Faculty of Information

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What is the
Faculty of Information?

The Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto is one of North America’s top information schools, offering both undergraduate and graduate professional degrees as well as an advanced doctoral research degree.

Scholars and professionals in the information field analyze how humans engage with the world through information, how that relationship has changed throughout history, and how it can evolve in the future.

Faculty of Information
Faculty of Information

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Archives as Data: Envisioning the Future

A project led by Assistant Professor Jessica Lapp has been chosen as one of four initiatives to receive funding from a new institutional partnership between the University of Toronto and the University of Illinois System. Entitled “Envisioning Critical Futures for Archives as Data,” the project will be co-led by an Assistant Professor Emily Maemura of […]

THE 2025 IAN P. SHARP LECTURE

Announcing the 2025 I.P. Sharp Lecture

As artificial intelligence becomes more deeply embedded in our lives, urgent questions arise about whose knowledge systems shape its design and whose are excluded. The Faculty of Information’s 2025 Ian P. Sharp Lecture will bring together two distinguished speakers to explore how AI can be shaped with respect, relationality, and responsibility, rooted in Indigenous ethical frameworks.

Cover of CJC issue edited by Leslie Shade

Intersectionality and Inclusion in Digital Policy 

Intersectionality and Inclusion in Digital Policy is the theme for two issues of the Canadian Journal of Communication’s Policy Portal, edited by Professor Leslie Regan Shade of the Faculty of Information and Tamara Shepherd of the University of Calgary. The first issue, which has just been published, focuses on Intersectional Critiques of AI Governance  and includes contributions from Faculty […]

Programs

We Study Information

We offer five degree programs that prepare students to work and thrive in the information fields

Bachelor of Information (BI)

The Bachelor of Information is a two-year professional program open to students who have completed two years of undergraduate study in any field. Students acquire both the practical techniques and conceptual tools necessary to understand and effect change in a data-intensive society.

Master of Information (MI)

The Master of Information educates students in established and emerging information fields including Library and Information Science, Archives and Records Management, Information Systems Design, User Experience Design, Human-Centred Data Science and Culture & Technology.

Master of Museum Studies (MMSt)

The Master of Museum Studies is the only English-speaking master’s program of its kind in Canada.

Combined Degree Program 
(MI and MMSt)

The Combined Degree Program offers students the option of earning both Master of Information and Master of Museum Studies degrees over an accelerated three-year period.

PhD in Information

Doctoral students carry out advanced scholarly research exploring the theoretical basis of information studies. Graduates work in academia, industry and government.

Research

We Research Information

Professors and students research all aspects of information and its role in society

A GLAM Makeover for the Archives of Ontario

Thanks to the Faculty of Information’s GLAM Incubator, the Archives of Ontario has been able to move full speed ahead with a pilot project that will make archival material both easier to discover and more accessible.

Making a real-world impact

Associate Dean, Research, Matt Ratto, discusses how faculty members often address social issues through what is known as a “use-inspired basic research” approach.

Are machines really ‘intelligent’?

The Centre for Culture and Technology at the Faculty of Information has announced its annual theme and research focus. In 2025-26, its programming will be devoted to art and scholarship, research and conversation, that puts pressure on construction of the machine learning revolution as “artificial intelligence.”

Careers

We Work in Information

Students and alumni are making a big impression in the information fields

Shaping AI policies in Canada

Taj-Rae Oliver (Class of 2023) is an MI grad in Human-Centred Data Science. She now works in one of today’s most exciting, constantly changing, and fast-paced fields as an analyst on an AI Policy team at Public Services and Procurement Canada. 

From China to Canada: Forging a career in data

For international student and BI graduate Missy Zhang (Class of 2024), staying open-minded about what to study led to a passion for data and a job offer from HealthPRO Canada, which links healthcare teams with suppliers.

Alumni Profile: Dr. Fadi Al-Buhairan, CEO, Special Integrated Logistics Zone (SILZ) of Saudi Arabia

After a successful, two-decades-long career in health informatics and management consulting, Dr. Fadi Al-Buhairan (Class of 2007) made the leap into the logistics industry in 2019.

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