Faculty of Law - Common Law Section

• Professor Vivek Krishnamurthy explores media freedom in an algorithmic age

  Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2021

  Professor Vivek Krishnamurthy has earned a grant from Global Affairs Canada for a project entitled “Media Freedom in an Algorithmic Age: Perils and Possibilities”, which examines the implications of algorithmic systems and other emerging digital technologies for media freedom.

• Indigenous Human Rights free legal clinic opens in Ottawa with the help of two of our Learners

  Posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2021

  Fallon Benson and Angel Larkman are both 2L students in our JD program. They are also part of our Indigenous Law Learner Community and have both taken action and found ways to change the world, while still studying.

• Professor Jennifer Chandler coordinates international consortium investigating AI-based neuroprostheses

  Posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2021

  The rapid evolution of AI technologies has made a profound impact on the world of medicine, leading to significant advances in how technologies can interface with the human nervous system. But the use of AI-based neuroprostheses as medical devices raises a number of questions: Which AI-elements should future neuroprostheses incorporate or leave out? What technical design choices or regulatory measures are required to proceed safely? How can we support patients in clinical decision-making to avoid overblown hopes and to know—to borrow Thomas Nagel’s famous phrase—“what it’s like to have a hybrid mind”?

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