Dr. Andrea Slane
Title: Associate Professor
Research interests: Privacy, Information Law, Law and Technology, Intellectual Property
Supervision Areas: Internet Law; Cybercrime; Online Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth; and Cyberbullying.
Biography
Dr. Andrea Slane is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Criminology, Justice and Policy Studies at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. Prior to joining the Faculty in 2009, Dr. Slane was Executive Director of the Centre for Innovation Law and Policy at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law. She received her J.D. (Honours) from the University of Toronto in 2003, and was called to Ontario bar in 2004. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature (Cultural Studies) from the University of California, San Diego, and was an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Old Dominion University from 1995-2000. Dr. Slane practiced trade-mark, copyright, privacy and technology law at a large downtown law firm in Toronto before returning to academia. She has published articles on unsolicited bulk email, online hate complaints, and international online defamation cases. She has done policy research for the Department of Justice (on online hate), through the Contributions Program of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (on information sharing between private entities and law enforcement), and for Public Safety Canada (on online child sexual exploitation crime prevention materials and strategies). She will teach Public Law, Legal Theory, and Legal Research Methods in 2009-2010.
Dr. Slane has completed a year-long study of Canadian Internet safety education and online child sexual exploitation crime prevention strategies. The report, entitled "Child Sexual Exploitation, Technology and Crime Prevention Education: Keeping Pace with the Risks?" was funded by and submitted to Public Safety Canada. The report reviews available sources of information on online sexual victimization of children and youth in comparison to current Canadian prevention efforts, and makes recommendations for the development of future materials and programs.
