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Drones in Canada: Who Can Regulate What? Or, Why Potatoes might be Good for Drone Regulation

Canada’s Drone Rules Canada has been an early adopter of flexible regulations for limited commercial drone operations. The Canadian Aviation Regulations require all commercial Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV, or “drone”) operators to obtain special permission from Transport Canada before their respective flights. But, in 2014, Transport Canada carved out an exception to this requirement to allow some...
Canada’s Drone Rules Canada has been an early adopter of flexible regulations for limited commercial drone operations. The Canadian Aviation Regulations require all commercial Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV, or “drone”) operators to obtain special permission from Transport Canada before their respecti...

November 5, 2015
Tabaret hall

Panel Discussion “Canada and the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots”

Thursday, November 5, 2015 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m Room FTX 302, Fauteux Hall University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, 57 Louis-Pasteur St.
Thursday, November 5, 2015 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m Room FTX 302, Fauteux Hall University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, 57 Louis-Pasteur St.

November 5, 2015
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Fight to Stop Killer Robots Comes to Ottawa

“Killer Robots” might sound like a sci-fi thriller, but the threat they pose to international security is very real. A global coalition, which includes Common Law’s Professor Ian Kerr, is calling on Canada and other governments to ban autonomous weapons that would select targets and use force without further human intervention or oversight.
“Killer Robots” might sound like a sci-fi thriller, but the threat they pose to international security is very real. A global coalition, which includes Common Law’s Professor Ian Kerr, is calling on Canada and other governments to ban autonomous weapons that would select targets and use force withou...

November 3, 2015
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Prof. Bailey’s eQuality Project Hosts South Korean Delegation

On October 9, 2015, co-leaders of The eQuality Project, Professors Jane Bailey (uOttawa Faculty of Law) and Valerie Steeves (uOttawa Dept of Criminology), met with a delegation of seven officials from South Korea to discuss the issues of online hate propaganda and cyberbullying.
On October 9, 2015, co-leaders of The eQuality Project, Professors Jane Bailey (uOttawa Faculty of Law) and Valerie Steeves (uOttawa Dept of Criminology), met with a delegation of seven officials from South Korea to discuss the issues of online hate propaganda and cyberbullying.

October 30, 2015
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“The Brain, Guilt and Public Safety”: A New Article from Prof. Jennifer Chandler

Professor Jennifer Chandler discusses the “double-edged sword” of neuroscientific evidence in criminal law in a recent article entitled “The Brain, Guilt and Public Safety”, featured in The Lawyers Weekly.
Professor Jennifer Chandler discusses the “double-edged sword” of neuroscientific evidence in criminal law in a recent article entitled “The Brain, Guilt and Public Safety”, featured in The Lawyers Weekly.

October 29, 2015
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First-Year Technoship Program 2016

The First-Year Technoship Program was developed to provide University of Ottawa law students with financial assistance, to cultivate mentoring relationships, and to offer an early opportunity to work with faculty from the Centre for Law, Technology and Society on current research initiatives.
The First-Year Technoship Program was developed to provide University of Ottawa law students with financial assistance, to cultivate mentoring relationships, and to offer an early opportunity to work with faculty from the Centre for Law, Technology and Society on current research initiatives.

October 26, 2015