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The Law Commission of Ontario is Ontario’s leading law reform agency. The LCO provides independent, balanced and authoritative advice on complex legal policy issues. Our work promotes access to justice and contributes to public debate.
This project examines the development, deployment, regulation and impact of artificial intelligence (AI), automated decision-making (ADM) and algorithms on access to justice, human rights, and due process.
This project is the first legal and policy reform project in Canada to review how artificial intelligence (AI) impacts each stage in a criminal justice matter.
The LCO’s Improving Protection Orders project is examining why protection orders are failing to prevent intimate partner violence and family violence in Ontario.
This project examines how a civil legal framework could address the creation, alteration, and distribution of intimate images without consent.
This project explores the growing use of digital monitoring and surveillance technologies in the workplace, and their implications for areas which may include privacy and human rights, employment and labour law, platform workers, and AI governance.
Environmental Accountability – Indigenous Engagement
This project began in the fall of 2024. Please check back for more details.
LCO releases Human Rights AI Impact Assessment Backgrounder
AI impact assessments are a leading strategy to promote “trustworthy AI” in government and private sector AI systems. In November 2024, the Law Commission of Ontario and Ontario Human Rights Commission released the first AI [...]
LCO is a McLachlin Fund 2024 Recipient
The LCO in partnership with Osgoode Hall Law School is excited to announce that we've received a grant from the The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin Access To Justice Fund, held at Vancouver Foundation. This support [...]
Law Times: Colleen Flood joins LCO Board of Governors
Read the latest article in the Law Times on Dean Colleen Flood joining the LCO Board of Governors.
