Initial contact and provision of these agreements is often to the research team or principal investigators and all research contracts (including CDA/NDAs) and budgets are to be sent for review and final approval for signature to ResearchContracts@nshealth.ca.
Our contractual legal entity name is: Nova Scotia Health Authority, a body corporate pursuant to the Health Authorities Act (Nova Scotia)
Our principal place of business address is:
90 Lovett Lake Court
Suite 201
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3S 0H6
*Please note: this may differ from previously communicated addresses for research.
Physician PIs are not employees of our institution and therefore must be included as a separate legal party and signatory on all research contracts. Each physician has his/her own office address and have medical appointments pursuant to the Nova Scotia Health Authority medical appointment by-laws.
Although, Nova Scotia Health is a government reporting entity, none of its employees, appointed medical staff, or agents are considered “government officials”.
Institutional Signatories:
Research Contracts
Dr. Ashley Hilchie
Senior Director, Research
Business Development and Innovation Contracts:
Margaret Palmeter
Senior Director, Innovation
Above threshold contracts (over $250,000):
Dr. Jeannie Shoveller
Vice President, Research
Derek Spinney
Vice President, Corporate Services, Infrastructure and Chief Financial Officer
Acceptable Signing Platforms:
We can sign and accept signing of contracts through the following platforms/processes:
- DocuSign
- Certified Adobe Sign
- Adobe “Fill and Sign”
- Wet ink
Please note: we are unable to sign via Adobe Acrobat Sign, which is a cloud based e-signature service that allows the user to send, sign, track, and manage signature processes using a browser or mobile device. It is part of the Adobe Document Cloud suite of services.
