Centre for Law, Technology and Society

Michael Geist launches a new podcast that will examine international developments on digital policy and Canada’s role in the global digital policy landscape.

The University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that Dr. Elizabeth Dubois will join the Assembly program at the MIT Media Lab and Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University this spring.

University of Ottawa students had another stellar year at the Harold G. Fox Intellectual Property Moot championship. A runner-up finish for uOttawa’s Fox mooters in the 2019 finals adds another accolade for the school. That makes six straight semi-finals, four finals appearances, and three Fox Cups in the past six years.

The Canadian Association of Legal Ethics (CALE) has recently appointed Associate Professor Amy Salyzyn as President in a unanimous decision following the resignation of Alice Woolley on her appointment to the bench.

Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau, Director of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, has received an Insight Development Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) for a project entitled “Secrets and Whistleblowers in a Digital World”, which will explore the tensions between protecting both confidential information, and whistleblowers who act in the public interest.