The Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board supports educational research through its Research Advisory Committee. Investigators wishing to conduct research studies in KPR schools must submit a formal Application to Conduct Research, which is available in Microsoft Word and PDF formats.

 Application to Conduct Research at KPRDSB (PDF, 190 KB)
 Application to Conduct Research at KPRDSB (DOC, 57 KB)

Requests received from individuals and / or organizations are reviewed by the Research Advisory Committee to evaluate the relevance of the topic and the design of the study (i.e. appropriate qualitative or quantitative procedures; alignment of proposed analysis with research question; consistency with Board policies and priorities).

The protection of staff and students is also carefully evaluated to ensure appropriate participant information and consent is in place; to determine the clarity of expectations for staff and / or student time; to evaluate potential disruption to school programs and to ensure the proposed study is free from sensitive or offensive items, free from racist, sexist, religious or other bias and that participants are free from mental and physical discomfort or harm.

The Research Advisory Committee has the responsibility of initial approval of studies and communicates its decisions directly to the applicants and to the appropriate Superintendent and Principal. Studies approved by the Research Advisory Committee can be conducted in a KPR school (or schools) only with the complete agreement of the Superintendent(s) and Principal(s) involved. Staff, students and parents also have the right to decide if they wish to participate.

For the 2011-2012 school year, the KPR Research Advisory Committee will meet on:

Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Please note that applications must be received 10 working days in advance of the meeting in order to be processed and included on the agenda. The Guidelines for Educational Research in KPR Schools are posted here: Guidelines for Ed Research rev2010

Complete application forms and all relevant attachments can be submitted by e-mail, fax or regular mail to the contact information provided below.

Lynn Kostuch
Chair, Research Advisory Committee
Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board
Extension 2194
Fax 705-760-8665
lynn_kostuch@kprdsb.ca