Documents & Tools

Policies and Guidelines
Please see the links below for information on policies, guidelines and other resources for carrying out research at the University of Toronto and the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy.

Animal Care

• For Protocol Submissions and all other information relating to Animal Protocols, click here.

Applications for Funding or setting up accounts through Research Services

• My Research Applications: the new online version of what used to be the RIS form.

BioSafety 
The BioSafety Officer for the Faculty is Ray Reilly. Please bring BioSafety certificate forms to Sam D’Alfonso (Room 1206) who will coordinate signing and forwarding to EHS.

• BioSafety Course Information
• BioSafety Manual

Building Issues
The telephone number to call for all building issues including Fumehoods in the laboratories is 416-978-3000.

For all urgent issues (e.g., floods, chemical spills, fire, accidents) please call Campus Police at 416-978-2222.  They will coordinate the required emergency response.

ChemWatch

• Environment Health and Safety Office: ChemWatch Memo and Links

Ethics

• Research Ethics Board (REB) Application form for a UofT Faculty member-led project

• REB Application for UofT Graduate Students, Post Docs, residents or projects led by non-UofT Faculty

• Additional REB Forms

• Guideline and Procedures for Research Ethics and Protections

• Undergraduate Ethics Review Committee: 
  Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy Undergraduate Research Ethics Review Committee (FERC)

Funding Opportunity Alerts

• Click here to sign-up for receiving Research Funding Alerts based on your profile tags

Laboratory-Coat Washing Service

• The Faculty of Pharmacy has a lab-coat washing service agreement with the Department of Comparative Medicine (DCM) at Medical Sciences Building. In order to use the service please follow these instructions.

Safety Training

• University of Toronto Environmental Health and Safety
  For animal experiment training, go to the DCM training webpage.

Standard Operating Procedures

• Single Document
• Sections: 1- Management; 2-Chemical Storage, Transport and Disposal; 3-Emergency Response; 4-Autoclave; 5-Cryogenics; 6-Radiation; 7-Biohazards; 8-Electrical Safety; 9-Laboratory Inspections; 10-Mercury Spills; 11-Master List
• Sample SOP from Dr. Carolyn Cummins Lab
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WHMIS

• WHMIS & Lab Safety Training

Additional Resources for Faculty

• Financial Services Department
• UofT Procurement Services
• Guide for Faculty page