The Toronto District School Board's External Research Review Committee (ERRC) reviews requests from external individuals and/or organizations applying to conduct research in TDSB schools. This review process ensures that proper procedures and guidelines are followed in conducting research. Once applications have been approved, the final decision to participate rests with individual school principals. Staff, students, and parents also have the right to decide if they wish to participate.
UPDATE:
- We will only be accepting applications electronically. Please email all materials in one pdf to ERRC@tdsb.on.ca . Hard copy, mailed applications will not be accepted.
- At this point applicants do not need to submit Police Reference Check information. Any acceptance decisions will be conditional upon receipt of Police Reference Check / Vulnerable Sector Screening documentation in the fall.
- As visitors are limited in TDSB schools, we are strongly encouraging online data collection activities.
- If in-person research must be conducted, all visitors must adhere to the TDSB’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols.
- Above all, it is the principal’s prerogative to decide whether or not his/her school will be involved in approved research studies.
Please be advised, depending on the structure of learning in 2020-21, these dates may change.
| Deadline for Applications |
ERRC Meeting Dates |
| September 16, 2020 |
October 2, 2020 |
| November 18, 2020 |
December 4, 2020 |
| January 13, 2021 |
January 29, 2021 |
| March 24, 2021 |
April 9, 2021 |
| May 26, 2021 |
June 11, 2021 |
The following documents can be downloaded from this page:
For external applicants who require Police Checks for research involving student contact
Toronto Police Services (TPS) accepts police check application forms that have been picked up in person at the TDSB Police Reference Check Office and they will conduct full disclosure/ vulnerable sector screenings for those applicants who live in Toronto. Applicants who reside outside of Toronto would need to get their full disclosure/vulnerable sector screening done via police services in their own jurisdiction based on their home address.
Please be aware that once police check clearance is obtained, the original documentation must be presented in person at the Board’s PRC office together with photo I.D. for proper verification and entry into the TDSB system. They do not accept scanned or photo-copied versions. The TDSB Police Reference Check Office is located at 17 Fairmeadow Ave (Room 107), Toronto, M2P 1W6.
For more information about police check application procedures or general inquiries, the TDSB Police Reference Check Office can be reached at 416-393-0759 or by email at policereferencecheckoffice@tdsb.on.ca or aliki.pappas@tdsb.on.ca.