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Access to adequate health care, including protective equipment and sufficient testing, will do more good than another hackathon

In an op-ed for the New York Times, published April 15, Acting Director of the Faculty of Law's International Human Rights Program (IHRP) Petra Molnar and co-author Diego Naranjo, head of policy at European Digital Rights, discuss how AI is impacting migration in the age of COVID-19.

Faculty of Law Professor Jutta Brunnée is the Metcalf Chair in Environmental Law with teaching and research interests in the areas of Public International Law, International Environmental Law and International Legal Theory.

In an op-ed published in the Globe and Mail, Professor Brunnée writes about the U.N. Security Council's response to COVID-19.

The experiences of asylum seekers, temporary workers, international students, the undocumented and other migrants in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic have thus far been largely ignored by the government. Given that many of these individuals and their families have precarious immigration status, or are undocumented entirely, they disproportionately face severe limitations on their ability to ensure their survival. They may also be unsure of what supports are legally available to them and how certain laws apply to their specific situation.

Canada’s Almost Full State of Emergency

Canada is in almost full emergency mode in its bid to flatten the pandemic curve. But so far the federal government has not declared a federal state of emergency in terms of the Emergencies Act (1985), although it has discussed publicly the pros and cons of taking this step and has been urged to do so on the basis that such a declaration would enable a nationwide testing program. There are four main reasons for this hesitation to declare a national state of emergency.