News

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that three of its Faculty members have received tenure and are being promoted to the rank of Associate Professors: Michael Pal, Marina Pavlović, and Amy Salyzyn.

It is with great pleasure that, this year, five Faculty members of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, have been recognized in the 2017-2018 Internal Awards of the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section.

On March 20, 2018, Prof Marina Pavlović, member of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, appeared before the Senate Committee on Transport and Communications.

The Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) has been granted leave to intervene before the Supreme Court of Canada in R v. Jarvis (SCC Case No. 37833) on the Interpretation of the Voyeurism Offense.

Mr. Sileshi Hirko, a PhD candidate at the Centre for Law, Technology and Society of the University of Ottawa, has won the Civil Society Scholars Award (CSSA). CSSA is a research grant from the Open Society Foundations, and it is awarded to PhD students for field research and to scholars for a research project.

Professor Mistrale Goudreau has published the 3^rd edition of her field-leading book Intellectual Property Law in Canada. In addition to being published as part of Wolters Kluwer’s International Encyclopaedia of Laws series, the book is also available as of December 2017 as a separate paperback book, printed on demand.

Professor Michael Geist has been appointed to the Order of Ontario, the province's highest honour, awarded to Ontarians for excellence and achievement in any field.

The Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) has filed an intervention factum in the Supreme Court of Canada case, Her Majesty the Queen in Right of British Columbia v. Philip Morris International, Inc.

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 Faculty members from the University of Ottawa: Dr. Elizabeth Dubois (Faculty of Arts) and Dr. Michael Pal (Faculty of Law), as well as seven Associate Members drawn from our international research network: Dr. Erika Kraemer-Mbula, Dr. Tracey P. Lauriault, Dr. Jason Millar, Prof. Caroline Ncube, Dr. Nagla Rizk, Dr. Isaac Rutenberg, and Dr. Tobias Schonwetter.

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).