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593				<p>Dr. Michael Geist is a law professor at the University of Ottawa where he holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law and is a member of the <a href="https://techlaw.uottawa.ca/">Centre for Law, Technology and Society</a>. He has obtained a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Master of Laws (LL.M.) degrees from Cambridge University in the UK and Columbia Law School in New York, and a Doctorate in Law (J.S.D.) from Columbia Law School. Dr. Geist has been a regular columnist on digital policy with leading publications such as the Globe and Mail and Toronto Star and is the creator and host of Law Bytes, one of Canada’s top technology podcasts.  He is the editor of several copyright books including <a href="http://www.press.uottawa.ca/the-copyright-pentalogy">The Copyright Pentalogy: How the Supreme Court of Canada Shook the Foundations of Canadian Copyright Law</a> (2013, University of Ottawa Press), <a href="http://www.irwinlaw.com/content_commons/from_radical_extremism_to_balanced_copyright">From &#8220;Radical Extremism&#8221; to &#8220;Balanced Copyright&#8221;: Canadian Copyright and the Digital Agenda (2010, Irwin Law)</a> and<a href="http://www.irwinlaw.com/content_commons/in_the_public_interest"> In the Public Interest:  The Future of Canadian Copyright Law (2005, Irwin Law)</a>, the editor of several monthly technology law publications, and the author of a popular blog on Internet and intellectual property law issues.</p>
594<p>Dr. Geist serves on many boards, including Internet Archive Canada board and the <a href="https://www.eff.org/about/advisoryboard">Electronic Frontier Foundation Advisory Board</a>. He has received numerous awards for his work including the Privacy and Access Council of Canada Fellowship Award in 2023, the Canadian Journalists for Freedom of Expression Vox Libera Award in 2018, the <a href="http://www2.carleton.ca/akcollege/awards-for-public-affairs/award-winners-2/">Kroeger Award for Policy Leadership</a> and the <a href="http://www.publicknowledge.org/ip3-awards-2010">Public Knowledge IP3 Award</a> in 2010, the <a href="http://www.accessola.com/ola/bins/content_page.asp?cid=130-179">Les Fowlie Award for Intellectual Freedom</a> from the Ontario Library Association in 2009, the <a href="https://www.eff.org/awards/pioneer/2008">Electronic Frontier Foundation&#8217;s Pioneer Award</a> in 2008, <a href="https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2003/09/geist-named-canarie-iway-public-leadership-award-winner/">Canarie&#8217;s IWAY Public Leadership Award</a> for his contribution to the development of the Internet in Canada and he was named one of <a href="http://top40award-canada.org/2002RecipientsList.pdf">Canada&#8217;s Top 40 Under 40</a> in 2003.  In 2010, Managing Intellectual Property named him one of the 50 most influential people on intellectual property in the world and Canadian Lawyer named him one of the 25 most influential lawyers in Canada in 2011, 2012 and 2013. Dr. Geist was appointed to the Order of Ontario in 2018.</p>
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