News

2016

• Jane Bailey and Chidi Oguamanam Inducted into Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

  Posted on Tuesday, September 13, 2016

  

  Professors Jane Bailey and Chidi Oguamanam, faculty members of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, have all been selected as new members of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.



• Expanding the Debate: A Licensing Scheme for Traditional Knowledge

  Posted on Monday, August 22, 2016

  Author: Chidi Oguamanam and Chris Koziol

  Traditional knowledge (TK) often helps researchers to locate, understand, and usefully apply genetic resources extracted from plants and animals. In some cases, TK provides the basis for cartographic insights and data on a wide range of otherwise inaccessible information. However, one of the sources of disquiet about TK is the perception that it is sometimes taken without permission, or when permission is given, TK may be used in a manner inconsistent with the expectations or wishes of the community. Even when researchers are working with Indigenous communities in good faith, there remains the risk of a misunderstanding or unintended misuse of the knowledge that can damage trust, build suspicion, and even cause economic, environmental, or other harm to the community.

• Mobile applications and the changing face of legal services

  Posted on Friday, July 15, 2016

  A new legal application, Legalswipe developed by University of Ottawa Faculty of Law graduate Christien Levien, is changing the face of the administration of justice.

• Professors McGill, Bouclin and Salyzyn Receive Knowledge Synthesis Grant

  

  Professor Jena McGill is the principal investigator on a project entitled “Emerging technological solutions to access to justice: opportunities and risks of mobile and web-based apps,” which has received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) under the Knowledge Synthesis Grant competition.  Professors Suzanne Bouclin and Amy Salyzyn are co-investigators on the project.

  The project will explore how mobile phone and web-based applications (“apps”) have come to be considered as a means to enhance access to justice. There is tremendous opportunity for apps to contribute to improving access to justice in Canada, but a synthesis of existing research about the state of this technology, its benefits and risks, is needed.  This project will begin building that body of knowledge by developing a taxonomy of available apps that purport to facilitate access to the legal system, compiling existing guidance on best practices on the use of apps in the legal domain, identifying policy issues in relation to such technologies, and establishing a forward-looking research agenda for future work in this area.  

  Congratulations to Professors McGill, Bouclin and Salyzyn!

• Professor de Beer Wins CALT Prize for Academic Excellence

  

  Professor Jeremy de Beer has been awarded the Canadian Association of Law Teachers (CALT) 2016 Prize for Academic Excellence.  The award honours exceptional contributions to research and law teaching by a Canadian law teacher in mid-career. 

  Professor de Beer has made exceptionally innovative and impactful contributions to teaching and research, and is recognized worldwide as a leader in empirical methods and global collaborations. His research solves practical problems that cut across the disciplines of law, economics, management, political science, and public policy, intersecting with subfields of natural sciences and engineering. Moreover, he has helped to define new fields of scholarly enquiry, and provided juris doctor and graduate students with unparalleled opportunities to engage extensively in world-leading research, by raising over $14 million in the last 7 years through large-scale grants for several peer-reviewed projects.

  In the classroom, Professor de Beer has garnered extensive praise for his innovative teaching methods, reshaping pedagogy in the core law school curriculum, pioneering specialized new courses on cutting-edge subjects and building an internationally-renowned IP mooting program. Through experiential learning outside the classroom, the future leaders whom Professor de Beer mentors acquire skills essential for legal practice and public service. His research has extraordinary impact, not only on students and the legal profession, but also on policymaking nationally and internationally.

  Congratulations to Professor de Beer on this well-deserved recognition!

• New Book: Courts, Litigants, and the Digital Age 2nd Edition, by Karen Eltis

  

  A new publication by Professor Karen Eltis, "Courts, Litigants, and the Digital Age 2nd Edition." 

• Drawn out battle over genetic resources dampens Africa’s hopes

  Posted on Monday, April 25, 2016

  Author: Chidi Oguamanam

  The global South is full of significant, diverse biological and genetic resources. It’s also home to most of the world’s indigenous communities. This is why developing countries are sensitive about protecting their genetic resources and traditional knowledge.

• University of Ottawa wins the Oxford International IP Moot again

  Posted on Monday, March 21, 2016

  

  University of Ottawa wins the Oxford International IP Moot again
  
  For the 2nd time in 5 years, students from the University of Ottawa have won the prestigious top prize at the Oxford International Intellectual Property Moot. Fred Wu was the competition’s 1st best speaker, Tracey Doyle placed 2nd and Laura MacDonald 6th, giving the team 3 of the top 6 speaker prizes. uOttawa also took honours as the top-ranked team after all preliminary rounds.
  
  

• Two Members Recognized in the 2016 Faculty Excellence Awards

  Posted on Wednesday, March 16, 2016

  

  I am delighted to announce the results of our first Internal Awards competition.

  The recipients were recognized in a special ceremony based on the recommendations of the Selection Committee which included Dean, Nathalie Des Rosiers, VD Research Droit civil, Marie-Ève Sylvestre, VD Research Telfer School, Wojtek Michalowski, VP English of the Common Law Student Society, Rob Kivlichan, Member of the Common Law Honour Society, Al D’Silva, and Research Facilitator, Cintia Quiroga.

• Bruce Schneier "Security in the Worl-Sized Web" - Video

  

  Available now for viewing!

  This talk looks back at what we've learned from past attempts to secure these systems, and forward at what technologies, laws, regulations, economic incentives, and social norms we need to secure them in the future.