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The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that the Law Foundation of Ontario has awarded a Community Leadership in Justice Fellowship for the 2018-2019 academic term to Jean-Noé Landry, Executive Director at OpenNorth, for a project on smart cities.

Professor Suzanne Bouclin, a CLTS Faculty Member, along with collaborator Binyam Sisay Mendisu, have been awarded the Global Young Academy’s North-South Interdisciplinary Grant for a project that brings together the fields of human rights, new media technologies and linguistics to explore how digital storytelling can help to document vulnerable languages.

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is seeking assistant(s) to support its Director and members, notably for the Centre's administration. Assistants may also take part in the promotion of research, including the website, the newsletter and social networks.

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is pleased to announce that Virginie Jetté has been named Global Policy Global Fellow by the Instituto de Tecnologia e Sociedade do Rio de Janeiro (ITS Rio, Brazil).

Professors Ian Kerr and Florian Martin-Bariteau are key partners in a S$4.5 million research grant awarded to the Singapore Management University School of Law by Singapore’s National Research Foundation and the Infocomm Media Development Authority for a five-year Research Programme on the Governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Use.

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society (CLTS) is delighted to announced that Faculty members Jane Bailey, Florian Martin-Bariteau and Amy Salyzyn, as well as Associate Member Jacquelyn Burkell, are co-investigators on a strategic $2.5 Million Partnership Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) on Autonomy through Cyberjustice Technologies.

Professor Teresa Scassa earned Insight Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and will delve into the underdeveloped area of online data ownership to examine who can control and reuse publicly accessible online data.

Prof. Florian Martin-Bariteau, Director of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, is delighted to announce that the Centre’s Management Committee approved the appointment of two new Associate Members: Kristen Thomasen and Jacquelyn Burkell.

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that Professor Marina Pavlović has been appointed by the Government of Canada to the panel that will be leading the review of the Telecommunications and Broadcasting Acts.