News

2022

• Dr. Céline Castets-Renard awarded a SSHRC grant for a partnership on the risks of the use of AI by law enforcement

  Posted on Monday, February 21, 2022

  

  The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that Dr. Céline Castets-Renard was recently awarded a SSHRC Parternship Engage Grant for a project entitled “Profilage racial et impact des technologies utilisées par la police à Montréal-Saint Michel”.

• Dr. Michael Geist appeared before the Senate to discuss Bill S-210

  Posted on Monday, February 14, 2022

  

  On February 9th 2022, Faculty member Dr. Michael Geist appeared before the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs to discuss the Bill S-210 that purports to restrict underage access to sexually explicit material.

• Dr. Teresa Scassa appeared before the House of Commons to discuss use of mobile data by public health agency

  Posted on Friday, February 11, 2022

  

  On February 10th 2022, Faculty member Dr. Teresa Scassa appeared before the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI). The Committee is currently reviewing the collection and use of mobility data by the Public Health Agency of Canada to support the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• A look back at January 2022

  

  The CTLS Monthly Newsletter

• Kelly Bronson contributes to Council of Canadian Academies’ report on the existing and emerging risks to plant health in Canada

  Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2022

  

  The Center for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that CLTS Faculty member Dr. Kelly Bronson has contributed to Cultivating Diversity, a report released by the Council of Canadian Academies to examine the existing and emerging risks to plant health in Canada and to offer insights into promising practices that may help to mitigate them.

• CLTS welcomes 36 Technoship Fellows

  Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2022

  

  The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to welcome 36 fellows as part of the 2022 edition of its flagship program of Technoships, a unique research training program in technology law, ethics and policy for first-year students.

• Sileshi Bedasie Hirko publishes Rethinking Copyright for Sustainable Human Development

  Posted on Monday, January 10, 2022

  

  The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that Routledge has published Rethinking Copyright for Sustainable Human Development: Higher Education and Access to Knowledge, written by Dr. Sileshi Bedasie Hirko, a recent PhD graduate and now a postdoctoral fellow with Open AIR.