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2019

• Transatlantic Commission on Election Integrity (TCEI) and Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) Release Report Titled Election Risk Monitor: Canada, Prepared by Professor Allan Rock, LL.B. 1971

  Posted on Friday, July 12, 2019

  

  A report on Canada’s election readiness, Election Risk Monitor: Canada, prepared by Professor and President Emeritus Allan Rock, LL.B. 1971, has been released by the Transatlantic Commission on Election Integrity. Two University of Ottawa Law students also contributed to the report.

• Common Law Alumnus Gary Chaplin, LL.B. 1974, Has Passed Away

  Posted on Friday, July 12, 2019

  

  Following a short battle with cancer, Gary Chaplin, LL.B. 1974, passed away on June 28, 2019.

• uOttawa Team Quarter-Finalists at the 2019 ICC Moot Court Competition

  Posted on Thursday, July 11, 2019

  

  The University of Ottawa team competed in the 2019 International Criminal Court (ICC) Moot Competition in the regional qualifying round and the international round. The team was represented by Ariel Wheway (3L JD/MA), Christina Emberley (3L), Emily Sheard (3L), and Leah Cummings (3L).

• Teresa Scassa named Chair of new Statistics Canada Advisory Council

  Posted on Tuesday, July 9, 2019

  

  Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, the Honourable Navdeep Bains, announced recently that Common Law’s Dr. Teresa Scassa has been named Chair of the new Statistics Canada Advisory Council.  This council will play a key role in the government’s new Digital Charter, designed to build trust in Canadians as Canada adapts to the evolving demands of the digital sphere.

• uOttawa Start-Up Helps Students and Recent Grads Achieve Entrepreneurial Goals

  Posted on Tuesday, July 9, 2019

  

  MakerLaunch is an initiative that supports University of Ottawa students or recent alumni in their entrepreneurial goals by helping them to launch new start-ups and fast track the commercialization of their technologies.

  The program was founded by University of Ottawa alumni and is managed by two-time alumna Midia Hassan. In addition to access to a pool of talent, mentors and coaches, the program offers entrepreneurs a seed grant of $50,000 earned over nine months of milestones.

• Talking About Research – Faculty of Law researchers are creating a new research culture

  Posted on Wednesday, June 26, 2019

  

  In the fall of 2018, the Common Law Section at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law convened the second annual Autumn School on the Methodology of Research in Law, a two-day workshop that brought together graduate students and seasoned researchers under the theme of “Talking About Research”.

• Vanessa Gruben earns CIHR grant to support research activities related to health aspects of cannabis, opioids and tobacco

  Posted on Monday, June 24, 2019

  

  Professor Vanessa Gruben has earned a Planning and Dissemination Grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to support the activities of the Ottawa Hub for Harm Reduction (the Hub), an interdisciplinary network of researchers focused on improving public health by developing harm reduction strategies related to substance abuse and addiction.

• What machine-made decisions mean for our society – SSHRC profiles Dr. Ian Kerr

  Posted on Friday, June 21, 2019

  

  Dr. Ian Kerr, Canada Research Chair in Ethics, Law and Technology, was recently profiled by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) in an article that looks at his work on the relationship between artificial intelligence and human beings.

• Indigenous symbolism at convocation

  Posted on Friday, June 21, 2019

  

  When Kelly Duquette crossed the stage to receive her law degree in June, her academic robes were complemented by a quartet of symbols she wore close to her heart. On the right was the flag of Louis Riel’s provisional government, a vine of Métis flowers and an iris in purples and blues. On the left was a polar bear in mid-stride. 

• Congratulations, Common Law Class of 2019!

  Posted on Friday, June 21, 2019

  

  The Common Law Class of 2019 celebrated Convocation and their tremendous achievement with family, friends, and faculty at the Shaw Centre on Wednesday, June 19, while taking the time to reflect on their past several years at Fauteux Hall.