U of O Symposium Video

The University of Ottawa Law & Technology group presented a multi-disciplinary symposium on 19 September 2007 entitled, "National Security, Surveillance Technology and Human Rights in Canada."

The University of Ottawa Law & Technology group presented a multi-disciplinary symposium on September 19 entitled, "National Security, Surveillance Technology and Human Rights in Canada." This symposium launched this year's Tory's Technology Law Speaker Series and discussed issues that lie at the interface of national security, current surveillance technology and racial profiling. The symposium was conducted in a moderated open panel format open to questions from the audience.

The University of Ottawa was very proud to present the following panelists:

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  Jennifer Stoddart, Privacy Commissioner of Canada;
• Craig Forcese, Professor in the Faculty of Common Law at the University of Ottawa;
• David Lyon, Canada Research Chair in Sociology at Queen's University and director of the Surveillance Project; and
• Barbara Jackman, a Toronto based human rights and immigration lawyer who represented Mahmoud Jaballah and Mahmoud Mahjoub.

Prof. Ian Kerr, Canada Research Chair in Ethics, Law and Technology moderated the event.