Subject: RE: HCHU wind turbine ethics process Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 12:46:46 +0000 From: Erica Clark To: Richard Mann CC: HU MOH , Jean-Guy Albert Dear Dr. Mann, No, we have not had a response from the University of Waterloo ethics committee yet. We will get a response when they have finished reviewing and responding to our letter. Thanks Erica ____________________________________ Erica Clark, PhD Epidemiologist, APHEO Secretary Huron County Health Unit 77722B London Rd., RR #5 Clinton, ON N0M 1L0 519.482.3416 ext. 2022 Toll-free 1.877.837.6143 www.huronhealthunit.ca eclark@huroncounty.ca We value breastfeeding and are committed to helping parents make informed decisions about infant nutrition. This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy the original message and all copies. From: Richard Mann [mailto:mannr@uwaterloo.ca] Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2017 3:07 AM To: Erica Clark Cc: HU MOH ; Jean-Guy Albert Subject: Re: HCHU wind turbine ethics process Dear Erica, Can you please tell me if you've heard back from Waterloo ethics yet? If you have not heard back, have you had any indication of when your application will be evaluated, and/or when the response is to be expected. Thanks, Richard On 06/06/2017 11:40 AM, Erica Clark wrote: Dear Dr. Mann, We responded to the University of Waterloo Human Research & Ethics Committee on May 18, 2017. We have not had a response to that letter yet. Thanks Erica ____________________________________ Erica Clark, PhD Epidemiologist, APHEO Secretary Huron County Health Unit 77722B London Rd., RR #5 Clinton, ON N0M 1L0 519.482.3416 ext. 2022 Toll-free 1.877.837.6143 www.huronhealthunit.ca eclark@huroncounty.ca We value breastfeeding and are committed to helping parents make informed decisions about infant nutrition. This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy the original message and all copies. From: Richard Mann [mailto:mannr@uwaterloo.ca] Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2017 11:26 AM To: Erica Clark Cc: HU MOH ; Jean-Guy Albert Subject: Re: HCHU wind turbine ethics process Dear Erica, Can you please tell me whether you have heard from Waterloo ethics yet? Also, can you please tell me the date you submitted? I'm sorry to keep asking you, but the University has not provided me with this information. Thanks, Richard On 05/30/2017 09:05 AM, Erica Clark wrote: Dear Dr. Mann, We have sent a reply to the University of Waterloo ethics committee and are waiting for a reply. Thanks Erica ____________________________________ Erica Clark, PhD Epidemiologist, APHEO Secretary Huron County Health Unit 77722B London Rd., RR #5 Clinton, ON N0M 1L0 519.482.3416 ext. 2022 Toll-free 1.877.837.6143 www.huronhealthunit.ca eclark@huroncounty.ca We value breastfeeding and are committed to helping parents make informed decisions about infant nutrition. This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy the original message and all copies. From: Richard Mann [mailto:mannr@uwaterloo.ca] Sent: Monday, May 29, 2017 6:19 PM To: Erica Clark Cc: HU MOH ; Jean-Guy Albert Subject: RE: HCHU wind turbine ethics process Dear Erica, (sorry for the previous blank message. something happened to my Email, trying to fix it ... ) I am writing to ask the status of the application to Waterloo Ethics. Have you (re)submitted yet? If not, do you have a target date to submit. Thanks, Richard From: Richard Mann Sent: Monday, May 29, 2017 6:15 PM To: Erica Clark Cc: HU MOH; Jean-Guy Albert Subject: Re: HCHU wind turbine ethics process Dear Erica, On 05/23/2017 09:26 AM, Erica Clark wrote: Dear Dr. Mann, We did not seek a legal opinion on interpretation of sections 11 and 13 of the Health Protection and Promotion Act, therefore, we are not providing the names of the individuals we spoke to. The extent of their involvement was to direct us to the Ontario Superior Court ruling on the matter. If you disagree with the information I have provided, you can seek a legal opinion from a lawyer. I have attached the court rulings to this email in case you missed them in the previous email. Both documents are publicly available. Thank Erica ____________________________________ Erica Clark, PhD Epidemiologist, APHEO Secretary Huron County Health Unit 77722B London Rd., RR #5 Clinton, ON N0M 1L0 519.482.3416 ext. 2022 Toll-free 1.877.837.6143 www.huronhealthunit.ca eclark@huroncounty.ca We value breastfeeding and are committed to helping parents make informed decisions about infant nutrition. This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy the original message and all copies. From: Richard Mann [mailto:mannr@uwaterloo.ca] Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 4:01 PM To: Erica Clark Cc: HU MOH ; Jean-Guy Albert Subject: Re: HCHU wind turbine ethics process Dear Erica, In your message of May 12th (link enclosed below), you indicate that you consulted others on the HPPA regulations. Will you please tell me the name(s) of those consulted. Thanks, Richard Encl: Your letter of May 12, 2017 (now made public on my web site). https://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/%7Emannr/Erica%20Clark%20May12.txt On 05/11/2017 04:26 PM, Erica Clark wrote: Dear Dr. Mann, I am still working on our response to the University of Waterloo ethics committee. I will let you know when we have received ethics approval. Thanks Erica ____________________________________ Erica Clark, PhD Epidemiologist, APHEO Secretary Huron County Health Unit 77722B London Rd., RR #5 Clinton, ON N0M 1L0 519.482.3416 ext. 2022 Toll-free 1.877.837.6143 www.huronhealthunit.ca eclark@huroncounty.ca We value breastfeeding and are committed to helping parents make informed decisions about infant nutrition. This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy the original message and all copies. From: Richard Mann [mailto:mannr@uwaterloo.ca] Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2017 4:18 PM To: Erica Clark Cc: HU MOH ; Jean-Guy Albert Subject: Re: HCHU wind turbine ethics process Dear Erica, Can you please update me on the status of your investigation. In a previous email you said that you were responding to suggestions from Waterloo Ethics. Have you revised/ resubmitted to Waterloo Ethics yet? If so, can you please tell me date you submitted and when a response is expected. Thanks, Richard On 05/02/2017 10:46 AM, Erica Clark wrote: Hello Richard, As outlined in the Tri-Council Policy Statement the role of a research ethics committee is to review the ethical acceptability of research involving human participants and to provide guidance and recommendations to the investigators to ensure the research study adheres to the Policy Statement. The Committee’s concerns are to be focused on the ethical treatment of participants while participating in the study. It is not the Committee’s mandate to speculate about the potential study outcomes or to make a determination if wind turbines are harmful or beneficial. Once the study has received ethics clearance we will continue to share information with the community including any changes that were made to the study protocols based on the Committee’s recommendations. We recognize that the information is of great interest to community members. Thanks Erica ____________________________________ Erica Clark, PhD Epidemiologist, APHEO Secretary Huron County Health Unit 77722B London Rd., RR #5 Clinton, ON N0M 1L0 519.482.3416 ext. 2022 Toll-free 1.877.837.6143 www.huronhealthunit.ca eclark@huroncounty.ca We value breastfeeding and are committed to helping parents make informed decisions about infant nutrition. This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy the original message and all copies.