News

2022

• 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. 

• A look back at April 2022

  

  The CTLS Monthly Newsletter

• Matt Malone appointed Assistant Professor to the Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law

  Posted on Thursday, April 28, 2022

  

  The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that PhD candidate Matt Malone has been appointed as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at Thompson Rivers University, effective July 1st, 2022. 

• Dr. Teresa Scassa appeared before the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to discuss employee surveillance

  Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2022

  

  On March 29th 2022, Faculty member Dr. Teresa Scassa appeared before the Standing Committee on Social Policy of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The Committee was reviewing the government’s proposed Bill 88, An Act to enact the Digital Platform Workers’ Right Act, 2022 and to amend various Acts.

• A look back at March 2022

  

  The CTLS Monthly Newsletter

• Michael Da Silva appointed to the University of Southampton School of Law

  Posted on Friday, April 1, 2022

  

  The AI + Society Initiative, the Centre for Health Law, Ethics and Policy, and the Centre for Law, Technology and Society are delighted to announce that Alex Trebek Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Michael Da Silva has been appointed as a Permanent Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the University of Southampton School of Law, as of April 1, 2022. 

• Vivek Krishnamurthy appointed to the Government of Canada’s expert advisory group on online safety

  Posted on Thursday, March 31, 2022

  

  The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that Faculty member Vivek Krishnamurthy has been appointed by the Minister of Canadian Heritage and the Minister of Justice to the expert advisory group on online safety to develop legislation to address harmful online content. 

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

  Posted on Thursday, March 3, 2022

  

  On February 28th 2022, Faculty member Dr. Michael Geist appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI). The Committee is 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 February 2022

  

  The CTLS Monthly Newsletter