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Researchers with the University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital reveal how a Parkinson’s-linked gene protects the brain.

For more than 20 years, researchers have known that young-onset Parkinson’s disease is often caused by mutations in the parkin gene, but the exact function of this gene has been hotly debated.

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.

In two terms as director, Professor Meunier has managed to set uOttawa’s cluster of research chairs on the French-speaking world on a winning course.

Physicists and physical chemists from the University of Würzburg and the University of Ottawa have solved a decades-old problem of distinguishing single and multiple light excitations.

More research needed on which patients benefit from seeing a medical specialist before surgery

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that Faculty member Dr. Michael Geist has received the Privacy & Access Council of Canada (PACC) Fellowship Award for his work in privacy and access to information in Canada.

With the world celebrating International Women’s Day early in March, the United Nations convened its annual gathering on gender equality and women’s empowerment to address the specific need to strengthen women and girls’ inclusion in innovation and technology. The priority theme this year is innovation and technological change and education in the digi...

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society celebrates another stellar year at the Harold G. Fox 2023 Intellectual Property Moot championship. The uOttawa Common Law team was led by captain Daniella Febbraro, and featured Kaitlyn Margison and Alessandra Puopolo on the Appellant’s side, and Hannah Goold and Jordan Geist arguing the Respondent’s side, and were coached by Professor Jeremy de Beer, Pro...