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An unusual look at science when Les Yeux on the former MacDonald Hall (1966–2016) meet up with those on the new STEM Complex (2018–).

In his Water Resources Engineering Laboratory, in the basement of the STEM Complex, Ioan Nistor will set natural and artificial worlds on a collision course. Using equipment unparalleled in Canada, the professor of engineering and his colleagues will stir up waves and shake the earth to simulate tsunamis, earthquakes and other natural hazards, and determine their impact on critical structures such...

Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau has been awarded a grant through the Canadian Bar Association’s Law for the Future Fund for a project that will shed new light on this phenomenon, entitled “Blockchain, Smart Contracts, and the Future of Contracts under Canadian Law.”

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 Administration Committee is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Martine Lagacé as associate vice-president, research, promotion and development, for a five-year term starting on August 1.

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.