Freedom of Press and the Surveillance State: The Patrick Lagacé Case

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society and the Law and Technology Student Society invite you to join them for a lively discussion on freedom of press and surveillance in the wake of police surveillance of Patrick Lagacé and other journalists in Québec and Canada.

Panelists will include:

• Amanda Connolly,
  National security reporter for iPolitics.ca
  VP of the National Capital Region chapter, Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ)
• Tamir Israel,
  Staff Lawyer at the Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic, University of Ottawa
• Dr. Teresa Scassa,
  Canada Research Chair in Information Law, University of Ottawa

The panel will be moderated by Dr. Michael Geist, the Canada Research Chair in Internet and e-Commerce Law.