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Professor Jeremy Kerr, chair of the University of Ottawa’s Department of Biology, has been elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the esteemed Science family of journals.

The University of Ottawa has climbed to eighth place overall on Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities list for 2021, according to the reputable Research Infosource Inc. ranking, published today.

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to welcome 36 fellows as part of the 2022 edition of its flagship program of Technoships, a unique research training program in technology law, ethics and policy for first-year students.

Alex Trebek Fellow David Hughes has accepted an Assistant Professor position at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto.

On 2 December 2021, Professor John Packer addressed (remotely) the annual meeting of the UN Human Rights Council’s Forum on Minority Issues.

Important news for academic freedom and university autonomy.

We are pleased to announce that Malorie Kanaan was awarded the Jacques Gaudreau Graduate Scholarship in International Human Rights Law for the academic year 2021-2022. This scholarship is awarded each year to an outstanding graduate student (Masters or Ph.D.) in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa.

The University of Ottawa has earned three new Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) that will consolidate its expertise in climate change and brain and cardiovascular health. The University is also proud to announce the renewal of two CRCs to professors whose research activities contribute to the advancement of photonics and neuroscience.

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that Routledge has published Rethinking Copyright for Sustainable Human Development: Higher Education and Access to Knowledge, written by Dr. Sileshi Bedasie Hirko, a recent PhD graduate and now a postdoctoral fellow with Open AIR.

On 22 October 2021, HRREC student member Slava Balan contributed to “The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Economic Participation of Minorities” organized as a side-event around the 76th session of the UN General Assembly.