{"id":1001,"date":"2025-10-11T17:10:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T17:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lco-cdo.thedev.ca\/?page_id=1001"},"modified":"2026-03-12T16:01:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:01:33","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-contrast-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-83ebbec7 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-bottom-color:#2660A4;border-bottom-width:2px;min-height:300px;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--large);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--large);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-max-60-font-size wp-elements-43bf0511d8086bed36d9557794fec269\">Law Reform in Action<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-de7bd7bcc61daa4dbec1208067d52a8f\">Projects that confront today\u2019s challenges and guide the future of justice<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">Current Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n      \n  \n\n    \n  <div class=\"projects-active-grid cols-3\">\n                      \n                  \n                                                                      \n      <article class=\"project-card\">\n                  <a class=\"project-thumb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/ai-in-criminal-justice\/\" aria-label=\"AI in Criminal Justice\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"798\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/crimAi_thumbnail.png\" class=\"project-thumb\" alt=\"Criminal AI image depicting white human figures over binary code\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/crimAi_thumbnail.png 798w, https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/crimAi_thumbnail-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/crimAi_thumbnail-768x479.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/>\n          <\/a>\n        \n        <h3 class=\"project-title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/ai-in-criminal-justice\/\">AI in Criminal Justice<\/a>\n        <\/h3>\n\n                  <p class=\"project-summary\">Deep dive into the risks and benefits of AI use in the criminal justice system. Read our five-paper series that considers AI use at each stage of a criminal matter.<\/p>\n              <\/article>\n                      \n                  \n                                                                      \n      <article class=\"project-card\">\n                  <a class=\"project-thumb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/ai-regulation-and-human-rights\/\" aria-label=\"AI Regulation and Human Rights\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-16.37.56-1024x540.png\" class=\"project-thumb\" alt=\"banner for AI Regulation and Human Rights project\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-16.37.56-1024x540.png 1024w, https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-16.37.56-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-16.37.56-768x405.png 768w, https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-16.37.56-1536x810.png 1536w, https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-16.37.56.png 1866w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n          <\/a>\n        \n        <h3 class=\"project-title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/ai-regulation-and-human-rights\/\">AI Regulation and Human Rights<\/a>\n        <\/h3>\n\n                  <p class=\"project-summary\">Examining how AI can be governed to protect human rights, procedural fairness, and privacy. Check out the Human Rights Impact Assessment.<\/p>\n              <\/article>\n                      \n                  \n                                                                      \n      <article class=\"project-card\">\n                  <a class=\"project-thumb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/intimate-images-and-deepfakes\/\" aria-label=\"Intimate Images and Deepfakes\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/civai_cover-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"project-thumb\" alt=\"Admin AI thumbnail depicting blue computer electronic circuit\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/civai_cover-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/civai_cover-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/civai_cover-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/civai_cover-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/civai_cover-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n          <\/a>\n        \n        <h3 class=\"project-title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/intimate-images-and-deepfakes\/\">Intimate Images and Deepfakes<\/a>\n        <\/h3>\n\n                  <p class=\"project-summary\">Examining how to protect victims of non-consensual disclosure of intimate images and deepfakes.<\/p>\n              <\/article>\n                      \n                  \n                                                                      \n      <article class=\"project-card\">\n                  <a class=\"project-thumb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/protection-orders\/\" aria-label=\"Protection Orders\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/LCO-ProtectionOrders-thumbnail-400x251-1.png\" class=\"project-thumb\" alt=\"Protection Orders thumbnail depicting vector-drawn woman and child\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/LCO-ProtectionOrders-thumbnail-400x251-1.png 400w, https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/LCO-ProtectionOrders-thumbnail-400x251-1-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n          <\/a>\n        \n        <h3 class=\"project-title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/protection-orders\/\">Protection Orders<\/a>\n        <\/h3>\n\n                  <p class=\"project-summary\">Examining why protections orders are failing to prevent intimate partner and family violence in Ontario.<\/p>\n              <\/article>\n                      \n                  \n                                                                      \n      <article class=\"project-card\">\n                  <a class=\"project-thumb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/workplace-surveillance\/\" aria-label=\"Workplace Surveillance\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/iStock-1157776913-1024x578.jpg\" class=\"project-thumb\" alt=\"Vector of a businessman sitting inside closet compartment box being surveyed by a boss\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/iStock-1157776913-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/iStock-1157776913-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/iStock-1157776913-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/iStock-1157776913-1536x867.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/iStock-1157776913-2048x1156.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n          <\/a>\n        \n        <h3 class=\"project-title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/workplace-surveillance\/\">Workplace Surveillance<\/a>\n        <\/h3>\n\n                  <p class=\"project-summary\">A look at the growing use of digital monitoring and surveillance technologies in the workplace, and their implications for privacy and human rights, employment and labour law, platform workers, and AI governance.<\/p>\n              <\/article>\n      <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-77185cb8 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--large);padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/get-involved\/#suggest-a-project\">Suggest a Project<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-lco__archive-project_0a32bf-ff\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">Completed Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>These projects have released their final reports. The year shown reflects when the report was published. Follow-up activity varies by project; the LCO may offer advice or submissions if provincial work touches on related issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"facetwp-facet facetwp-facet-projects_completed_sort facetwp-type-sort\" data-name=\"projects_completed_sort\" data-type=\"sort\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"facetwp-template\" data-name=\"projects_completed\"><div class=\"projects-completed-list\">\n            <ul class=\"projects-completed-list__grid\">\n                                            <li class=\"projects-completed-list__item\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/consumer-protection-digital-marketplace\/\" class=\"projects-completed-list__link\">\n                        Consumer Protection in the Digital Marketplace                                                    <span class=\"projects-completed-list__year\">\n                                (2024)\n                            <\/span>\n                                            <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"projects-completed-list__item\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/environmental-accountability\/\" class=\"projects-completed-list__link\">\n                        Environmental Accountability                                                    <span class=\"projects-completed-list__year\">\n                                (2024)\n                            <\/span>\n                                            <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"projects-completed-list__item\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/last-stages-of-life-indigenous-engagement\/\" class=\"projects-completed-list__link\">\n                        Last Stages of Life \u2013 Indigenous Engagement                                                    <span class=\"projects-completed-list__year\">\n                                (2023)\n                            <\/span>\n                                            <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"projects-completed-list__item\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/last-stages-of-life\/\" class=\"projects-completed-list__link\">\n                        Last Stages of Life                                                    <span class=\"projects-completed-list__year\">\n                                (2021)\n                            <\/span>\n                                            <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"projects-completed-list__item\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/defamation-law-in-the-internet-age\/\" class=\"projects-completed-list__link\">\n                        Defamation Law in the Internet Age                                                    <span class=\"projects-completed-list__year\">\n                                (2020)\n                            <\/span>\n                                            <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"projects-completed-list__item\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/class-actions\/\" class=\"projects-completed-list__link\">\n                        Class Actions                                                    <span class=\"projects-completed-list__year\">\n                                (2019)\n                            <\/span>\n                                            <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"projects-completed-list__item\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/legal-capacity-decision-making-and-guardianship\/\" class=\"projects-completed-list__link\">\n                        Legal Capacity, Decision-making and Guardianship                                                    <span class=\"projects-completed-list__year\">\n                                (2017)\n                            <\/span>\n                                            <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"projects-completed-list__item\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/small-estates\/\" class=\"projects-completed-list__link\">\n                        Small Estates                                                    <span class=\"projects-completed-list__year\">\n                                (2015)\n                            <\/span>\n                                            <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"projects-completed-list__item\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/federal-rdsp-capacity-and-legal-representation\/\" class=\"projects-completed-list__link\">\n                        Federal RDSP, Capacity and Legal Representation                                                    <span class=\"projects-completed-list__year\">\n                                (2014)\n                            <\/span>\n                                            <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"projects-completed-list__item\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/family-law-reform\/\" class=\"projects-completed-list__link\">\n                        Family Law Reform                                                    <span class=\"projects-completed-list__year\">\n                                (2013)\n                            <\/span>\n                                            <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"projects-completed-list__item\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/forestry-workers-lien-for-wages-act\/\" class=\"projects-completed-list__link\">\n                        Forestry Workers Lien for Wages Act                                                    <span class=\"projects-completed-list__year\">\n                                (2013)\n                            <\/span>\n                                            <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"projects-completed-list__item\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/persons-with-disabilities\/\" class=\"projects-completed-list__link\">\n                        Persons with Disabilities                                                    <span class=\"projects-completed-list__year\">\n                                (2012)\n                            <\/span>\n                                            <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"projects-completed-list__item\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/older-adults\/\" class=\"projects-completed-list__link\">\n                        Older Adults                                                    <span class=\"projects-completed-list__year\">\n                                (2012)\n                            <\/span>\n                                            <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"projects-completed-list__item\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/violence-against-women-curriculum-modules-initiative\/\" class=\"projects-completed-list__link\">\n                        Violence against Women Curriculum Modules Initiative                                                    <span class=\"projects-completed-list__year\">\n                                (2012)\n                            <\/span>\n                                            <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"projects-completed-list__item\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/vulnerable-workers-and-precarious-work\/\" class=\"projects-completed-list__link\">\n                        Vulnerable Workers and Precarious Work                                                    <span class=\"projects-completed-list__year\">\n                                (2012)\n                            <\/span>\n                                            <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"projects-completed-list__item\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/provincial-offences-act\/\" class=\"projects-completed-list__link\">\n                        Provincial Offences Act                                                    <span class=\"projects-completed-list__year\">\n                                (2011)\n                            <\/span>\n                                            <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"projects-completed-list__item\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/joint-several-liability\/\" class=\"projects-completed-list__link\">\n                        Joint &amp; Several Liability                                                    <span class=\"projects-completed-list__year\">\n                                (2011)\n                            <\/span>\n                                            <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"projects-completed-list__item\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/division-of-pensions-upon-marriage-breakdown\/\" class=\"projects-completed-list__link\">\n                        Division of Pensions Upon Marriage Breakdown                                                    <span class=\"projects-completed-list__year\">\n                                (2008)\n                            <\/span>\n                                            <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"projects-completed-list__item\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/lco-cdo.org\/en\/projects\/fees-for-cashing-government-cheques\/\" class=\"projects-completed-list__link\">\n                        Fees for Cashing Government Cheques                                                    <span class=\"projects-completed-list__year\">\n                                (2008)\n                            <\/span>\n    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The year shown reflects when the report was published. 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