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The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that CLTS Faculty member Dr. Chidi Oguamanam, has been awarded the University of Ottawa Research Chair in Sustainable Bio-Innovation, Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Global Knowledge Governance. The new Chair aims to advance just societies through the equitable participation of the world’s Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities...

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that CLTS Faculty member Dr. Elizabeth Dubois, has been awarded the University of Ottawa Research Chair in Politics, Communication and Technology. The new Chair aims to undertake an innovative and interdisciplinary research program focused on the social dynamics of automation and AI in political information environments.

The University of Ottawa is taking new steps to support its researchers’ exceptional work by awarding and renewing a series of internal research chairs.

The New Brunswick government recently announced that it is “leading the country” in the reduction of its GHG emissions, “well on its way to meeting the national target of 40-45 per cent below 2005 levels.” New Brunswick’s electricity sector is currently fueled by 80% non-emitting sources. This accomplishment is unexpected because it comes from a t...

The AI + Society Initiative and the Centre for Law Technology and Society is delighted to announce the publication of The Immaculate Conception of Data: Agribusiness, Activists, and Their Shared Politics of the Future, written by Faculty Member Dr. Kelly Bronson, and published by McGill-Queen's University Press.

Vitamin K is well-known for its blood clotting and bone building properties but today a new study published in Nature reports on a novel function for vitamin K.

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that Faculty member Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau will join the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University this fall to lead enquiry on human-centric cybersecurity frameworks for responsible AI.

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that Faculty member Dr. Elizabeth Dubois will join the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University this fall to lead enquiry into political actors' interactions with artificial intelligence and automated systems.

After nearly half a century of violent conflict with the Republic of Sudan, Southern Sudan finally acceded to international sovereignty on July 9, 2011. However, two years after its secession, the new state is once again sinking into civil war, this time between the country's politico-military leaders. This situation of ongoing conflict takes place in a context of normative pluralism characte...

Philosopher Francis Bacon said it best: knowledge is power. Those words motivated a group of local researchers to use wastewater to track influenza, a viral infection commonly known as “the flu”.