There are no deadlines for minimal risk applications, but deadlines for submissions to BREB full board review are strictly observed. See Minimal Risk criteria.
2026 Meetings and Submission Deadlines BREB (UBC Vancouver)
The BREB reviews an average of 1,100 new applications each year; these are reviewed by volunteer BREB members. For Full Board applications, submissions must be received by noon of the submission dates listed below. If the deadline falls on a statutory holiday, the deadline is the day before the holiday. You will typically receive initial feedback (provisos) within 1 week of the meeting. The review process from submission to approval typically takes 6-8 weeks, also depending on how much time you need to respond to the provisos.
Minimal Risk applications are typically reviewed and approved within 4 weeks of the application arriving in our inbox.
January
Meeting: January 15
Submission by: January 2
February
Meeting: February 12
Submission by: January 30
March
Meeting: March 12
Submission by: February 27
April
Meeting: April 9
Submission by: March 27
May
Meeting: May 14
Submission by: May 1
June
Meeting: June 11
Submission by: May 29
July
Meeting: July 9
Submission by: June 26
August
Meeting: August 13
Submission by: July 31
September
Meeting: September 10
Submission by: August 28
October
Meeting: October 8
Submission by: September 25
November
Meeting: November 12
Submission by: October 30
December
Meeting: December 10
Submission by: November 27
January, 2027
Meeting: January 14
Submission by: January 1
BREB Membership (UBC Vancouver)
The Behavioural Research Ethics Board is composed of UBC faculty members in a number of disciplines as well as interested members of the public. Membership is voluntary. If you are a faculty member who is interested in being considered for a position on the BREB, please send an email to maria.valente@ubc.ca.
Karen Bartlett (Chair) School of Population & Public Health
Jade Boyd Department of Medicine | Division of Social Medicine
Castine Breckwoldt Community member
Amanda Cardoso Department of Linguistics
Grant Charles School of Social Work
Brittany Dennis Department of Medicine | Division of Social Medicine
Sylvia Fuller Department of Sociology
Bernard Garrett School of Nursing
Anne George (Co-Chair) Department of Pediatrics
Dale Griffin Sauder School of Business
Kurt Huebner Department of Political Science
Helen Huzzey Lawyer
Kim Hyosub School of Kinesiology
Alan Kingstone Department of Psychology
Jude Kornelsen (Co-Chair) Department of Family Practice | Centre for Rural Health Research
Gabrielle Lam Department of Materials Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering
Lisa Loutzenheiser Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy
Ruth Elwood Martin Ethicist | School of Population & Public Health
William McKellin Department of Anthropology
Jeffrey Morgan PhD candidate | Faculty of Medicine
Hudson Reddon Department of Medicine | Division of Social Medicine
Leslie Robertson Department of Anthropology
Tara Taylor Community Member
Dana Thordarson Family Practice
Marilyn Van Bibber Community member
Daniel Vigo Department of Psychiatry
Jennifer Warriner Ethicist
UBC Okanagan BREB deadlines and membership