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May 4, 2022
Anasuya Sengupta will give the first of a series of public talks as part of the Knowledge Equity and Justice Spring Seminar Tune into the...
April 25, 2022
Several Faculty of Information professors and students will be presenting at the CHI22 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, the premier international conference of...
April 22, 2022
It’s exhibition season for students in the Museum Studies capstone class. Look for nine exhibition projects to launch over the next few weeks, the first...
April 22, 2022
For the second year in a row, the Faculty of Information is holding its Toronto Human-AI Interaction Summer Research School, which will once again be...
March 29, 2022
Five Bachelor of Information students participated in the first annual hackathon hosted by UX Laurier, “UXL Designathon: Imagination in the Mundane,” a virtual designation dedicated...
March 14, 2022
Welcome to the Knowledge Equity and Justice Spring Seminar! Dates: May 9th to May 26th, 2022. The transmission and circulation of knowledge within information systems...
March 2, 2022
Message from the Faculty of Information We would like to express our heartfelt support for all members of our community who have been impacted by...
February 23, 2022
This article by Blair Attard-Frost, a PhD student researching the governance of artificial intelligence, was published in the Globe and Mail on February 21 In...
February 18, 2022
This Black History Month, our goal at the Faculty of Information is to highlight our Black staff, faculty, and students to showcase their professional and...
February 11, 2022
In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, Faculty of Information Professor Jenna Hartel has put together a short video bringing together two of her favorite concepts...
February 9, 2022
The newly appointed director of the McLuhan Centre, Scott Richmond, wants to shift its programming to focus on art and aesthetics with a special emphasis...
January 26, 2022
Associate Professor Sarah Sharma has finished her term of Director of the Faculty of Information’s McLuhan Centre and will take on a new role as...
January 25, 2022
For alumna Vicki Whitmell, who recently retired from her role as a sessional lecturer at the Faculty of Information, teaching the popular practicum course was...
January 21, 2022
Dear Students, This message replaces and supersedes my earlier Winter Term message, that was sent earlier this week on Wednesday, January 19. Please note that...
January 13, 2022
“Getting Back on Track: The Changing Role of Passenger Rail in Southern Ontario” is a digital exhibition project being created by four Master of Museum...
December 21, 2021
The Faculty of Information is pleased to bring you the first in a series of research reports, which detail what our professors and scholars are...
December 16, 2021
Dear Students and Colleagues, Wednesday evening (December 15), you received a message from the acting Provost informing you that, due to the Omicron variant, the...
December 16, 2021
The University of Toronto will delay most in-person learning until Jan. 31 to help curb the spread of COVID-19 amid the emergence of the Omicron...
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...