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Curriculum Vitae

 Education

2015 PhD

Osgoode Hall Law School, York University Toronto 

 

Dissertation title: ‘Reputational Privacy and the Internet:Can Law Help?’ SUPERVISOR: Dr. Margaret Beare

2008 LLM

Osgoode Hall Law School, York University Toronto 

 

Thesis Title: ‘The Privatization of War: normative effects at
the intersection of human rights, crime and security’

1990 JD

Western University School of Law, London ON N6A 3K7

AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS

2021

Excellence in Teaching Award, Osgoode Hall Law School Toronto (LLM)

2019

European Research Group on Military and Society (ERGOMAS) Lisbon

2011

Visiting Researcher, Sciences-Po Université, Paris

2011

European Union Centre of Excellence Award, York University, Toronto

2010

Oxford Internet Institute Summer Doctoral Program (2 weeks, May)
University of Oxford UK

2010

Law & Culture Colloquium Scholarship
Osnabruck University, Germany

2009

Association of Transnational Law Schools Summer Agora

London School of Economics, UK

2008 - 2015

Full Doctoral Funding, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

Academic Appointments

2018 -  2023

Instructor, LLM Professional Development

Osgoode Hall Law School, 1 Dundas St. Toronto M5G 1Z3
Criminal Law and Procedure, Privacy and Cybersecurity Programs

2020 - 2024

Research Fellow

Jack and Mae Nathanson Centre for Transnational

Human Rights, Crime and Security
Osgoode Hall Law School, Keele Campus, York University M3J 1P3

2017 - 2019

Senior Lecturer

Deakin University School of Law, Melbourne Australia
Legal Method & Statutory Interpretation, Internet Law
Higher Education Supervision (LL.M. and PhD)

2009 - 2017

Sessional Professor in JD Program

Osgoode Hall Law School, Keele Campus, York University M3J 1P3
Law and Technology, Digital Crime, National Security Law
Sociology Department, York University M3J 1P3
Organized Crime and Money Laundering
Law and Sociology of Policing

2012 - 2013

Assistant Professor, Criminology Department

Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson), Toronto M5B 2K3
Introduction to Criminology, International Criminal Law, National
Security, Policing

Research Opportunities

2019

Canada Forces College, Toronto

Comparative Institutional Study of Police-Military Collaboration in
Emergency Crises, 10-year Update Publication

2012
 

Sciences-Po University, Paris (CEVIPOF - Centre for Political Research)

Scholarship funding: Canada-France Consular
Research Project: Police (Mis)use of Social Media for Frontline Security
during the G-20 Economic Summits: a qualitative comparison of Toronto
and Cannes

2008 - 2011

Defence Research & Development Canada
Principal Investigator: Dr. Eric Ouellet, Canada Forces College, Toronto
Field Case Study Involving Qualitative Research of SARS Pandemic
Collaboration by Police and Health Care Personnel

2021

“Redesign Online” Osgoode Professional Development

2017

Higher Education Graduate Supervision Certification, Deakin University

1991

Articles-at-Law, Goodmans LLP Toronto

2021

Alliance Francaise, Intermediate level

2012

Human Migration Certificate, European University Institute, Florence

1990

Bar Admission Certification, Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto

Accreditation

Law Practice

1992-2008

Elizabeth A. Kirley, Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto

Criminal Law, Family & Children’s Law

(Law Society status: academic)

2003-2006

Children’s Lawyer Representative 

Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, Toronto

2003-2007

Assistant Crown Attorney 

Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, Toronto

1991-2003

 Legal Aid Ontario 

Public Defender, Criminal & Family Law,

Central Ontario

Peer Reviewed Publications

Books

Chapters

2023

Tonita Murray, Elizabeth Kirley, Stephen Schneider (eds)

 Big Crime, Big Policing: all about Big Money?

University of Toronto Press, Toronto (forthcoming 2023)

2022

Elizabeth Anne Kirley and Deborah Porter, eds. 

Outsmarting The Next Pandemic: What Covid-19 Can Teach Us

Taylor & Francis UK, Routledge Imprint.

2015

Elizabeth Anne Kirley

Reputational Privacy and the Internet: A Matter for Law?

PhD Dissertation,

York University, Toronto  https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/phd/8.

2023

Elizabeth Kirley

“Brushstrokes to Keystrokes: Policing Entrepreneurial Art Crime ,” in

Big Crime, Big Policing: All about Big Money?

Tonita Murray, Elizabeth Kirley and Stephen Schneider (eds)

University of Toronto Press (forthcoming).

2022

Elizabeth Anne Kirley and Deborah Porter, Chapter 1 “How Smart is COVID?” in Elizabeth Anne Kirley and Deborah Porter eds.

Outsmarting The Next Pandemic: What Covid-19 Can Teach Us

Taylor & Francis

(Routledge Imprint).

2022

Elizabeth Anne Kirley and Marilyn McMahon, “Leadership Vacuum and Mask 

Deniers,” in Elizabeth Anne Kirley and Deborah Porter, eds.

Outsmarting the Next Pandemic: What Covid-19 Can Teach Us

Taylor & Francis

(Routledge Imprint).

2019

Elizabeth Kirley and Marilyn McMahon

“The Murky Ethics of Emoji: Comparative Responses to the Diversity Question,”

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology 26:1.

2019

Marilyn McMahon and Elizabeth Kirley

“When Cute Becomes Criminal: the role of emoji in sexual grooming online”

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology (MJLST) 21.

2018

Elizabeth Kirley and Marilyn McMahon

“The Emoji Factor: Humanizing the Law of Digital Speech”

Tennessee Law Review 85:2.

2017 

Elizabeth Kirley

“The Robot as Cub Reporter: Law’s Unsettled Role in Cognitive Journalism.”

European Journal of Law and Technology, 7:3.

2016

Elizabeth Kirley

“Can Digital Speech Loosen the Gordian Knot of Reputation Law?”

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal, 32:1. 

2015

Elizabeth Kirley

“Are We Ethically Bound to Use Student Engagement Technologies for Teaching Law?” 

The Law Teacher: International Journal of the Association of Law Teachers 49, 219-241. 

2012 

Eric Ouellet and Elizabeth Kirley
Case Study of Police and Health Care Collaboration with Military Personnel for National Security Emergencies: Final Report

 Centre for Security Science, DRDC CSS CR 2012-034; Defence R&D Canada – CSS; (December), as available at

http://cradpdf.drdc-rddc.gc.ca/PDFS/unc121/p536812_A1b.pdf 

2012

Elizabeth Kirley

The Progressive Convergence of Military and Policing Ethos in Post-Millennial Canada: Interim Report

Canada Forces College, Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) Centre for Security Science, Department of National Defence Canada. 

Peer-Reviewed Journals

Commissioned Government Research Reports

Keynotes & 
Invited Presentations

2021

“Emoji Law: When Cute Becomes Criminal”

Chamber of Commerce, New Tecumseth ON (November). 

2020

“Understanding the Lexicon of Emoji: in Ethical Considerations with Emoji, 

Memes, and GIFS" 

Presentation for Duquesne University School of Law (October)

2020

“Linguistic & Evidentiary Interpretation Issues with emoji, memes, & GIFs,”  

Presentation for Duquesne University School of Law (October).

 

2019

“The Murky Ethics of Emoji”

Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) 6-10 August, Intercontinental Hotel, Montreal.

2019

“A Re-Assessment of Military-Police Collaboration for Emergency Readiness in Light of Emerging Technological Innovation,”

European Research Group on Military and Society (ERGOMAS) Biennial Conference, ISCTE Instituto Universitario de Lisboa, Portugal (June). 

2018

“Your Facebook post makes me so : decoding the Murky Ethics of Emoji,” 

Marine & Energy Symposium of the Americas (MESA) Luncheon Keynote, King Edward Hotel, Toronto (April).

2016

“Cart Before the Horse? Internet Exceptionalism is Really about Digital Speech” 

British & Irish Law, Education & Technology Association (BILETA ’16) Annual Conference, Hertfordshire University, Hatfield UK (April).

 

2016

“Trashed Online: Is Law Still Relevant to Reputation?”

British & Irish Law, Education & Technology Association (BILETA ’16) Annual Conference, Hertfordshire University, Hatfield UK (April).

 

2016

“Trashed: A Comparative Exploration of Law’s Relevance to Online Reputation”

Invited Presentation, Quello Center of Communications and Media, Michigan State University (April). See further https://vimeo.com/162115919.

 

2015

“The Ethics of Student Engagement Technologies: Using Clickers & Smart Phones to Learn the Law”

Canadian Association of Law Teachers (CALT/ACPD) 

website guest column (31 May)  https://www.acpd-calt.org/tags/guest_column 

 

2014

“Erase Me and Do Not Track Me: New Directions in Online Privacy” 

Cyber Developments in International Relations Conference, American Graduate School of Paris (April).

 

2014

“Point and Click: Student Engagement Technologies for First Year Law Classes”

Open Doors: Teaching and Learning Law for Justice Conference, Canadian Association of Law Teachers, Winnipeg (June 12) as posted on ResearchGate. 

 

2013

“Easing Tensions between Privacy and Transparency: Erasure Rights in 3 

Cultures”

3rd Global Conference on Transparency Research, Ecole des hautes études commerciales (HEC Paris).

 

2012

“Social Media within the G20 Context: Police Integrated Security Units” 

Cyber-Surveillance in Everyday Life: An International Workshop, University of Toronto Munk School of Global Affairs (March).

 

2009

“Social Media and the Militarization Myth in Canadian Policing” International University Seminar, Armed Forces & Society Conference, Chicago (October 28).

 

2009 

“INTERPOL’s Expanded Role in Active Policing”

Police Governance and Accountability Conference, University of Limerick Faculty of Law, Ireland (December 15). 

University Service

2019

Price Moot, (Oxford University semi-final round), Osgoode Hall team

2017-18

Faculty Council, Law Representative, Deakin Faculty of Business & Law 

2017-19 

Mentor for Women Indigenous Law Students, Vice Chancellor’s Professional Excellence Program, Deakin Faculty of Business & Law (2017, 2018, 2019)

2015-16 

Senate Committee on Academic Standards, Curriculum & Pedagogy, 

York University Toronto 

2014-15 

Tenure & Promotions Committee, Doctoral Representative, Osgoode Hall Law School Toronto

2012-13 

Liberal Arts Faculty Committee, Ryerson University Toronto (2012-13)

2012-13 

Teacher of the Year Selection Committee, Ryerson University Toronto 

2012 

Judge, Moot Court, Business Law Association, Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, Toronto 

2003-06

Bar Admissions Course Instructor in Criminal Procedure, ADR 

2018

Editorial Review, McGill Law Journal, McGill University, Montreal Quebec by invitation

2017-19 

Editorial Review, European Journal of Law and Technology 

University of Strathclyde, UK

2014- 15

Editorial Committee, TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies, York University

 Editorial Review

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