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A project spearheaded by a researcher at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine has been awarded $9 million in Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) funding to create a national network for better researching and responding to the global threat COVID-19 variants pose. Led by Dr. Marc-André Langlois, the Coronavirus Variants Rapid R...

The AI + Society Initiative and the Centre for Law, Technology and Society are delighted to announce the publication by LexisNexis Canada of Artificial Intelligence and the Law in Canada edited by Dr.Florian Martin-Bariteau and Dr. Teresa Scassa.Bringing together some of the leading Canadian scholars in the field, the peer-reviewed collection captures ...

[This event brief is only available in French.] L'utilisation des technologies de reconnaissance faciale par les forces de police dans l’espace public pose des défis éthiques et légaux dans les pays du monde entier.

The report titled “The Uyghur Genocide: An Examination of China’s Breaches of the 1948 Genocide Convention” is the first independent expert application of the Convention to the ongoing treatment of the Uyghurs in China. The Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) Director John Packer served as the principal advisor for the report which was undertaken by the Newlines Institute for Strate...

Researchers from the University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology and Society contributed to Digital Ethics in Times of Crisis: COVID-19 and Access to Education and Learning Spaces, an international report led by the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University in collaboration with the Global Network of Internet and Society C...

Autonomous technologies associated with the fourth agricultural revolution, such as AI and robotics, present a number of social and ethical challenges in addition to their benefits.

Among the most common illnesses are mental or neurological disorders, which currently affect approximately 450 million people worldwide, and are increasingly known to impact physical health as well.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, supported by François-Philippe Champagne, minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, has announced more than $518 million in research infrastructure funding for post-secondary institutions across Canada.

The AI + Society Initiative at the University of Ottawa is delighted to announce the release of AI & Health Care: A Fusion of Law & Science. An Introduction to the Issues, an initial finding report supported by CIFAR AI and Society Program and led by Dr. Colleen M. Flood.