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Recently, the Canadian government’s consultation on reform to the Copyright Board of Canada closed with a plan for reform expected to be unveiled in the coming months. Professor Michael Geist, member of the Centre, and the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC), based at the Centre, provided their recommendations on the consultations regarding options for ...

On October 18, 2017, Prof Michael Geist, member of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, appeared before the Senate Open Caucus to discuss the IP and e-commerce implications of the NAFTA renegotiation.

Faculty of Law, Common Law Professor, Wolfgang Alschner will be part of a group of researchers who will launch a new database of annotated Preferential Trade Agreement texts at The Graduate Institute in Geneva, Switzerland on Wednesday, October 4, 2017. Professor Alschner is also a member of the Center for Law, Technology and Society.

On September 27, 2017, Professor Michael Geist, member of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, appeared before the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI).

On September 27, 2017, Professor Michael Geist, member of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, appeared before the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI).

Open AIR invites proposals for short-term research projects that address their research questions on African innovation through the lens of gender equality, empowerment of women and girls, and inclusion of marginalized communities. Researchers will conduct their projects while based at one or more of Open AIR’s institutional hubs in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Nairobi, Cairo, Lagos, Abuja, and Ottawa...

On September 18, 2017, Professor Michael Geist, member of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, appeared before the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on International Trade (CIIT).

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is pleased to announce that, based on overwhelming demand from uOttawa students, the new courses in Legal Data Sciences are now open to all years at the JD!

Yet another reason to take tech law courses at the University of Ottawa! Professor Ian Kerr, member of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, has been chosen as a recipient of one of the University of Ottawa’s 2016-2017 Excellence in Education Prizes, recognizing the quality of his teaching, the importance of his contribution to University programs, and the respect he has earned from colleagu...

Ousmane Seidou’s hydrological research aims to protect water resources and mitigate the effects of climate change on food security—here and in Africa.