientific scholarly publication. This taxonomy has been adopted by major publishers such as Elsevier, Oxford University Press, Springer, Wolters Kluwer, Sage, MIT Press, BMJ, Wiley VCH and many others. 
    • ICMJE: the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors criteria for Defining the Role of Authors and Contributors.

Publishing

• External resources:
  • COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) - committed to educating and supporting editors, publishers and those involved in publication ethics with the aim of moving the culture of publishing towards one where ethical practices become a normal part of the publishing culture.
• Predatory publishers
  • USask guide to assist researchers in recognizing and avoiding questionable or disreputable publishers and journals
  • Identifying Deceptive Publishers: A Checklist (University of Toronto) 
  • Predatory Journals: A One Stop Shop for Resources (Ottawa Hospital Research Institute)
  • Directory of Open Access Journals: a quality controlled list of reputable open access journals

Mentorship and Supervision

• CGPS Graduate Supervision Handbook
• CGPS Student Supervisor Agreement
• Lee, Adrian, Carina Dennis and Philip Campbell. Nature’s guide for mentors. Nature (London), 06/2007, Volume 447, Issue 7146.

Ethical Research with Humans and Animals 

• USask Resources for Research involving Humans:
  • Contact the USask Research Ethics Office or search knowledgebase for Research Ethics.
• External Resources for Research involving Humans:
  • Canadian researchers and their respective institutions must comply with the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS 2).  Training in the ethical conduct of research with humans is found at TCPS2:CORE2022
  • Additional standards that are important in research with Human Participants
  • Declaration of Helsinki first adopted by the World Medical Association in 1964 articulates the ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects.
  • The Belmont Report issued in 1978 lays out the basic ethical principles that inform US legislation governing research with human subjects.
  • US Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP) governs the protection of the rights, welfare and wellbeing of human subjects involved in research.
  • International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects (2016) first published by the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences in 2002.
• USask Resources for Research involving Animals:
  • Contact the USask Animal Care and Research Support or search knowledgebase for Animal Care and Research.
• External Resources for Research involving Animals:
  • Canadian Council on Animal Care is responsible for the implementation and oversight of standards for animal care and ethics in Canada. The CCAC offers training at https://www.ccac.ca/en/training/.

Funding and Financial Management

• USask resources:
  • Research Administration Policy
  • Research Administration Procedures
• External resources:
  • The Tri-Agency Guide on Financial Administration provides information on eligible and ineligible expenses, ownership of equipment, fund transfers to co-applicants at other institutions, etc., for Tri-Agency funds.

Conflict of Interest

• USask resources:
  • USask Conflict of Interest Policy
  • USask Researchers holding funds from U.S Public Health Services must follow Procedures for Compliance with the U.S. Public Health Service Financial Conflict of Interest Regulations

Research with Indigenous People and Communities

• USask resources:
  • 4 Seasons of Reconciliation: a short course about the Indigenous Peoples of Canada
  • Office of the Vice Provost Indigenous Engagement (OVPIE)
  • The Saskatchewan Centre for Patient Oriented Research (SCPOR) offers the Building Research Relationships with Indigenous Communities (BRRIC) training module
• External resources:
  • First Nations OCAP training
  • Principles of Ethical Métis Research
  • National Inuit Strategy on Research
  • TCPS2 (2018) Chapter 9: Research Involving the First Nations, Inuit and Metis Peoples of Canada
  • CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance are an international statement on Indigenous data sovereignty created by The Global Indigenous Data Alliance
  • Final Report on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
  • The Ethical Space of Engagement by Willie Ermine from Sturgeon Lake First Nation.
  • Two-Eyed Seeing by Mi’kmaw Elder Albert Marshall

Equity and Diversity

• USask resources:
  • USask Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Policy
• External resources:
  • SSHRC Best Practices in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Research

Learning Cases

• The Embassy of Good Science offers over 400 cases and 14 scenarios on doing good science.
• The U.S. Office of Research Integrity (ORI) publishes an RCR Casebook: Stories about Researchers Worth Discussing.

Actual Cases

• The Secretariate on Responsible Conduct of Research (Canada) publishes anonymized file summaries of cases along with a description of the recourse imposed by both the institution and the relevant Agency.
• The U.S. Office of Research Integrity (ORI) publishes case summaries of persons who have had administrative actions imposed as a result of findings of research misconduct.