February 22, 2021
World IA day, the Toronto version, is back for 2021 with more speakers, mindfulness sessions, desk stretches, and a design jam to kick things off...
February 22, 2021
Inspired by the Defund the Police movement, two U of T professors have joined forces with colleagues at other universities to call for the defunding...
February 12, 2021
February can be a difficult month at the best of the times, but one of the things I like about it is how it brings...
February 11, 2021
Together with a group of academics, Associate Professor Christoph Becker has released a report calling for a new future for technology. Its title — Defund...
January 29, 2021
If the constant stream of headlines and scandals exposing the dark side of digital technology are making you uneasy, you may want to listen to...
January 11, 2021
It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost 10 months since classes moved online and even harder to believe that by the time this term ends, it will have been more than...
January 4, 2021
By Suzanne Bowness Nazia Shahrin is not only leading change within her organization but also gaining recognition outside it. In 2020, this Master of Information...
January 4, 2021
In a typical class held in the Faculty of Information’s technologically enhanced active learning (TEAL) studio, Room 224 of the Bissell Building is filled with...
December 19, 2020
Photo of Toronto Reference Library by Bilal Karim on Unsplash By Suzanne Bowness With a professional background that took her from working librarian to strategic advisor for the...
December 10, 2020
With vaccines and vaccine hesitancy all over the news, Assistant Professor Deena Abul-Fottouh’s co-authored paper, Examining algorithmic biases in YouTube’s recommendations of vaccine videos, makes...
December 3, 2020
Assistant Professor (Teaching Stream) Stacy Allison-Cassin, who is a member of the Métis Nation of Ontario, recently appeared before a Parliamentary Committee to express her...
November 20, 2020
To Faculty of Information students, professors and staff: Earlier today UofT President Meric Gertler announced a change to the start date of winter term classes in January – a change that will...