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The Réseau international des Chaires Senghor de la Francophonie (RICSF) has awarded the first Senghor Chair at the University of Ottawa to Professor Sanni Yaya of the Faculty of Social Sciences.

The University of Ottawa and Scotiabank announced the creation of a new Initiative that will define problems and identify solutions to essential issues related to ethical AI and technology development. The AI + Society Initiative will be led by Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau, Director of the University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology and Society and an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law, ...

HRREC welcomes today's historic decision of the International Court of Justice on the provisional measures sought by The Gambia against Myanmar in regard to violations of the Genocide Convention.

Six students working with Faculty members at the Centre for Law, Technology and Society are among the grant recipients from the University of Ottawa’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program for 2020: Omair Jafrani, Kate Kim, Alicia Cooke, James Howe, Colby Georgson and Nadia Ackah.

On September 18th, 2019, the LIFE Research Institute and Sodexo launched a fantastic partnership. Sodexo has pledged 150,000 € ($217,000) for the first year of this collaboration, which will fund three projects per year.

As part of Giving Tuesday 2020, the University of Ottawa is announcing the creation of the Kerr Fellows program to bring the very best students from around the world to the University of Ottawa and link a generation of new leaders to Ian R. Kerr and his legacy. Each year, Kerr Fellows will be supported with a $25,000 scholarship from the Ian R. Kerr Memorial Fund, additional financial support from...

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is happy to launch the call for applications for the 2020 Technoships, a unique research training program in technology law, ethics and policy for first-year students.

CLTS faculty member Dr. Michael Geist has been awarded an Insight Grant by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada to investigate new ways Canada can protect freedom of expression while addressing risks of online harm.

CLTS Faculty members Dr. Teresa Scassa, Dr. Amy Salyzyn, Prof. Jena McGill and Dr. Suzanne Bouclin have publicly released “Improving Privacy Practices for Legal Apps: A Best Practices Guide”, a new handbook for developers and practitioners.

Last year, the LIFE Research Institute launched a new partnership and a call for proposals from Sodexo: a world leader in delivering food services, facilities management and over 100 quality of life services. Sodexo has pledged more than €150,000 ($217,000) for the first year of this collaboration, which will fund three projects per year.