Eligibility: This program is exclusively for 1st year students in both the English and French common law program. Selected students will receive $1000 remuneration for their work.
How to Apply: Students may submit applications starting November 2, 2015. Applications must be received by 4:00PM on November 12, 2015 to be eligible. Please submit your application by email to techlaw@uottawa.ca. Applications need only include a cover letter and your curriculum vitae. Please submit one PDF document containing both your Cover Letter and CV with the document named using the format “Last name-first name-1LTechnoship”. Students do not need to provide transcripts. Students must indicate their desired areas of research from among the following list:
Privacy;
Robotics;
Artificial Intelligence;
Online equality for youth;
Intellectual property and open innovation;
Intellectual property, international trade and development;
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP);
Surveillance;
Net neutrality;
Copyright reform;
Broadcasting regulation;
E-commerce;
Open Data and Content Licensing;
Big Data and transparency issues;
Data ownership issues in the smart cities context;
Aboriginal knowledge;
Access and benefit sharing to genetic resources;
Use of ICTs (“Information and communications technologies”) for promotion of entrepreneurship in Africa;
Consumer protection in telecommunications;
Access to legal information/access to justice.
Placement: Selected students will be advised of their professor placement on December 15, 2015. Technoships will be carried out during the January and Winter 2016 semester as coordinated by your supervisor (Approximately 5 hours per week for 12 weeks, for a total of approximately 60 hours).
Participating Professors: Jane Bailey; Jeremy de Beer; David Fewer; Michael Geist; Ian Kerr; Chidi Oguamanam; Teresa Scassa; Marina Pavlovic.
For more information contact Madelaine Saginur at techlaw@uottawa.ca.