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The Justice Heidi Levenson Polowin Course in Child Protection will continue to be offered for the next five years, thanks to a generous donation from her husband Stephen Polowin.

Tamara Pearl, presently undertaking a PhD in Law, has been appointed as a Tenure Track Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Alberta. 

Professor Craig Forcese has been named Vice-Chair of the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA), an independent agency of the Canadian government that works to ensure that Canada’s national security agencies are complying with the law and that their actions are reasonable and necessary.

C’est le mercredi 8 juin 2022 qu’avait lieu la toute première cérémonie* de remise des diplômes en personne depuis le début de la pandémie de COVID19. Il y avait donc trois fois plus de raison de se réjouir qu’à l’habitude puisque les finissantes et finissants de trois cohortes – soient celles de 2020, 2021 et 2022 – ont enfin pu monter sur la scène du Centre Shaw pour y recevoir le.s diplôme.s po...

On March 17, 2023, Canada will become one of only a few countries in the world to allow medical assistance in dying (MAiD) for individuals with a mental illness as their sole underlying medical condition. A new report from an Expert Panel on Medical Assistance in Dying and Mental Illness, recommends policies and procedures for the delivery of MAiD in this context. The Faculty of Law's Profess...

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce the publication with Emond Publishing of the 3rd edition of Canadian Intellectual Property Law: Cases and Materials, a leading casebook co-authored by CLTS Faculty Member Dr. Teresa Scassa.

Professor Jane Bailey and Dr. Teresa Scassa have been appointed to the Strategic Advisory Council of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, which will provide Commissioner Patricia Kosseim’s office with independent, expert advice to help ensure a broader range of interests and perspectives are taken into consideration in advancing and implementing the office’s strategic goals.

Nearly 10,000 students will graduate this year. They provide us with a showcase of excellence, and a very multifaceted one at that.

What is the future of open data? Pamela Robinson, Teresa Scassa and their contributors team up to answer this question in The Future of Open Data, a new edited collection published by University of Ottawa Press.

Anti-Muslim sentiment is on the rise in Canada, and certain Canadian laws are actually making it worse. Professor Natasha Bakht was a guest on an episode of Don’t Call Me Resilient, a podcast from The Conversation where she talked about her research into anti-Muslim attitudes in North America.