Michael Geist
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Michael Geist in October 2007
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Michael Allen Geist July 11, 1968 |
| Residence | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | University of Western Ontario, Osgoode Hall Law School, Cambridge University and the Columbia Law School |
| Occupation | Academic and Canada Research Chair |
| Employer | University of Ottawa |
| Website | michaelgeist.ca |
Michael Allen Geist (born 11 July 1968) is a Canadian academic, and the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law at the University of Ottawa. Geist was educated at the University of Western Ontario where he received his Bachelor of Laws before going on to get his Master of Laws at both Osgoode Hall Law School and Cambridge University. After that, he attended Columbia Law School where he got his Doctor of Law degree.
His weekly columns on new technology and its legal ramifications appear in the Vancouver Sun, Toronto Star and the Ottawa Citizen. He served on Canada's National Task Force on Spam and is the founder of the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic. Geist is active on many boards, including the CANARIE Board of Directors, the CanLII Board of Directors, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada's Expert Advisory Board, the Electronic Frontier Foundation Advisory Board, and on the Information Program Sub-Board of the Open Society Institute. He was also a board member of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, which manages the dot.ca domain, for six years.
Geist was named one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 in 2002. In 2010, he was listed globally as one of the top fifty influential people in regard to intellectual property by Managing Intellectual Property.
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