The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is pleased to announce that Virginie Jetté has been named Global Policy Global Fellow by the Instituto de Tecnologia e Sociedade do Rio de Janeiro (ITS Rio, Brazil).
Professors Ian Kerr and Florian Martin-Bariteau are key partners in a S$4.5 million research grant awarded to the Singapore Management University School of Law by Singapore’s National Research Foundation and the Infocomm Media Development Authority for a five-year Research Programme on the Governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Use.
The Centre for Law, Technology and Society (CLTS) is delighted to announced that Faculty members Jane Bailey, Florian Martin-Bariteau and Amy Salyzyn, as well as Associate Member Jacquelyn Burkell, are co-investigators on a strategic $2.5 Million Partnership Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) on Autonomy through Cyberjustice Technologies.
Professor Teresa Scassa earned Insight Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and will delve into the underdeveloped area of online data ownership to examine who can control and reuse publicly accessible online data.
Prof. Florian Martin-Bariteau, Director of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, is delighted to announce that the Centre’s Management Committee approved the appointment of two new Associate Members: Kristen Thomasen and Jacquelyn Burkell.
On June 7th, 2018, Professor Elizabeth Dubois, member of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, appeared before the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC).
The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that Professor Marina Pavlović has been appointed by the Government of Canada to the panel that will be leading the review of the Telecommunications and Broadcasting Acts.
The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is honoured to announce that Faculty members Dr Wolfgang Alschner and Dr Amy Salyzyn have each received an Early Researcher Award (ERA) from the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation. The ERA program provides funding to new researchers working at publicly-funded Ontario research institutions to assist them in building research teams.
The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that two of its students, Uttra Gautam and Selena Lucien, were awarded a $6,000 grant from the Alex Trebek Innovation and Challenge Fund to develop an interactive pre-purchase wireless contract tool.
Students from the University of Ottawa have won the Inaugural Canadian Copyright Policy Moot organized with Canadian Heritage and Innovation, Sciences and Economic Development Canada.
