Nadia Caidi

Professor

International Student Experience Director; CIPS Concentration Coordinator

Bio

Nadia Caidi is a Professor at the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto. Trained in Linguistics (Universite Lumiere Lyon 2, France) and Communication (MST from Universite Stendhal, Grenoble, France), she also holds an MLIS and a Ph.D. in Information Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Dr. Caidi is the inaugural Director of International Student Engagement for the Faculty.

She joined the Toronto iSchool in 2000, and since then has been teaching, researching, and mentoring students in the areas of human information behaviour, information policy, and the social implications of information and communication technologies.

Her co-edited book “Humanizing LIS Education and Practice: Diversity by Design” came out with Routledge (2021). She is also the executive producer on a 5-min animated film “We Were Here All Along: Canada’s Failed Promise to Women in STEM” (in partnership with TechGirls Canada) based on ongoing research.

Dr. Caidi sat on the Executive Board of the DC-based Council of Scientific Society Presidents, and has extensively consulted on information and media practices for a range of governmental agencies and foundations.

Memberships

  • President of the Canadian Association for Information Science (2010-11)
  • President of the International Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) (2016)

Awards

  • ALISE/Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award, 2019

Other Appointments

Teaching

INF2332H Information Behaviour 0.5 Credits

INF1322H Communities and Values 0.5 Credits

INF2010H Reading Course 0.5 Credits

Supervision

Current Supervision

Cansu Ekmekcioglu

Supervisor: Nadia Caidi

Ayla Rae Morland

Supervisor: Nadia Caidi

Past Supervision

  • Sambhavi Chandrashekar
  • Rhonda McEwan
  • Jamila Ghaddar
  • Danielle Allard
  • Diane Dechief
  • Lisa Quirke