News

2019

• CIPPIC receives LFO grant on access to justice and standard form contracts

  Posted on Friday, April 26, 2019

  The Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC), at the University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology and Society, received a Measuring Impacts & Progress grant from the  Law Foundation of Ontario to investigate access to justice issues in consumer standard form contracts. The team at CIPPIC is excited to be tackling this important access to justice issue that impacts all Canadian consumers in the digital age.

• Professor Teresa Scassa appeared before the Senate of Canada to discuss Open Banking

  Posted on Monday, April 8, 2019

  On April 4, 2019, Professor Teresa Scassa, member of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, appeared before the Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce.

• CIPPIC addresses Crown Copyright before the Supreme Court of Canada

  Posted on Friday, March 29, 2019

  Today, on March 29, 2019, the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) intervened before the Supreme Court of Canada in Keatley Surveying Ltd. v. Teranet Inc. The outcome of this case, which addresses “Crown copyright”, will impact many mass digitization projects and open government initiatives.

• Florian Martin-Bariteau bestowed the 2018-2019 Common Law Emerging Researcher Award

  Posted on Friday, March 29, 2019

  We are delighted to announce that Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau, the director of the University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology and Society and an Assistant Professor within the Common Law Section of the Faculty of Law, has been awarded the Common Law Section 2018-2019 Emergent Researcher Award by the Common Law Section of the Faculty of Law.

• Another Successful Year for uOttawa at the Oxford International Intellectual Property Law Moot

  Posted on Thursday, March 28, 2019

  The Centre for Law, Technology and Society celebrates another successful year at the 17th Annual Oxford International Intellectual Property Law Moot. Almut MacDonald, Jessica Pugliese, and Spencer Malthouse, coached by Professor Jeremy de Beer, brought home a second-place finish. The achievements of this year’s Oxford team affirm a long-standing tradition of international IP mooting success for the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) team.

• Michael Geist Launches “LawBytes”: A New Podcast on Digital Policy in Canada

  Posted on Wednesday, March 13, 2019

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

• Elizabeth Dubois named as Assembly Fellow by MIT Media Lab and Harvard Berkman-Klein Center

  Posted on Monday, March 4, 2019

  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.

• Another Successful Year for uOttawa at the Fox Intellectual Property Moot

  Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2019

  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.

• Professor Amy Salyzyn appointed President of the Canadian Association of Legal Ethics

  Posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2019

  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.

• Florian Martin-Bariteau Receives SSHRC Grant for Research on Secrets and Whistleblowers in the Digital World

  Posted on Thursday, January 31, 2019

  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.