Media mentions are posted in their original language of publication or broadcast.

April 2024

April 2024

April 18, 2024

Legal experts urge overhaul of Online Harms Act, separating it into two or three bills
Published: True North | Michael Geist, Chair of Internet & E-com. Law and Full Professor.

April 17, 2024

False claims about Canada's rules on personal data spread online
Published: Yahoo News | Teresa Scassa, Canada Research Chair in Information Law and Policy and Full Professor

Measles is a humanitarian issue, and its unwelcome reappearance in Canada is a reminder of its importance
Published: MSF.ca | Adam Houston, Adjunct Professor and Jason Nickerson, Adjunct Professor

Measles reappears in Canada, draws needed attention
Published: Penticton Herald (BC) | Adam Houston, Adjunct Professor and Jason Nickerson, Adjunct Professor

April 14, 2024

Pornhub owner touts new policies to prevent illegal videos on its site
Published: Montreal - CTV News | Michael Geist, Chair of Internet & E-com. Law and Full Professor.

April 13, 2024

There is an urgent need to address recent surge in measles cases
Published: The Chronicle Herald (Halifax, NS) |Jason Nickerson, Adjunct Professor

April 12, 2024

What's Fact and What's Fiction - The New Online Harms Bill
Published: www.cija.ca | Michael Geist, Chair of Internet & E-com. Law and Full Professor.

April 11, 2024

Critics say Canada's new defence policy falls short
Published: Humber News | Michel Drapeau, Adjunct Professor

April 10, 2024

Age-ID for porn won't protect children online
Published: The Globe and Mail | Michael Geist, Chair of Internet & E-com. Law and Full Professor.

Terence Corcoran : Préparez-vous pour la confrontation idéologique conservatrice de cette semaine au Canada
Published: Actual News Magazine | Michael Geist, Chair of Internet & E-com. Law and Full Professor.

Terence Corcoran: Get ready for this week's conservative ideological showdown in Canada
Published: Financial Post | Michael Geist, Chair of Internet & E-com. Law and Full Professor.

Radio clip 
Published: City News 570 (CKGL) | Jason Nickerson, Adjunct Professor

This is not the way to save the news
Published: medium.com | Michael Geist, Chair of Internet & E-com. Law and Full Professor.

April 8, 2024

Un trafiquant présumé s’en sort faute de services en français
Published: MSN et Le Devoir | François Larocque,  Full Professor and Chaire de recherche sur le monde francophone, Droits et enjeux linguistiques

Quit Like Sweden
Published: www.planetofthevapes.co.uk | David Sweanor, Adjunct Professor and Advisory Committee Chair, University of Ottawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics.

April 7, 2024

Suspected trafficker gets away with lack of services in French
Published: DayFR Euro | François Larocque,  Full Professor and Chaire de recherche sur le monde francophone, Droits et enjeux linguistiques

How Big Brother Takes Control of Society
Published: Medium | Michael Geist, Chair of Internet & E-com. Law and Full Professor.

April 5, 2024

Radio clip 
Published: CBC Radio One 1400AM (CBG) as well as 94.5FM (CFWH), 96.1FM (CBCT), 90.5 (CBHA) and CBY (Corner Brook)  | Jamie Chai Yun Liew, Full Professor

Video - Conference  "Large Language Models and Law Schools"
Published: Laboratoire de Cyberjustice | Professors Jane Bailey, Wolfgang Alschner & Marina Pavlović

Does the Online Harms Act go too far?
Published: The Star (Toronto) | Michael Geist, Chair of Internet & E-com. Law and Full Professor.

A closer look at the Houston government's alternative to the federal carbon plan
Published: CBC | Stewart Elgie, Full Professor

April 4, 2024

Living in legal limbo: How states can create 'ghost citizens'
Published: CBC | Jamie Chai Yun Liew, Full Professor

Canadian economists support federal carbon tax 
Published : CBC | Stewart Elgie, Full Professor

Radio clip from CBC Radio One Fredericton (CBZF) - Apr 4, 2024 
Published : CBC Radio One Fredericton (CBZF) | Stewart Elgie, Full Professor

New Brunswick First 
Published : CBC Fredericton (CBAT) | Stewart Elgie, Full Professor

Radio clip from CBC Radio One Fredericton (CBZF) - Apr 4, 2024 
Published : CBC Radio One Fredericton (CBZF) | Stewart Elgie, Full Professor

Radio clip from CBC Radio One 90.5 (CBHA) - Apr 4, 2024
Published : CBC Radio One 90.5 (CBHA) | Stewart Elgie, Full Professor

April 3, 2024

Does "Axe the tax" make economic sense? 
Published : CBC | Stewart Elgie, Full Professor

Ottawa Morning
Published : CBC Ottawa (CBOT) | Stewart Elgie, Full Professor

CBC Morning Live with Heather Hiscox 
Published : CBC Toronto |Stewart Elgie, Full Professor

The Morning Edition 
Published : CBC Saskatchewan (CBKT) | Stewart Elgie, Full Professor

Radio clip from CBC Radio One 1230AM (CFFB) - Apr 3, 2024 
Published : CBC Radio One 1230AM (CFFB) | Stewart Elgie, Full Professor

Radio clip from CBC Radio One 1400AM (CBG) - Apr 3, 2024 
Published : CBC Radio One 1400AM (CBG) | Stewart Elgie, Full Professor

Radio clip from CBC Radio One CBY (Corner Brook, NL) - Apr 3, 2024
Published : CBC Radio One CBY (Corner Brook, NL) | Stewart Elgie, Full Professor

Calgary Eyeopener
Published : CBC Calgary (CBRT) | Stewart Elgie, Full Professor

April 2, 2024

Groundbreaking Brownfields Case: Budding legal minds explore the art of the argument 
Published : Environment Journal | Heather McLeod-Kilmurray, Full Professor

Zyn nicotine product continues to defy decline in tobacco sales
Published : Winston-Salem Journal | David Sweanor, Adjunct Professor and Advisory Committee Chair, University of Ottawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics.
 

April 1, 2024

Décès de l’ancien ministre libéral Benoît Pelletier 
Published : Le Journal de Montréal | Benoît Pelletier, Professeur titulaire.

L’ex-ministre québécois Benoît Pelletier est décédé 
Published : Le Droit | Benoît Pelletier, Professeur titulaire.

Archives