Call for applications for the 2023 Technoships

Please note this competition is closed.

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is happy to launch the call for applications for the 2023 Technoships, a unique research training program in technology law, ethics and policy for first-year students.

The First-Year Technoship Program was developed to provide University of Ottawa first-year students with financial assistance, to cultivate mentoring relationships, and to offer an early opportunity to work with Faculty members from the Centre for Law, Technology and Society on current research initiatives.

Eligibility

This program is exclusively reserved for first-year students.

Program Details

Selected students will receive a research bursary of $1,000. Training activities and research will be carried out during the January and Winter semesters as coordinated by your mentor/supervisor (for a total of approximately 60 hours of activities).

For Winter 2023, Technoships will be available with Professors Jane Bailey, Kelly Bronson, Jeremy de Beer, Colleen Flood, Michael Geist, Karine Getelet, Vivek Krishnamurthy (CIPPIC), Florian Martin-Bariteau, Jason Millar, David Murakami Wood, Chidi Oguamanam, Marina Pavlović, Amy Salyzyn, & Teresa Scassa.

Research topics include:

Artificial Intelligence
Blockchain
Broadcasting
Copyright
Cybersecurity
Digital trade
Intellectual Property
International Trade
Legal Technologies
Online harms
Platform regulation
Privacy
Surveillance
Telecommunications
Traditional knowledge
Youth, technology & equality

How to apply

Students shall submit their application before November 25, 2022 (11:59 PM EST) through the electronic form.

Only applications submitted through this form will be considered.

Applicants must select all research topics of interest on the form. Research topics are provided for information purposes only. Supervisors may select more than one student for a given topic, and no students for others.

Applications should include a cover letter (max. 1 page) and a curriculum vitae. Applicants do not need to provide transcripts. Please submit one PDF document containing both your Cover Letter and CV with the document named using the format “Last name-first name.pdf”.

Results will be announced by mid-December.

More information

For more details, an FAQ page is available . You can also contact the Centre for Law, Technology and Society at techlaw@uottawa.ca.

In collaboration with the Law and Technology Student Society, the Centre for Law, Technology and Society will host an information session about the program on November 10, 2022, at 11:30 am.

Click here to register and receive connection details

Research Topics by Faculty

Jane Bailey

Young people and technology, including tech facilitated violence
Technology and human rights (eg AI, consent, law enforcement)

Kelly Bronson

Development of a draft "charter" on the uses of artificial intelligence at borders, specifically at they might affect vulnerable food workers (temporary foreign workers)
Planning a design methods workshop to think through the potential value of digital innovations (including AI) for small-scale and biodiverse farms in the Outaouais region

Jeremy de Beer