News

2017

• Prof. Michael Geist appeared before the House of Commons to discuss net neutrality

  Posted on Tuesday, December 12, 2017

  

  On December 6^th, 2017, Prof Michael Geist, member of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, appeared before the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI).

• CIPPIC Intervened Before the SCC in Internet Libel and Jurisdiction Case

  Posted on Tuesday, December 5, 2017

  

  On November 29th, 2017, the  Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) intervened before the Supreme Court of Canada in Haaretz.com, et al. v. Mitchell Goldhar.

• Florian Martin-Bariteau publishes “Le droit de marque” with LexisNexis

  Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2017

  

  Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau, Director of the Centre and Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, publishes "Le droit de marque : une approche fonctionnelle dans l'économie globale et numérique" with LexisNexis Canada.

• CLTS students receive grants from the University of Ottawa’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program for 2018

  Posted on Tuesday, November 21, 2017

  

  Six students working with Faculty members of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society are among the grant recipients from the University of Ottawa’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program for 2018: Pier-Luc Bisaillon Landry, Uttra Gautam, Sean Grassie, Alyssa Hall, Tara Hrisov and Véronique Newman.

• An Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Canada for an International Ban on the Weaponization of Artificial Intelligence

  Posted on Monday, November 6, 2017

  

  Led by Ian Kerr, Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton, Rich Sutton et Doina Precup, more than 200 members of the Canadian research community exhort the Prime Minister of Canada to join the international call to ban lethal autonomous weapons that remove meaningful human control in the deployment of lethal force. Canadians are invited to join the #BanKillerAI call, and sign the open letter to the Prime Minister of Canada!

• Professor Kerr Renews Canada Research Chair in Ethics, Law and Technology

  Posted on Thursday, November 2, 2017

  

  Professor Ian Kerr, member of the Centre, has renewed his Canada Research Chair in Ethics, Law and Technology, bringing $1.5 million to uOttawa to develop Robotics and AI Law and Policy.  His research will focus on the merger of humans and machines and the ethical, legal and social ramifications of this union.

• Professor Scassa Awarded Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Information Law and Policy

  Posted on Thursday, November 2, 2017

  

  Professor Teresa Scassa, member of the Centre, has been awarded a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Information Law and Policy. This Chair will allow her to continue her innovative research advancing knowledge and informing public policy-making on issues of the ownership, control, and transparency of information and data within the evolving context of the e-Society.  With the Chair, she will earn $1.4 million over the next seven years.

• Call for applications for the 2018 « Technoships »

  Posted on Monday, October 30, 2017

  CLOSED

• Submissions on Copyright Board of Canada Reform

  Posted on Tuesday, October 24, 2017

  

  Recently, the Canadian government’s consultation on reform to the Copyright Board of Canada closed with a plan for reform expected to be unveiled in the coming months. Professor Michael Geist, member of the Centre, and the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) provided their recommendations on the consultations regarding options for reform to the Copyright Board.

• Prof. Michael Geist appeared before the Senate Open Caucus to discuss the NAFTA renegotiation

  Posted on Friday, October 20, 2017

  

  On October 18, 2017, Prof Michael Geist, member of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, appeared before the Senate Open Caucus to discuss the renegotiation of NAFTA.