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On 8 June 2022, the Centre welcomed the The Netherlands Ambassador for Human Rights, Dr Bahia Tahzib-Lie, and The Netherlands Ambassador to Canada, Ines Coppoolse, and their colleague Ms Jeanine de Vos, for an exchange and brief discussion about shared interests and challenges notably of Human Rights Defenders, Activists-in-Exile and Scholars-At-Risk (SAR).

ISED Minister pays a visit to campus to announce over $500 million in Discovery Research

Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau, director of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, is delighted to announce the appointment of Prof. Marina Pavlović and Dr. Valerie Steeves as interim co-directors of the Centre, effective July 1st, 2022.

The Bromley Memorial Event brings together graduate students from the United States and Canada to exchange ideas about science and technology policy, examine country-level policy differences, and to learn from senior policy advisors in both countries.

The 2021–2022 Excellence in Knowledge Mobilization Award has been given to Professors Charlotte Karam and Anne Levesque, whose respective research projects have a direct, positive impact on equity- and justice-seeking groups.

The AI + Society Initiative is delighted to announce the launch of I'm Honoured To Serve, a multidisciplinary project that offers a unique lens through which to critically examine the technology we build, and (re)evaluate its meaning and function in the world.

Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982), Senator Marilou McPhedran in collaboration with HRREC, has arranged a temporary art exhibit in the Senate from June 14 to June 16, 2022, featuring a selection of political cartoons, part of the international Contekst competitions held in partnership with HRREC.

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that on June 6th, 2022, Kristen Thomasen successfully defended her PhD in Law thesis titled “Private Law & Public Space: The Canadian Privacy Torts in an Era of Personal Remote-Surveillance Technology”, written under the supervision of CLTS Faculty members Prof. Jennifer Chandler and Dr. Teresa Scassa.

The partnership aims to bring key stakeholders together to accelerate the development of quantum computing technologies in Canada.

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has once again highlighted the excellence of University of Ottawa researchers. Two University research projects — INTBIOTECH, led by Professors Emilio Alarcon and Alison Flynn, and INTER-MATH-AI, led by Professor Maia Fraser — will share over $3.25 million awarded by the Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE)...