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Michael Geist launches a new podcast that will examine international developments on digital policy and Canada’s role in the global digital policy landscape.

University of Ottawa students had another stellar year at the Harold G. Fox Intellectual Property Moot championship. A runner-up finish for uOttawa’s Fox mooters in the 2019 finals adds another accolade for the school. That makes six straight semi-finals, four finals appearances, and three Fox Cups in the past six years.

The Canadian Association of Legal Ethics (CALE) has recently appointed Associate Professor Amy Salyzyn as President in a unanimous decision following the resignation of Alice Woolley on her appointment to the bench.

Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau, Director of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, has received an Insight Development Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) for a project entitled “Secrets and Whistleblowers in a Digital World”, which will explore the tensions between protecting both confidential information, and whistleblowers who act in the public interest.

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is pleased to announce that Professor Elizabeth Dubois has been named to the Board of Directors of CIVIX.

Dr. Elizabeth Dubois and Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau released “Canadians in a Digital Context: A Research Agenda for a Connected Canada”, a new report on Canadian citizenship in a digital context published as part of their "Canada 150: Connected Canada" research project supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Elizabeth Dubois, member of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society and Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa is the lead author on “Social Media and Political Engagement in Canada”, a new report being launched today on the political uses of social media.

Professor Teresa Scassa just published Law and the “Sharing Economy”: Regulating Online Market Platforms, a new book co-edited by Derek McKee of the Université de Montréal and Finn Makela of the Université de Sherbrooke.

On November 27th, 2018, Professor Michael Geist and Jeremy de Beer, members of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, appeared before the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage (CHPC).

Professor Michael Geist is among those who will be recognized this week by Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE).