Lex Gill
Senior Fellow
Lex Gill is a Senior Fellow at the Citizen Lab and a litigation attorney based in Montreal. Her work at the Citizen Lab focuses on issues of freedom of expression, privacy, national security and discrimination, particularly in the North American context. She has argued before every level of court in Canada, regularly appears before legislative bodies and commissions, and has taught several courses at McGill University’s Faculty of Law, including an advanced seminar on emerging technologies and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Lex is a member of both the Law Society of Ontario and the Barreau du Québec.
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Publications
Comments on the Federal Government’s Proposed Approach to Address Harmful Content Online
Citizen Lab researchers reviewed the consultation materials, including the “Technical Paper” and the “Discussion Guide” associated with the government’s proposal to address what it has referred to as “online harms.” We provide the following comments in response to that consultation process.
Submission to the Government of Canada on the Renewal of the Responsible Business Conduct Strategy
This submission outlines Canadian technology companies and the threat they pose to human rights abroad, as well as suggests mechanisms the Government of Canada’s RBC strategy can adopt to address the harmful impacts of Canadian-made technology.
Bots at the Gate
A Human Rights Analysis of Automated Decision Making in Canada’s Immigration and Refugee System
The report finds that use of automated decision-making technologies to augment or replace human judgment threatens to violate domestic and international human rights law, with alarming implications for the fundamental human rights of those subjected to these technologies.
