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On October 4, 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada delivered a major victory for Canadian consumers, ruling that international passengers flying to and from Canada have the right to claim compensation under Canada’s Air Passenger Protection Regulations. Prof. Marina Pavlović played a key role representing one of the interveners.

A universal “one-size-fits-all” AI governance approach will do more harm than good. The unique socio-economic, political, and cultural realities of the Global North and Global South call for a balanced approach that promotes innovation while ensuring ethical and responsible AI deployment tailored to regional needs.

On October 9th, 2024, Sarit K. Mizrahi successfully defended her PhD in Law dissertation titled “Following generative AI down the rabbit hole: redefining copyright’s boundaries in the age of human-machine collaborations”.

The digital divide can exclude vulnerable populations from the benefits of digital technologies. Yet, in other cases, the elites benefit from an analog privilege that allows them to opt out from the AI processes harming the most vulnerable.

A recent graduate of the LL.M. in Law and Technology, Mark Musselman has been awarded the James H. Bocking Memorial Award by Canadian Bar Association’s Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Section for his exceptional scholarly paper on Canadian competition law.

With the support the Queen Elizabeth Scholars Advanced Scholars West Africa Africa (QES-AS-WA) program, Dr. Dennis Oghenerobor Agelebe is joining the Open African Innovation Research (Open AIR) at University of Ottawa’s Centre for Law, Technology to explore the complex legal and regulatory frameworks that govern the green energy transition and digital innovation within the Economic Community of We...

The Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) at the Centre for Law, Technology and Society at the University of Ottawa has contributed to the exploratory consultation led by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner on the implementation of age assurance technologies in Canada.

Deepfake pornography can be harmful and abusive. Yet, not all synthetic visual sex media fall into the same category. Policymakers need to navigate complex nuances to avoid unfairly chilling online speech and targeting adult content creators.

An emerging scholar on data portability from Peru, Gabriela Bolaños Vainstein has been awarded the 2024-2025 Ian R. Kerr Fellowship for the LL.M. in Law and Technology by the Centre for Law, Technology and Society at the University of Ottawa.

An Assistant Professor in Public Administration and Digital Transformation at the University of Twente, Dr. Azadeh Akbari will join the University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology and Society as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Global Fellow on authoritarian smart cities.