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The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that PhD candidate Esther Ekong has been awarded an International Peace Scholarship by the Philanthropic Educational Organization.

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that, on May 1st, 2020, Sileshi Hirko has successfully defended his PhD thesis in Law on Copyright, Development and the Human Right to Education in Ethiopia, written under the supervision by CLTS Faculty members, Professor Chidi Oguamanam and Professor Jeremy de Beer.

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that CLTS Faculty member Dr. Teresa Scassa just published Digital Commerce in Canada with LexisNexis Canada.

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Elizabeth Dubois, a CLTS Faculty member and an Assistant Professor within the Department of Communication at the Faculty of Arts, has been awarded the Faculty of Arts’ 2020 Early Researcher of the Year Award.

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that on Friday, 17th April 2020, Uchenna F. Ugwu successfully defended her PhD in Law thesis titled “Harnessing the Multilateral Patent and Plant Variety Protection Regimes to Advance Food Security: Implications of the EU-ECOWAS Economic Partnership Agreement,” and written under the supervision by CLTS Faculty members, Professor Chidi Oguamanam and Professor Jeremy de Beer.

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that two of its Faculty members have received tenure and are being promoted to the rank of Associate Professors on May 1st, 2020: Dr Wolfgang Alschner, and Dr Florian Martin-Bariteau.

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to welcome 49 fellows as part of the 2020 edition of its flagship program of Technoships, a unique research training program in technology law, ethics and policy for first-year students.

The University of Ottawa and Scotiabank announced the creation of a new Initiative that will define problems and identify solutions to essential issues related to ethical AI and technology development. The AI + Society Initiative will be led by Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau, Director of the University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology and Society and an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section.

As part of Giving Tuesday 2020, the University of Ottawa is announcing the creation of the Kerr Fellows program to bring the very best students from around the world to the University of Ottawa and link a generation of new leaders to Ian R. Kerr and his legacy. Each year, Kerr Fellows will be supported with a $25,000 scholarship from the Ian R. Kerr Memorial Fund, additional financial support from the University of Ottawa, a travel stipend to attend conferences, and a guaranteed placement in their field of study within the technology law internship program.