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Thomas W. Lacchia Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School
Former Member of Parliament for Windsor West (2002-2025)
CEO of iFixit
Vice President, Government Relations, Automotive Industries Association (AIA) Canada
Professor of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador
Associate Professor, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario
Builder, Housing Advocate, and former City Councilor (Saint John, NB)
Policy analyst in Source Reduction I Équiterre
Executive Director, Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project (CAMP)
Founder, Burlington Repair Cafe
Senior Lecturer in Technology Law and Human-Computer Interaction, University of Edinburgh
Repair Cafe Toronto
Editor in Chief, The Security Ledger
Director of Compliance, Software Freedom Conservancy
Repair Café PEI and Charlottetown Tool Library community organizer
Associate Professor at UBC's Peter A. Allard School of Law
CEO, The Stem Group (Device Repair)
Co-Chair of Right to Repair Committee for the Canadian Medical & Biological Engineering Society (CMBES)
6061 University Avenue
Halifax, Nova Scotia
The 2026 Canadian Repair Convention will take place at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University, located in the heart of Halifax’s South End campus.
Schulich is a leading centre for legal education and research in Canada, with a long-standing commitment to public interest scholarship, policy engagement, and interdisciplinary work at the intersection of law, technology, and society.
The Weldon Law Building offers modern teaching and event spaces designed to support dialogue, collaboration, and hands-on engagement. This makes it a natural home for a convention that brings together scholars, policymakers, repairers, industry participants, and community organisers.
The venue is fully accessible and equipped with modern audiovisual infrastructure, with dedicated spaces for panel discussions, roundtables, and interactive sessions. It is also within easy walking distance of downtown Halifax, waterfront areas, and many local amenities.
The 2026 Canadian Repair Convention is made possible through funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), and with support from the Law & Technology Institute and the MacEachen Institute for Public Policy & Governance at Dalhousie University.
Is your organization interested in sponsoring the Convention? Please click here for our sponsorship prospectus.
The Canadian Repair Convention gratefully acknowledges the support of Halifax Regional Municipality (District 7) Councilor Laura White and Halifax Citadel-Sable Island MLA Lisa Lachance, whose contributions are helping to support this year’s Convention.