Research governance, bio-politics and political will: recent lessons from Newfoundland and Labrador.(Special Issue: Canadian Governance for Ethical Research Involving Humans)

Introduction

For the past several years the province of Newfoundland and Labrador has been taking halting paces to introduce the legislative mechanisms necessary to establish a Provincial Health Research Ethics Board (PHREB) If and when that legislation is in place the PHREB will be responsible for the governance of all health research involving human make submissives conducted in the province. However, the proces has not been without its difficulties. In what tread on the heels ofs I summarize briefly some of the circumstances that l to this provincial initiative, more [i]or[/i] less of the steps and missteps