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November 18, 2021
Congratulations to all 101 of our November 2021 graduates from the Faculty of Information, whose names you will find below: Master of Information Reem Alasadi ...
November 2, 2021
When Stacy Allison-Cassin began teaching students at the Faculty of Information how to understand the tools, techniques and practices of documenting cultural records, she chose...
September 3, 2021
Through This Lens – an exhibition curated by 2020 Museum Studies Alumnus Sabryna Ruggles Ekstein and presented in partnership with Artscape Youngplace, features photography by Sabryna’s grandfather,...
September 2, 2021
As the Founding Director of the Faculty of Information’s new Learning Hub, Assistant Professor (Teaching Stream) Malayna Bernstein will build on innovative past initiatives, introduce new programs and strategies, and work with colleagues to formulate...
August 21, 2021
Three doctoral students at the Faculty of Information have won graduate fellowships as part of the University of Toronto’s new Critical Digital Humanities Initiative. These...
August 16, 2021
Informed Magazine 2021 is now out and available to read. A printed copy of the magazine will be sent to all 2020 and 2021 Faculty...
August 13, 2021
The Ontario Museum Association has presented the Excellence in Emerging Museum Practice Award to the founders of the Museum Professionals of Colour at the University...
August 4, 2021
Transition Related Surgery: The Fight For Access — an online exhibition curated by Museum Studies graduate Amelia Smith. Transition Related Surgery is just one name given to...
July 27, 2021
When Sabrina Macklai began her Master of Information in the fall of 2019, she hadn’t yet committed to doing a combined degree program with the...
July 26, 2021
The Lengths We Go: Reflections on Hair – an online exhibition curated by Museum Studies graduates Priscilla Carmini, Denise Tenio, Rebecca Tunney and Jordan Vetter, in partnership with the Museums of Mississauga. ...
July 22, 2021
To members of the Faculty of Information community: You may have already learned this earlier this week – either from the news or social media...
July 13, 2021
The annual Shelley Peterson Student Art Exhibition – curated by Museum Studies students Jaime Meier, Delaney Sweep, and Erika Serodio in partnership with the Art...
June 25, 2021
Sagal Osman, Master of Information graduate at her virtual Graduation ceremony Congratulations to all 297 of our June 2021 graduates from the Faculty of Information, whose...
June 23, 2021
ANTHEM: Expressions of Canadian Identity — a digital exhibition curated by Museum Studies students Cayleigh Eccles, Jessica Lanziner, and Megan Sue-Chue-Lam, in partnership with the Canadian Language Museum. This...
May 28, 2021
The Bachelor of Information program was conceived to appeal to and welcome students from a wide variety of academic backgrounds, a feat it has accomplished in the...
May 18, 2021
AGNES: Illustrating Canadian Wildflowers and Plant Life — a digital exhibition curated by Museum Studies students Alynese Nightingale and Chloé Houde, in partnership with Heritage York. This exhibition explores...
May 18, 2021
In a rare move, the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) Council voted last month to censure the University of Toronto over a decision by the Dean...
May 12, 2021
In the first of two posts, Professor Leslie Regan Shade and PhD students, Monica Jean Henderson and Katie Mackinnon — who are all researchers on...
May 11, 2021
University of Toronto Vice President and Provost Cheryl Regehr has announced the extension of Professor Wendy Duff’s term as Dean of the Faculty of Information...
April 29, 2021
Dear members of the Faculty of Information Community, Since I last wrote to you, the Covid-19 situation has significantly deteriorated, causing a lot of us...
April 9, 2021
Exhibition season at the Faculty of Information has begun. The first of 19 exhibitions to launch is Picturing Politics: Cartoons, Caricatures, and Propaganda — an...
April 2, 2021
When Maia Chapman starts her new position as a product designer at the educational software company D2L in May, it will be her first “office...
April 1, 2021
Dear members of the Faculty of Information community, Before we all take a very welcome break from classes for the long weekend, I wanted to...
March 17, 2021
Summer 2021 course enrolment date Part-time students will be able to add up to two (2) half courses only (1.0 FCE) starting at: 6 am...
March 9, 2021
The following is a list of draft summer 2021 session graduate courses that will be offered. The list and information on this page may changed...
March 4, 2021
The Bachelor of Information program, which launched in the fall of 2019, will graduate its first class this spring. In this short video, students explain...
March 4, 2021
The first ever IDEA Forum will bring together the community of iSchools to connect on the critical topics of inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility (IDEA) and...
February 23, 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 18, 2021
More than $300,000 is available annually through the ALA Scholarship Program. The application deadline is March 1, 2021. https://twitter.com/ALALibrary/status/1360012252628287490
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 12, 2021
Museum Professionals of Colour at the UofT have just launched their new website complete with the first conversation in their MPOSees series with Armando Perla, activist...
January 21, 2021
The KPMG:SHIFT case competition gives students the chance to present ideas to senior leaders in both the private and public sectors. Master of Information student Mounica...
January 13, 2021
Three user experience design students are on a mission to make hackers aware of the benefits of so-called design thinking, a human centred and creative approach to problem solving. The second year Master of Information...
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 Samantha Summers is examining a thirteenth-century Syrian metalwork canteen from Mosul, Iraq. With its beautiful etchings, the canteen, which is housed at...
December 20, 2020
The Faculty of Information awarded a grand total of 10 doctorates in 2020. Here are the recipients, their dissertation titles and their supervisors: Zia Babar...
December 8, 2020
The 2021 Ontario Library Association Super Conference will be held virtually. For this reason, there will be no volunteer opportunities for students in exchange for...
November 24, 2020
Hurrah to all 67 of our November 2020 grads, whose names you’ll find below: Master of Information Tarik Abu Elhaiga Stephanie Anagnostou Joshua Anderson...
November 21, 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...
November 18, 2020
As a result of COVID-19, Michel Mersereau has found a lot more people suddenly interested in his doctoral research into the digital divide and how...
