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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.

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• A look back at February 2022

  

  The CTLS Monthly Newsletter

• The AI + Society launches #Tresdancing, a short film on AI, Surveillance and Educational Technologies

  

  Co-produced by the AI + Society Initiative, the eQuality Project and the Queen’s Surveillance Studies Centre, #tresdancing speculates on the effects of escalating surveillance and control through AI and educational technology. Created by sava saheli singh, this fourth instalment of the Screening Surveillance series was made possible thanks to the support of the Scotiabank Fund for AI and Society at the University of Ottawa and of the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada. 

• 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.