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The AI + Society Initiative at the University of Ottawa is proud to announce the launch of the Global Pandemic App Watch, a site tracking uptake of COVID-19 contact-tracing and exposure-notification apps around the world.

Dr. Céline Castets-Renard, a Faculty member at the University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology, and Society, just released Cadre juridique applicable à l’utilisation de la reconnaissance faciale par les forces de police dans l’espace public au Québec et au Canada: Éléments de comparaison avec les États-Unis et l’Europe, a new report offering a comparative study on facial recognition and polici...

The Centre for Law, Technology, and Society is delighted to announce that Faculty member Dr. Wolfgang Alschner, received a strategic funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to launch a new Legal Technology Lab, with a mission to harness technology in an effort to reduce law's complexity

Congratulations to Leilani Farha, who received a 2020 Leadership Award from the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association (CHRA)! The Leadership Award “recognizes an individual who has shown leadership in improving housing in Canada through program innovation, policy change, outreach and/or advocacy efforts”.

The Carleton University’s Shared Online Projects Initiatives (SOPI) has awarded a grant to Lori G. Beaman (University of Ottawa) and Melanie Adrian (Carleton University) to develop an online course that explores religious freedom in law and a human rights framework.

Twice over the past months, Dr. Céline Castets-Renard, a Faculty member at the University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology, and Society, appeared before the National Assembly of Québec to share her expertise on privacy.

Congratulations to our member Ramon Blanco-Barrera who officially received his Ph.D. with the highest academic distinction! Ramon was studying at the University of Seville’s Department of Drawing and the title of his thesis is “FACTORS AND ELEMENTS OF SOCIAL CHANGE IN DIGITAL ART PRACTICE. Keys to Artistic Integration with the Current Daily Environment (FACTORES Y ELEMENTOS DE CAMBIO SOCIAL EN LAS...

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that CLTS Faculty member Dr. Elizabeth Dubois has launched Wonks and War Rooms, a new podcast where political communication theory meets on the ground strategy.

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce the creation of a new online graduate microprogram in law and technology, developed by the Faculty of Law in collaboration with three CLTS Faculty members.

After her swearing in, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland stated “all Canadians understand that the restart of our economy needs to be green.” While Freeland is correct that Canadians are more supportive than not of this approach, support is far from unanimous.