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The Canada Research Chairs Program has released equity target results for 76 postsecondary institutions across the country that set goals to address the underrepresentation of women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities among chairholders. The results reflect representation as of December 1, 2019.

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that, on May 1st, 2020, Sileshi Hirko has successfully defended his PhD thesis in Law on Copyright, Development and the Human Right to Education in Ethiopia, written under the supervision by CLTS Faculty members, Professor Chidi Oguamanam and Professor Jeremy de Beer.

HRREC student member Amira Maameri was awarded the Jacques Gaudreau Graduate Scholarship in International Human Rights Law for the academic year 2019-2020. This scholarship is awarded each year to an outstanding graduate student (Masters or Ph.D.) in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa.

HRREC student member Slava Balan was awarded the Nicole Senécal Scholarship for the academic year 2019-2020. The scholarship is awarded to a Ph.D. student who demonstrates academic excellence and who plans to conduct a field research in a developing country in the area of good governance.

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that CLTS Faculty member Dr. Teresa Scassa just published Digital Commerce in Canada with LexisNexis Canada.

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Elizabeth Dubois, a CLTS Faculty member and an Assistant Professor within the Department of Communication at the Faculty of Arts, has been awarded the Faculty of Arts’ 2020 Early Researcher of the Year Award.

Unprecedented in every way, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed life as we know it, not least of all how we educate our children. With schools closed, children are now learning remotely, leaving many parents wondering how their academic progress will be affected. Joel Westheimer, a professor in the Faculty of Education who holds the University Research Chair in Democracy and Education and the educat...

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that on Friday, 17th April 2020, Uchenna F. Ugwu successfully defended her PhD in Law thesis titled “Harnessing the Multilateral Patent and Plant Variety Protection Regimes to Advance Food Security: Implications of the EU-ECOWAS Economic Partnership Agreement,” and written under the supervision by CLTS Faculty members, Professor C...

The emergence of a new global contagious disease like COVID-19 is not historically surprising, say several University of Ottawa experts. In fact, the study of previous pandemics sheds light on the current crisis and its possible aftermath.

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that two of its Faculty members have received tenure and are being promoted to the rank of Associate Professors on May 1st, 2020: Dr Wolfgang Alschner, and Dr Florian Martin-Bariteau.