News

2022

• Marina Pavlović and Valerie Steeves appointed Interim Directors

  Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2022

  

  Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau, director of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, is delighted to announce the appointment of Prof. Marina Pavlović and Dr. Valerie Steeves as interim co-directors of the Centre, effective July 1st, 2022.

• Launch of I’m Honoured To Serve, an artistic critic of digital assistants and user’s exploitation

  Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2022

  

  The AI + Society Initiative is delighted to announce the launch of I'm Honoured To Serve, a multidisciplinary project that offers a unique lens through which to critically examine the technology we build, and (re)evaluate its meaning and function in the world.  

• Kristen Thomasen successfully defended her doctoral thesis

  Posted on Monday, June 13, 2022

  

  The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that on June 6th, 2022, Kristen Thomasen successfully defended her PhD in Law thesis titled “Private Law & Public Space: The Canadian Privacy Torts in an Era of Personal Remote-Surveillance Technology”, written under the supervision of CLTS Faculty members Prof. Jennifer Chandler and Dr. Teresa Scassa.

• A look back at May 2022

  

  The CTLS Monthly Newsletter

• Dr. Teresa Scassa co-authors Canadian Intellectual Property Law, 3rd Edition

  Posted on Friday, June 3, 2022

  

  The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce the publication with Emond Publishing of the 3rd edition of Canadian Intellectual Property Law: Cases and Materials, a leading casebook co-authored by CLTS Faculty Member Dr. Teresa Scassa.

• David Eliot selected as Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar

  Posted on Thursday, June 2, 2022

  

  The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that PhD Candidate David Eliot has been selected as a 2022-2025 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar.

• Michelle Liu selected as Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar

  Posted on Tuesday, May 31, 2022

  

  The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that PhD Candidate Michelle Liu has been selected as a 2022-2025 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar, one of the most prestigious national awards in Canada.

• Jane Bailey and Teresa Scassa appointed to the Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner’s Strategic Advisory Council

  Posted on Friday, May 27, 2022

  

  The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is pleased to announce that Faculty members Professor Jane Bailey and Dr. Teresa Scassa have been appointed to the Strategic Advisory Council of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, which will provide Commissioner Kosseim’s office with independent, expert advice to help ensure a broader range of interests and perspectives are taken into consideration in advancing and implementing the office’s strategic goals.

• Dr. Teresa Scassa co-edits The Future of Open Data

  Posted on Tuesday, May 24, 2022

  

  The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce the publication with the University of Ottawa Press of The Future of Open Data, a new edited collection edited by CLTS Faculty Member Dr. Teresa Scassa and Pamela Robinson. 

• Teresa Scassa and Courtney Doagoo contribute to Council of Canadian Academies’ report on the risks and benefits of AI for Canada

  Posted on Tuesday, May 10, 2022

  

  The AI + Society Initiative and the Centre for Law, Technology and Society are delighted to announce that Faculty member Dr. Teresa Scassa and Fellow Dr. B. Courtney Doagoo have contributed to Leaps and Boundaries, a new report by the Council of Canadian Academies that examines a broad range of factors related to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in scientific research and discovery in Canada.