Teresa Scassa | Data for Development
Posted on Wednesday, January 31, 2024
The University of Ottawa Research Chair in Politics, Communication and Technology and the AI + Society Initiative releases The Political Uses of AI in Canada, a new report by Michelle Bartleman and Dr. Elizabeth Dubois.
Jena McGill & Amy Salyzyn | SCLR Constitutional Cases Conference
Teresa Scassa | (2024) 47:2 Dalhousie Law Journal
Posted on Monday, June 26, 2023
The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce the publication of Can’t Compute: Moving Towards an Equitable Digital World, edited by Suzie Dunn, Nasma Ahmed and Faculty member Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau
Teresa Scassa | H. Tworek & T. Owen, Platform Governance in Canada, Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions/Centre for Media, Technology & Democracy, 2023
Marina Pavlović | June 22, 2023
Posted on Thursday, June 1, 2023
The AI + Society Initiative at the University of Ottawa is delighted to announce the release of Machine MD: Law and Ethics of Health-Related AI, a series of four case studies supported by CIFAR AI and Society Program, and the Alex Trebek Forum for Dialogue.
Teresa Scassa | (2023) 101 Canadian Bar Review 1-30
Posted on Thursday, March 30, 2023
The Center for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that CLTS Faculty member Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau has contributed to Vulnerable Connections, a report released by the Council of Canadian Academies examining the impact of information and communications technologies on society, the investigative challenges, and policy opportunities to mitigate online harms and crimes.
Posted on Thursday, January 26, 2023
The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce the publication by Palgrave Macmillan Cham of Copyright and Tertiary Education Regimes in Ethiopia: Exploring Interfaces for Human Development by Dr. Sileshi Bedasie Hirko, a PhD graduate and former postdoctoral fellow with Open AIR.
Florian Martin-Bariteau & Tina Dekker | (2022) 20:2 Canadian Journal of Law and Technology 179
Posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2022
The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce the release of “The Impact of Blockchains for Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law”, a report of the Council of Europe co-authored by Faculty member Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau.
Posted on Friday, August 5, 2022
The AI + Society Initiative and the Centre for Law Technology and Society is delighted to announce the publication of The Immaculate Conception of Data: Agribusiness, Activists, and Their Shared Politics of the Future, written by Faculty Member Dr. Kelly Bronson, and published by McGill-Queen's University Press.
Posted on Monday, July 25, 2022
The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that the Global Innovation Journalism Lab released From Flies to File Storage: Policy Issues in the Life-Cycle of Explanatory Journalism, a report co-written by CLTS Faculty member Dr. Elizabeth Dubois and then postdoctoral fellow Dr. Sabrina Wilkinson, with Dr. Heidi Tworek, Elizabeth Ren and Lui Xia Lee. The report examines the life-cycle of explanatory journalism in order to uncover policy challenges and identify how these issues might be addressed.
Rachana Devkota, Kelly Bronson, Laxmi Prasad Pant, Helen Hambly Odame & Bimala Rai Paudyal | (2022) Agric Hum Values
Posted on Friday, June 3, 2022
The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce the publication with Emond Publishing of the 3rd edition of Canadian Intellectual Property Law: Cases and Materials, a leading casebook co-authored by CLTS Faculty Member Dr. Teresa Scassa.
Posted on Tuesday, May 24, 2022
The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce the publication with the University of Ottawa Press of The Future of Open Data, a new edited collection edited by CLTS Faculty Member Dr. Teresa Scassa and Pamela Robinson.
Michael Da Silva | (2022) Philos. Technol. 35, 44
Mascha Gugganig & Kelly Bronson | David Szanto, Amanda Di Battista & Irena Knezevic, Food Studies: Matter, Meaning, Movement (Food Studies Press, 2022)
Co-produced by the AI + Society Initiative, the eQuality Project and the Queen’s Surveillance Studies Centre, #tresdancing speculates on the effects of escalating surveillance and control through AI and educational technology. Created by sava saheli singh, this fourth instalment of the Screening Surveillance series was made possible thanks to the support of the Scotiabank Fund for AI and Society at the University of Ottawa and of the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada.
Teresa Scassa, Pamela Robinson & Ryan Mosoff | (2022) TechReg 2022, 23-35
Mascha Gugganig & Marlise Horvath Schneider | (2021) Cult Agric Food Environ, 43: 85-95
Karni Chagal-Feferkorn,Shlomi Hod, Niva Elkin-Koren & Avidor Gal | (2022) Commun. ACM 65, 2
Karen Eltis | C. Hunt & R. Diab, The Last Frontier: Digital Privacy and the Charter (Thomson Reuters, 2022)
Teresa Scassa | C. Hunt & R. Diab, The Last Frontier: Digital Privacy and the Charter (Thomson Reuters, 2022)
Céline Castets-Renard, Claire Boine, Anne-Sophie Hulin, Eleonore Fournier-Tombs | Law Commission of Ontario (2021)
Jane Bailey & Jasmine Dong | C. Hunt & R. Diab, The Last Frontier: Digital Privacy and the Charter (Thomson Reuters, 2022)
Karni Chagal-Feferkorn | (2021) 27 Mich. Tech. L. Rev. 213
Posted on Thursday, June 24, 2021
The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that the Emerald Publishing published The Emerald International Handbook of Technology-Facilitated Violence and Abuse, co-edited by CLTS Faculty Member Prof. Jane Bailey.
Karni Chagal-Feferkorn | P. D’Agostino, C. Piovesan & A. Gaon, Leading Legal Disruption: Artificial Intelligence and a Toolkit for Lawyers and the Law (Thomson Reuters, 2021)
Teresa Scassa | Ingo Borchert & L. Alan Winters, Addressing Impediments to Digital Trade (CEPR Press, 2021)
Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2021
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 the diversity of law and policy challenges facing Canada when it comes to AI. It offers insight into how existing laws might apply, what gaps are present, and what issues law reform should address. Dedicated to Dr. Ian R. Kerr, the book opens with a foreword by Madam Justice Rosalie Abella of the Supreme Court of Canada who offers a heartfelt tribute to our missed colleague.
Posted on Monday, March 8, 2021
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 Centers.
Posted on Tuesday, March 2, 2021
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.
Posted on Monday, March 1, 2021
The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that CLTS Faculty member Jeremy De Beer released Consumer-related Copyright Issues on the Internet of Things: A study of connected objects available to Canadian consumers, a report for the Office of Consumer Affairs co-written with Jules Bélanger and Mohit Sethi which sheds light on the implications of copyright policy on Canadian consumers.
Jeremy de Beer, Mohit Sethi, & Jules Bélanger | (2020) 18 Can. J. L. & Tech. 161.
Mascha Gugganig & Laurie Waller | (2021) Public Understanding of Science
Mascha Gugganig | (2021) Science as Culture
Florian Martin-Bariteau | (2020) 65:3 R.D. McGill 499.
Karni Chagal-Feferkorn | January 2021
Kelly Bronson, Rachana Devkota & Vivian Nguyen | (2021). Sustainability, MDPI, Open Access Journal, vol. 13(2), pages 1-16, January.
Posted on Wednesday, December 16, 2020
The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that Faculty member Dr. Céline Castets-Renard just published, alongside co-editors Valère Ndior et Lukas Rass-Masson, Enjeux internationaux des activités numériques with Larcier.
Jeremy De Beer, Nagla Rizk, Isaac Rutenberg, Arthur Gwagwa & Erika Kraemer-Mbula | (2020) Thematic Issue: Collaborative Innovation in African Settings, AJIC Issue 26, 2020
Elizabeth F. Judge & Michael Pal | (2020) 58 Osgoode Hall L. J. 1.
Céline Castets-Renard | (2020) 2 Journal of Law, Technology & Policy 283
Posted on Tuesday, November 10, 2020
The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce the publication with the University of Ottawa Press of Citizenship in a Connected Canada: A Research and Policy Agenda edited by CLTS Faculty members Dr. Elizabeth Dubois and Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau. This interdisciplinary edited collection brings together scholars, activists, and policy makers to build consensus around what a connected society means for Canada. The collection offers insights on the state of citizenship in a digital context in Canada and proposes a research and policy agenda for a way forward.
Jeremy de Beer & Nicole Tumaine | J. Charmes, Research Handbook on Development and the Informal Economy (E.Elgar, 2020)
Posted on Friday, November 6, 2020
The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that Faculty member Dr. Céline Castets-Renard just published Droit du marché unique numérique et intelligence artificielle with Bruylant, a unique textbook on European Union’s single market and challenges relating to artificial intelligence.
Teresa Scassa | (2020) Technology & Regulation 44-56.
Karni Chagal-Feferkorn | Woodraw Barfield, Cambridge Handbook of the Law of Algorithms (Cambridge University Press, 2020)
Karni Chagal-Feferkorn | Woodraw Barfield, Cambridge Handbook of the Law of Algorithms (Cambridge University Press, 2020)
Posted on Thursday, October 8, 2020
The Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) at the University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology and Society just released Facial Recognition at a Crossroads: Transformation at our Borders & Beyond, a new report on the use of facial recognition technologies at borders.
Wolfgang Alschner | R. Whalen, Computational Legal Studies: The Promise and Challenge of Data-Driven Research (E. Elgar, 2020)
Posted on Monday, October 5, 2020
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 policing.
Jena McGill & Amy Salyzyn| (2021) 44:1 Dalhousie L.J.
Jason Millar | M. Dubber, F. Pasquale & S. Das, The Oxford Handbook of Ethics of AI (Oxford University Press, 2020)
Nagla Rizk | M. Dubber, F. Pasquale & S. Das, The Oxford Handbook of Ethics of AI (Oxford University Press, 2020)
Posted on Friday, July 17, 2020
The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce the release of Vulnerable: The Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19, a new book edited by Collen M. Flood, Vanessa MacDonnell, Jane Philpott, Sophie Thériault and Sridhar Venkatapuram, that examines policy and legal responses to the pandemic and to which many of our Faculty members contributed.
Posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2020
The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce the release of “CDA 230 Goes North American? Examining the Impacts of the USMCA’s Intermediary Liability Provisions in Canada and the United States”, a new report by CIPPIC that examines the impact of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) on the intermediary liability regimes in Canada and the United States.
Karen Eltis | Y. Shany, Reducing Online Hate Speech, 2020 p.187
Posted on Monday, June 22, 2020
The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce the release of “Scaling Innovation: How Open Collaborative Models Help Scale Africa’s Knowledge-based Enterprises”, a new report by the Open AIR that reviews how African knowledge-based businesses are scaling.
Michael Pal | Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy (2020)
Elizabeth Dubois & Florian Martin-Bariteau | B. Dutton, A Research Agenda for Digital Politics, Elgar, 2020, p. 2020
Posted on Friday, May 1, 2020
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.
Elizabeth Duboiset al. | Social Media + Society, 6:2 (2020)
Elizabeth Dubois et al. | Social Media + Society, 6:2 (2020)
Karen Eltiset al. | F. Werro, The Right To Be Forgotten. Springer, 2020. p. 265-288
Posted on Monday, October 21, 2019
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.
Posted on Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Dr. Elizabeth Dubois and Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau released “Canadians in a Digital Context: A Research Agenda for a Connected Canada”, a new report on Canadian citizenship in a digital context published as part of their Canada 150: Connected Canada research project supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Elizabeth Dubois, member of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society and Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa is the lead author on “Social Media and Political Engagement in Canada”, a new reportbeing launched today on the political uses of social media.
Posted on Monday, December 3, 2018
Professor Teresa Scassa has co-edited a new book, alongside Derek McKee of the Université de Montréal and Finn Makela of the Université de Sherbrooke, entitled Law and the “Sharing Economy”: Regulating Online Market Platforms.
Posted on Monday, March 19, 2018
Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau and Véronique Newman released “Whistleblowing in Canada: A Knowledge Synthesis Report”, a new report on whistleblowers in Canada supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Posted on Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Professor Mistrale Goudreau has published the 3rd edition of her field-leading book Intellectual Property Law in Canada. In addition to being published as part of Wolters Kluwer’s International Encyclopaedia of Laws series, the book is also available as of December 2017 as a separate paperback book, printed on demand.
Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau, Director of the Centre and Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, publishes "Le droit de marque : une approche fonctionnelle dans l'économie globale et numérique" with LexisNexis Canada.
Posted on Thursday, November 3, 2016
Professor Jane Bailey is a co-editor, alongside Karim Benyehklef, Jacquelyn Burkell and Fabien Gelinas, of a new book entitled eAccess to Justice, published by uOttawa Press. It is part of a new series on law and technology and is available for free download.
Posted on Tuesday, September 13, 2016
CIPPIC, the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic, and Citizen Lab are releasing a report, "Gone Opaque? An Analysis of Hypothetical IMSI Catcher Overuse in Canada", which examines the use of devices that are commonly referred to as ‘cell site simulators’, ‘IMSI Catchers’, ‘Digital Analyzers’, or ‘Mobile Device Identifiers’, and under brand names such as ‘Stingray’, DRTBOX, and ‘Hailstorm’. IMSI Catchers are a class of of surveillance devices used by Canadian state agencies. They enable state agencies to intercept communications from movie devices and are principally used to identify otherwise anonymous individuals associated with a mobile device and track them.
A new publication by Professor Karen Eltis, "Courts, Litigants, and the Digital Age 2nd Edition."
Posted on Thursday, October 8, 2015
Professor Teresa Scassa has published a new book entitled Canadian Trademark Law, 2nd Edition. This book expands and updates the first edition, which provided a comprehensive account of trademark law in Canada. In the second edition, Professor Scassa takes into account the recent significant changes brought about by the Combating Counterfeit Products Act and the Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, and discusses the impact yet to come as key (and in some cases controversial) provisions of these bills take effect in the not too distant future.
Posted on Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Professor Michael Geist has edited a new volume entitled The Copyright Pentalogy: How the Supreme Court of Canada Shook the Foundations of Canadian Copyright Law, published by University of Ottawa Press
Posted on Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Professor Teresa Scassa has published a new book, with Michael Deturbide of Dalhousie University, entitled Electronic Commerce and Internet Law in Canada, 2nd Edition.
Posted on Monday, February 13, 2012
Professor Karen Eltis has written a new book entitled "Courts, Litigants and the Digital Age: Law, Ethics and Practice," published by Irwin Law.
Posted on Monday, February 13, 2012
Professor Karen Eltis has written a new book entitled "Courts, Litigants and the Digital Age: Law, Ethics and Practice," published by Irwin Law.
Posted on Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Prof. Jeremy de Beer, in conjunction with Prof. Chidi Oguamanam, publishes a timely paper addressing the burgeoning issues of the demand for and quality of intellectual property training in developing countries.
Posted on Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Professor Chidi Oguamanam has written a new book entitled Intellectual Property in Global Governance, published by Routledge.
Posted on Sunday, December 12, 2010
Professor Teresa Scassa has written a new book entitled Canadian Trademark Law, published by LexisNexis Canada.
Posted on Friday, October 15, 2010
Professor Jeremy deBeer has published a paper in the most recent issue of the journal Les cahiers de propriété intellectuelle, entitled “La Commission du droit d'auteur du Canada : vingt années à « faire » l'histoire Juridique.”
Posted on Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Professor Scassa has published a paper in the most recent issue of the Queen’s Law Journal, entitled “Journalistic Purposes and Private Sector Data Protection Legislation: Blogs, Tweets and Information Maps.”
Posted on Friday, May 21, 2010
Professor Jeremy deBeer is one of several researchers who has edited a new volume that provides a detailed look at the role of copyright on access to knowledge in Africa.
