News

2022

• Jennifer Chandler elected 2022 Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

  Posted on Wednesday, September 14, 2022

  

  The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that Faculty member Prof. Jennifer Chandler has been elected as a 2022 Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS), one of the highest honours for members of the Canadian health sciences community.

• A look back at August 2022

  

  The CTLS Monthly Newsletter

• Teresa Scassa appointed Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario’s Scholar-in-Residence

  Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2022

  

  The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that Faculty member Dr. Teresa Scassa has been appointed the first ever Scholar-in-Residence at the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, effective September 1st, 2022. 

• Chidi Oguamanam Awarded University Research Chair in Sustainable Bio-Innovation, Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Global Knowledge Governance

  Posted on Wednesday, August 17, 2022

  

  The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that CLTS Faculty member Dr. Chidi Oguamanam, has been awarded the University of Ottawa Research Chair in Sustainable Bio-Innovation, Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Global Knowledge Governance. The new Chair aims to advance just societies through the equitable participation of the world’s Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) in global knowledge production and in the resulting benefits. 

• Elizabeth Dubois Awarded University Research Chair in Politics, Communication and Technology

  Posted on Tuesday, August 16, 2022

  

  The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that CLTS Faculty member Dr. Elizabeth Dubois, has been awarded the University of Ottawa Research Chair in Politics, Communication and Technology. The new Chair aims to undertake an innovative and interdisciplinary research program focused on the social dynamics of automation and AI in political information environments.

• Dr. Kelly Bronson publishes The Immaculate Conception of Data: Agribusiness, Activists, and Their Shared Politics of the Future

  Posted on Friday, August 5, 2022

  

  The AI + Society Initiative and the Centre for Law Technology and Society is delighted to announce the publication  of The Immaculate Conception of Data: Agribusiness, Activists, and Their Shared Politics of the Future, written by Faculty Member Dr. Kelly Bronson, and published by McGill-Queen's University Press.

• A look back at July 2022

  

  The CTLS Monthly Newsletter

• Florian Martin-Bariteau joins Harvard Berkman-Klein Center as Fellow

  Posted on Tuesday, August 2, 2022

  

  The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that Faculty member Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau will join the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University this fall to lead enquiry on human-centric cybersecurity frameworks for responsible AI.

• Elizabeth Dubois joins Harvard Berkman-Klein Center as Fellow

  Posted on Tuesday, August 2, 2022

  

  The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that Faculty member Dr. Elizabeth Dubois will join the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University this fall to lead enquiry into political actors' interactions with artificial intelligence and automated systems.

• Elizabeth Dubois and Sabrina Wilkinson co-author new report on explanatory journalism

  Posted on Monday, July 25, 2022

  

  The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that the Global Innovation Journalism Lab released From Flies to File Storage: Policy Issues in the Life-Cycle of Explanatory Journalism, a report co-written by CLTS Faculty member Dr. Elizabeth Dubois and then postdoctoral fellow Dr. Sabrina Wilkinson, with Dr. Heidi Tworek, Elizabeth Ren and Lui Xia Lee. The report examines the life-cycle of explanatory journalism in order to uncover policy challenges and identify how these issues might be addressed.