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04-14-21 | Civil Law, Legal Personhood

Law and Death

Mariève Lacroix, Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa, is interested in the legal status of the human cadaver. She explores how the law classifies mortal remains: is a corpse a person or a simple object? In short, do the dead have rights?

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04-08-21 | Access to Justice, Courts, Dean's Talk, Technology

From Crisis to Opportunity: Chief Justice Richard Wagner Discusses the Impact of COVID-19 on the Justice System

In this conversation with Marie-Eve Sylvestre, Dean of the Civil Law Section at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law, the Chief Justice discusses how the Canadian justice system confronted the challenges posed by the pandemic, noting that the crisis brought with it the opportunity to re-evaluate certain long-standing practices.

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The Right Honourable Richard Wagner, P.C., Chief Justice of Canada et Marie-Ève Le très honorable Richard Wagner, C.P., Juge en chef du Canada
03-31-21 | Access to Justice, Courts, Dean's Talk, Diversity, Law Practice

The Health of our Democracy: Pushing for Greater Diversity in Public Institutions

For the Chief Justice, the issue of diversity in public institutions is directly connected to the health of our democracy. Institutions like the judiciary can only be effective if people are able to recognize themselves in those institutions.

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03-24-21 | Interdisciplinarity, International, Research Methodology, Technology

Using Artificial Intelligence in the Fight Against Coronavirus : The Experience of Senegal and Mali

The countries of the global South regularly use predictive models to trace evolution of COVID-19, adopting public policies and control…

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