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.

Professor Florian Martin-Bariteau, Director of the Centre for Law, Technology, and Society and the University Research Chair in Technology and Society at the University of Ottawa, has been elected to the College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada, adding him to the list of Canada's most influential new voices.

Prof. Marina Pavlović and Dr. Katie Szilagyi have been awarded the Ian R. Kerr Memorial Best Paper Award at We Robot 2025 for their research on contract theory and generative AI.

A renowned scholar in information law and policy, Dr. Teresa Scassa has been appointed as a member of the Ontario Health Data Council (OHDC) to support the management of Ontario’s health data.

The University of Ottawa AI + Society Initiative and IVADO release a global policy brief led by Prof. Florian Martin-Bariteau and Prof. Catherine Régis to provide policymakers with actionable globally-oriented policy guidance on the impact of AI on democracy and electoral integrity.

Professor Karine Gentelet and students at the University of Ottawa have developed a reference directory on digital and artificial intelligence ethics for First Nations, produced with the support of the AI + Society Initiative.

In recognition her exceptional thought leadership in Canadian information law and policy, Dr. Teresa Scassa has been bestowed the inaugural PICCASO Canada Award for Privacy Leader in Academia / Thought Leader.

As the government reflects on the use of deployment of AI in the federal public service, the President of the Treasury Board of Canada invited two professors from the University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology and Society, Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau and Dr. Teresa Scassa, to join a critical conversation to design Canada’s AI strategy for the public sector.