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WINDSOR STAR: Cities & Climate Action co-lead Smit on drive-thrus in climate emergency

A climate emergency — and a drive-thru for 27 cars: Windsor Star reports on municipal control over the establishment of…

CBC AFTERNOON DRIVE: Anneke Smit interviewed on national research-a-thon

Coordinated by students in Windsor Law's Cities and Climate Action Forum and Osgoode Hall's Environmental Justice and Sustainability Clinic, students…

CBC WINDSOR: Kristen Thomasen on surveillance camera facial recognition

CBC Windsor reports that Detroit police and the Detroit airport have started using facial recognition through their surveillance cameras —…

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CBC WINDSOR: Kristen Thomasen on new surveillance cameras for downtown core

CBC Windsor reports on Windsor city council's approval of 20 new surveillance cameras for the downtown core at Monday night's…

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CBC WINDSOR: Kristen Thomasen interviewed on police drone program

Windsor police say the force's drone program, whose existence was previously confirmed by documents obtained by CBC News, is still…

The SoCA Armouries will host a public workshop Saturday on creating short, community-focused films that can be shared easily through social media.

UWINDSOR DAILY NEWS: Windsor Law co-hosts filmmaking workshop for local community builders

On Saturday, June 15, 2019 Windsor Law and partners including the School of Creative Arts (SoCA) hosted a public workshop…

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CBC WINDSOR: Kristen Thomasen on Windsor police plan to launch drone unit

Windsor police are planning to launch an unmanned aerial system (UAS) unit this fall, CBC News has learned. According to…

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CBC WINDSOR: Kristen Thomasen on ‘Social impact’ of drones

New regulations for drones came into effect in Canada June 1 — and while drone users have had a mixed…

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WINDSOR DAILY NEWS: Panel to Discuss Issues in Food Law

(14 February 2018) Windsor Law Centre for Cities Affiliates Patricia Galvao Ferreira and Vasanthi Venkatesh will join expert panelists in…

University of Windsor law professor Laverne Jacobs is organizing a series of public discussions about the barriers for disabled people. She hopes to bring those issues to light for the public. (Jason Viau/CBC)

CBC WINDSOR: Laverne Jacobs on barriers accessing services for people with disabilities

A law professor at the University of Windsor is hoping to shine a light on the rights of disabled people,…

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GLOBE AND MAIL: David Tanovich cited on police carding case

On a windy April morning last year, Hamilton City Councillor Matthew Green was checking e-mails as he waited for a…

CNN BUSINESS: Kristen Thomasen on ‘Minority Report’ 15 years later

The future is arriving even faster than the predictions depicted in "Minority Report," a film long hailed for being prescient.…