News

2017

• Faculty of Law Researchers Play Key Roles in Landmark Supreme Court Ruling in Douez v. Facebook

  Posted on Friday, June 23, 2017

  

  On June 23, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a landmark decision in Douez v. Facebook, ruling that non-negotiated take-it-or-leave it contracts should not always be enforced by the courts, particularly where important rights, as privacy rights, might be lost by doing so. The decision – a victory for all Canadians – was made possible through contributions from the Centre for Law, Technology and Society at the University of Ottawa including Common Law’s Marina Pavlović, Jeremy de Beer and Michael Geist, CIPPIC’s David Fewer and Tamir Israel, and several students who contributed to each step of the process.

• CIPPIC and BCCLA Earn CIRA Grant for Guidebook on Digital Devices Crossing the Border

  Posted on Friday, June 23, 2017

  

  uOttawa’s Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) and the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) have earned a grant from the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) to produce a guidebook and online resource to help people protect their privacy and personal data when crossing the U.S.-Canada border.

• Professor Collins Makes Big Impact on Canadian Environmental Protection Act Report

  Posted on Friday, June 23, 2017

  

  The House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development released a report on the Canadian Environmental Protection Act last week; the report liberally references testimony from Professor Lynda Collins and adopts a number of her recommendations.

• Supporting Increased Access to Justice in French

  Posted on Friday, June 16, 2017

  

  Ontario Invests in Province’s First Continuing Professional Development Centre for Francophone Legal Professionals.

• In Memoriam – H. Albert Hubbard

  Posted on Tuesday, June 13, 2017

  

  The Faculty of Law is saddened to announce the passing of H. Albert Hubbard, former Professor and Dean at the Faculty. He died peacefully at home surrounded by his family on June 8, 2017.

• The Centre for Law, Technology and Society Welcomes New Members

  Posted on Thursday, June 8, 2017

  

  Prof. Florian Martin-Bariteau, Director of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, is delighted to announce that the Centre’s Management Committee approved the appointment of 6 new Faculty members coming from the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Arts, at the University of Ottawa: Dr. Wolfgang Alschner, Dr. Suzanne Bouclin, Prof. Thomas Burelli, Dr. Mary Cavanagh, Prof. Jena McGill and Prof. Amy Salyzyn.

• Professor Florian Martin-Bariteau Receives SSHRC Grant to Study Whistleblowers Protections

  Posted on Tuesday, June 6, 2017

  

  Common Law Professor Florian Martin-Bariteau, Director of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, has earned a Knowledge Synthesis Grant (KSG) from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) for a project entitled “L'état de la protection des lanceurs d'alerte au Canada et dans le monde global et numérique” (The State of Whistleblowers Protection in Canada and the Global, Digital World).  He is the only law professor to have been awarded a KSG during this round.

• Professor de Beer Wins 2017 Charles B. Seton Award

  Posted on Tuesday, June 6, 2017

  

  Professor Jeremy de Beer has been awarded the 2017 Charles B. Seton Award by the Copyright Society of the USA for his article “Canada's Copyright Tariff-Setting Process: An Empirical Review”.

• uOttawa Team Quarter-Finalists at the 2017 International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition

  Posted on Monday, June 5, 2017

  

  The 2017 uOttawa ICC Moot Team competed against 64 teams from over 40 countries in the International Round in The Hague, Netherlands, from May 14-19, 2017.

• CIPPIC Earns OPC Grant for Project on Canada’s Data Broker Industry

  Posted on Friday, June 2, 2017

  

  The Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC), based at the Faculty of Law, has been awarded a grant from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), through its Contributions Program, for a research project examining the state of the Canadian data broker industry and its evolution over the past 10 years.