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Technology Law, Ethics and Policy

Assistant(s), Communication and Knowledge Mobilization

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is seeking assistant(s) to support its Director and its members, in promoting their research, on the Centre’s website, newsletter, social media and through original video and design work.
The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is seeking assistant(s) to support its Director and its members, in promoting their research, on the Centre’s website, newsletter, social media and through original video and design work.

August 6, 2019
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Elizabeth Dubois named as Assembly Fellow by MIT Media Lab and Harvard Berkman-Klein Center

The University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that Dr. Elizabeth Dubois will join the Assembly program at the MIT Media Lab and Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University this spring.
The University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that Dr. Elizabeth Dubois will join the Assembly program at the MIT Media Lab and Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University this spring.

July 17, 2019
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CLTS engaged in a $2.5 Million SSHRC Partnership Grant for the Global Journalism Innovation Lab

CLTS Faculty members Dr. Elizabeth Dubois and Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau are co-investigators on a strategic $2.5 Million Partnership Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) on journalism innovation that will support the development of the Global Journalism Innovation Lab / Lab mondial d’innovation en journalisme. The Centre is also a partner of this strategic grant...
CLTS Faculty members Dr. Elizabeth Dubois and Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau are co-investigators on a strategic $2.5 Million Partnership Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) on journalism innovation that will support the development of the Global Journalism Innovation...

July 17, 2019
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Teresa Scassa appointed chair of the Canadian Statistics Advisory Council

Faculty member Dr. Teresa Scassa has been appointed Chair of the Government of Canada’s new Canadian Statistics Advisory Council. The Council will advise the Chief Statistician and the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development on matters concerning the overall quality of the national statistical system, including the relevance, accuracy, accessibility and timeliness of its data.
Faculty member Dr. Teresa Scassa has been appointed Chair of the Government of Canada’s new Canadian Statistics Advisory Council. The Council will advise the Chief Statistician and the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development on matters concerning the overall quality of the national ...

July 3, 2019
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Marina Pavlović and Amy Salyzyn join project on regulating technologies for common legal problems

CLTS Faculty Members Prof. Marina Pavlović and Dr. Amy Salyzyn are co-applicants on a Justice and technology research grant from the Law Foundation of Ontario (LFO) for a project led by Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) on the regulation of technologies designed to assist the general public with legal documents.
CLTS Faculty Members Prof. Marina Pavlović and Dr. Amy Salyzyn are co-applicants on a Justice and technology research grant from the Law Foundation of Ontario (LFO) for a project led by Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) on the regulation of technologies designed to assist the general public w...

June 24, 2019
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Digital Ecosystem Research Challenge Launched ahead of 2019 Election

Dr. Elizabeth Dubois, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and a CLTS Faculty Member, received, with Dr. Taylor Owen (McGill University), a Canada History Fund grant to run the Digital Ecosystem Research Challenge, a call for proposals for projects examining the uses and impacts of digital media in the 2019 Canadian Federal Election.
Dr. Elizabeth Dubois, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and a CLTS Faculty Member, received, with Dr. Taylor Owen (McGill University), a Canada History Fund grant to run the Digital Ecosystem Research Challenge, a call for proposals for projects examining the uses and impacts...

June 24, 2019
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Amy Salyzyn awarded grant for project studying public understanding of complex legal documents

CLTS Faculty Member, Dr Amy Salyzyn has received a Justice and technology researchgrant from the Law Foundation of Ontario (LFO) for a two-year project that will examine how the public reads and understands complex court documents.
CLTS Faculty Member, Dr Amy Salyzyn has received a Justice and technology researchgrant from the Law Foundation of Ontario (LFO) for a two-year project that will examine how the public reads and understands complex court documents.

June 21, 2019
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Technology Law, Ethics and Policy

Jason Millar Awarded Canada Research Chair in the Ethical Engineering of Robotics and AI

Dr. Jason Millar, a Faculty member of the Centre, has been awarded a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in the Ethical Engineering of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Situated in the Faculty of Engineering, this unique SSHRC-funded Chair will enable Dr. Millar to further develop his interdisciplinary research bringing ethics and policy considerations to bear on the engineering of emerging robo...
Dr. Jason Millar, a Faculty member of the Centre, has been awarded a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in the Ethical Engineering of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Situated in the Faculty of Engineering, this unique SSHRC-funded Chair will enable Dr. Millar to further develop his interdiscipl...

June 17, 2019
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eQuality Leaders Propose Digital Strategy Considering Gender-based, Technology-facilitated Violence

As part of the upcoming uOttawa IMPACT Forum, CLTS Faculty members and eQuality leaders Prof. Jane Bailey and Dr. Valerie Steeves propose a set of recommendations to ensure that Canada’s Digital Strategy includes measures to meaningfully and comprehensively address gender-based technology-facilitated violence, and discrimination and harassment.
As part of the upcoming uOttawa IMPACT Forum, CLTS Faculty members and eQuality leaders Prof. Jane Bailey and Dr. Valerie Steeves propose a set of recommendations to ensure that Canada’s Digital Strategy includes measures to meaningfully and comprehensively address gender-based technology-facilitate...

June 14, 2019