Teresa Scassa
Teresa Scassa is the Canada Research Chair in Information Law at the University of Ottawa, where she is also a professor at the Faculty of Law. She is a founder and former editor of the Canadian Journal of Law and Technology; author of Canadian Trademark Law (LexisNexis, 2010); co-author of Electronic Commerce and Internet Law in Canada (CCH Canadian Ltd, 2012), which was the winner of the 2013 Walter Owen Book Prize; and co-author of Canadian Intellectual Property Law: Cases, Notes and Materials (Emond Montgomery, 2013). She is also a co-editor of the recently published Intellectual Property for the 21st Century: Interdisciplinary Approaches (Irwin Law, 2014). She is a member of the External Advisory Committee of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, and of the Canadian Government Advisory Committee on Open Government. She has written widely in the areas of intellectual property law, law and technology, and privacy.

Law Beyond Borders

Law Beyond Borders

Citizenship in a Connected Canada
contributions by Marina Pavlovic; Kent Aitken; Megan Beretta; Jacquelyn Burkell; Amanda Clarke; Alexander Dirksen; Michael Geist; Alfred Hermida; Jonathon W. Penney; Mike Morden; Adelina Petit-Vouriot; Priscilla Regan; Teresa Scassa; Leslie Regan Shade; Valerie Steeves; Jane Bailey & Mary Lynn Young
“Citizenship has become digital. … We need to understand how to work towards a connected Canada that maximizes equitable access to information and communication technologies and boosts digital literacy. We must be cognizant of the need to mitigate risks and take advantage of persistent and pervasive connectivity in an increasingly open society.”

Citizenship in a Connected Canada
contributions by Marina Pavlovic; Kent Aitken; Megan Beretta; Jacquelyn Burkell; Amanda Clarke; Alexander Dirksen; Michael Geist; Alfred Hermida; Jonathon W. Penney; Mike Morden; Adelina Petit-Vouriot; Priscilla Regan; Teresa Scassa; Leslie Regan Shade; Valerie Steeves; Jane Bailey & Mary Lynn Young
“Citizenship has become digital. … We need to understand how to work towards a connected Canada that maximizes equitable access to information and communication technologies and boosts digital literacy. We must be cognizant of the need to mitigate risks and take advantage of persistent and pervasive connectivity in an increasingly open society.”

Citizenship in a Connected Canada
contributions by Marina Pavlovic; Kent Aitken; Megan Beretta; Jacquelyn Burkell; Amanda Clarke; Alexander Dirksen; Michael Geist; Alfred Hermida; Jonathon W. Penney; Mike Morden; Adelina Petit-Vouriot; Priscilla Regan; Teresa Scassa; Leslie Regan Shade; Valerie Steeves; Jane Bailey & Mary Lynn Young
“Citizenship has become digital. … We need to understand how to work towards a connected Canada that maximizes equitable access to information and communication technologies and boosts digital literacy. We must be cognizant of the need to mitigate risks and take advantage of persistent and pervasive connectivity in an increasingly open society.”

Vulnerable
contributions by Mona Gupta; Sam Halabi; Anis Chowdhury; Chidi Oguamanam; Lorian Hardcastle; Deborah McGregor; E. Richard Gold; Céline Castets-Renard; Linda Garcia; Amir Attaran; Michelle Giroux; Bryan Thomas; Ravi Malhotra; Matthew Herder; Olivia Lee; Mel Cappe; Yasmin Khaliq; Tim Caulfield; Kelly Bronson; Pat Armstrong; Martha Jackman; Simon Hatcher; Daniel Weinstock; Tess Sheldon; Leilani Farha; Jason Millar; Grégoire Webber; Vanessa Gruben; Jennifer A. Quaid; Paul Daly; Jane Philpott; Jennifer A. Chandler; Hugh Armstrong; Yves Le Bouthillier; Jomo Kwame Sundaram; Sarah Berger Richardson; Katherine Lippel; Aimée Craft; Katherine Fierlbeck; Jeffery Hewitt; Eleonore Fournier-Tombs; Patrick Fafard; Steven J. Hoffman; Adam R. Houston; David Robitaille; Carissima Mathen; Kaitlin Schwan; Jeremy de Beer; Kwame McKenzie; Jamie Chai Yun Liew; Martine Lagacé; Jeffrey Simpson; Alexandra Flynn; Marie-France Fortin; Louise Bélanger-Hardy; Kumanan Wilson; Teresa Scassa; Adelina Iftene; Anne Levesque; Vardit Ravitsky; Y. Y. Brandon Chen; Terry Skolnik; Ivy Bourgeault; Delphine Nakache & Jason W. Nickerson
"The pandemic is not a natural disaster or an “act of God.” The effects of COVID-19 are the result of choices: to tax and spend in ways that benefit some and disadvantage others; to intervene or not intervene in the economy when market forces prevent individuals from meeting basic needs; to regulate in particular ways; to view health as the product of a combination of luck and personal choices rather than the product of colliding social, economic, and political factors; and to adopt particular foreign policies toward international cooperation, including foreign aid."

Vulnerable
contributions by Mona Gupta; Sam Halabi; Anis Chowdhury; Chidi Oguamanam; Lorian Hardcastle; Deborah McGregor; E. Richard Gold; Céline Castets-Renard; Linda Garcia; Amir Attaran; Michelle Giroux; Bryan Thomas; Ravi Malhotra; Matthew Herder; Olivia Lee; Mel Cappe; Yasmin Khaliq; Tim Caulfield; Kelly Bronson; Pat Armstrong; Martha Jackman; Simon Hatcher; Daniel Weinstock; Tess Sheldon; Leilani Farha; Jason Millar; Grégoire Webber; Vanessa Gruben; Jennifer A. Quaid; Paul Daly; Jane Philpott; Jennifer A. Chandler; Hugh Armstrong; Yves Le Bouthillier; Jomo Kwame Sundaram; Sarah Berger Richardson; Katherine Lippel; Aimée Craft; Katherine Fierlbeck; Jeffery Hewitt; Eleonore Fournier-Tombs; Patrick Fafard; Steven J. Hoffman; Adam R. Houston; David Robitaille; Carissima Mathen; Kaitlin Schwan; Jeremy de Beer; Kwame McKenzie; Jamie Chai Yun Liew; Martine Lagacé; Jeffrey Simpson; Alexandra Flynn; Marie-France Fortin; Louise Bélanger-Hardy; Kumanan Wilson; Teresa Scassa; Adelina Iftene; Anne Levesque; Vardit Ravitsky; Y. Y. Brandon Chen; Terry Skolnik; Ivy Bourgeault; Delphine Nakache & Jason W. Nickerson
"The pandemic is not a natural disaster or an “act of God.” The effects of COVID-19 are the result of choices: to tax and spend in ways that benefit some and disadvantage others; to intervene or not intervene in the economy when market forces prevent individuals from meeting basic needs; to regulate in particular ways; to view health as the product of a combination of luck and personal choices rather than the product of colliding social, economic, and political factors; and to adopt particular foreign policies toward international cooperation, including foreign aid."

Vulnerable
contributions by Mona Gupta; Sam Halabi; Anis Chowdhury; Chidi Oguamanam; Lorian Hardcastle; Deborah McGregor; E. Richard Gold; Céline Castets-Renard; Linda Garcia; Amir Attaran; Michelle Giroux; Bryan Thomas; Ravi Malhotra; Matthew Herder; Olivia Lee; Mel Cappe; Yasmin Khaliq; Tim Caulfield; Kelly Bronson; Pat Armstrong; Martha Jackman; Simon Hatcher; Daniel Weinstock; Tess Sheldon; Leilani Farha; Jason Millar; Grégoire Webber; Vanessa Gruben; Jennifer A. Quaid; Paul Daly; Jane Philpott; Jennifer A. Chandler; Hugh Armstrong; Yves Le Bouthillier; Jomo Kwame Sundaram; Sarah Berger Richardson; Katherine Lippel; Aimée Craft; Katherine Fierlbeck; Jeffery Hewitt; Eleonore Fournier-Tombs; Patrick Fafard; Steven J. Hoffman; Adam R. Houston; David Robitaille; Carissima Mathen; Kaitlin Schwan; Jeremy de Beer; Kwame McKenzie; Jamie Chai Yun Liew; Martine Lagacé; Jeffrey Simpson; Alexandra Flynn; Marie-France Fortin; Louise Bélanger-Hardy; Kumanan Wilson; Teresa Scassa; Adelina Iftene; Anne Levesque; Vardit Ravitsky; Y. Y. Brandon Chen; Terry Skolnik; Ivy Bourgeault; Delphine Nakache & Jason W. Nickerson
"The pandemic is not a natural disaster or an “act of God.” The effects of COVID-19 are the result of choices: to tax and spend in ways that benefit some and disadvantage others; to intervene or not intervene in the economy when market forces prevent individuals from meeting basic needs; to regulate in particular ways; to view health as the product of a combination of luck and personal choices rather than the product of colliding social, economic, and political factors; and to adopt particular foreign policies toward international cooperation, including foreign aid."

Intellectual Property for the 21st Century

Intellectual Property for the 21st Century

Law and the "Sharing Economy"
contributions by Harry Arthurs; Francesco Ducci; Marie-Cécile Escande-Varniol; Vincent Gautrais; Michael Geist; Eran Kaplinsky; Nofar Sheffi; Sabrina Tremblay-Huet; Eric Tucker & Mariana Valverde

Law and the "Sharing Economy"
contributions by Harry Arthurs; Francesco Ducci; Marie-Cécile Escande-Varniol; Vincent Gautrais; Michael Geist; Eran Kaplinsky; Nofar Sheffi; Sabrina Tremblay-Huet; Eric Tucker & Mariana Valverde