On October 3, 2025, the University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology and Society welcomed back its global network of alumni, friends and partners to celebrate 25 years of law, ethics and policy at the University of Ottawa and the 15th anniversary of the Centre!

Answering Prime Minister Carney’s call for a “made-in-Canada” approach to AI, a new policy whitepaper co-led by Dr. Kelly Bronson and Dr. Anne Pasek charts a path forward for an approach centered around sovereignty, reconciliation, environmental action and affordability.

A recognized expert in the design of legal frameworks protecting rights and freedoms in the digital context, Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau has been renewed as the University Research Chair in Technology and Society.

With artificial intelligence poised to reshape our economies, governments, and daily lives, the need for thoughtful, ethical leadership in this field has never been greater. Professor Céline Castets-Renard is at the forefront of this challenge.

Diana Urian has been awarded the inaugural Samit and Reshma Shama Scholarship in Law, Technology and Society by the University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology and Society to support her innovative policy research regarding privacy concerns surrounding brain data.

A leading voice on public interest in the digital society, Professor Marina Pavlović has been awarded the 2025–2026 Chief Justice of Ontario Fellowship in Legal Ethics and Professionalism by the Ontario Bar Association Foundation.

“FemTech” apps are now part of daily life for millions of women and girls. But behind the promise of convenience, they collect vast amounts of intimate health data under vague privacy policies.

Recent graduates Dr. Ronan Pons and Zoé Schwindt have been recognized for the excellence of their legal research with two major awards from the Faculty of Law, Graduate Studies.

Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau, the University Research Chair in Technology and Society and Director of the Centre for Law, Technology, and Society at the University of Ottawa, has been awarded the Royal Society of Canada’s Kitty Newman Memorial Award for outstanding contributions as an emerging scholar in the field of the philosophy of law.