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Denise Birkhofer takes on new curatorial role at the U of T Art Museum
The University of Toronto Art Museum has announced the appointment of Denise Birkhofer as Curator, Academic and Collections Initiatives. Cross-appointed as Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Information, Birkhofer will foster new collaborations between the Art Museum and the Master of Museum Studies (MMSt) program. Birkhofer brings more than fifteen years of professional experience in […]
Class of ’26 celebrates spring convocation!
Congratulations to the Class of 2026! On Friday, June 5, the Faculty of Information welcomed graduates and their families to a Convocation and Awards Celebration in the Student Commons, right after the Spring Convocation ceremony. It was a joyful gathering filled with conversation, celebration, and plenty of photo-worthy moments. View photos from the ceremony and […]
Alumna named president of University of Victoria
Faculty of Information alumna and professor, Rhonda McEwen, has been named the next president of the University of Victoria in British Columbia. She is currently the President of Victoria University, a federated University within U of T. “President McEwen has made a deep and lasting impact at Victoria University,” says U of T President Melanie […]
‘Not on the Exam’ with Prof Huili Chen
In this ongoing series, we ask our professors not just about their work, but also to tell us about their favourite cuisine and whether they prefer cats or dogs. This latest installment features Assistant Professor Huili Chen, who arrived at the Faculty of Information last January from Princeton University where she was a Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow. What courses are you teaching? I […]
Prof. Shion Guha discusses Canada’s data centres on The Big Story podcast
As Canada prepares to release its national AI strategy this week, Faculty of Information Assistant Professor Shion Guha asks the harder question: if the country’s “sovereign” AI runs on American chips, hardware, and cloud infrastructure, what are we actually governing? In a timely new appearance on The Big Story podcast, Professor Guha examines the environmental, […]
Olivier St-Cyr receives 2026 President’s Teaching Award
The Faculty of Information is pleased to share that Olivier St-Cyr, Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning, has been named one of the recipients of the 2026 President’s Teaching Award (PTA), the University of Toronto’s highest honour for teaching. This is a historic achievement for the Faculty, as St-Cyr is the first recipient from the Faculty of Information to receive the President’s Teaching Award […]
Prof. Shion Guha’s project selected for Future Skills Centre PIAAC research initiative
The Human-Centered Data Science Lab at the Faculty of Information, led by Prof. Shion Guha, has been selected as one of 10 research teams funded through a Future Skills Centre initiative supported by the Government of Canada. The project, Adult Skills, Skill Use, and Productivity: Lessons for Canada from PIAAC, will examine how Canadian adult […]
MMSt students partner with Bata Shoe Museum to study visitor experience
A student team from the University of Toronto’s Master of Museum Studies (MMSt) program is helping the Bata Shoe Museum better understand how visitors experience its flagship exhibition, All About Shoes: Footwear Through the Ages. For more than 30 years, the museum has explored the role of footwear in shaping cultures and societies. As curatorial approaches evolve and visitor expectations shift, the museum is taking […]
BI program proves catalyst for change
When Oliver Daniel opened a University of Toronto newsletter back in 2021, he wasn’t looking for a new academic path. But a familiar face and a program he had never heard of – the Bachelor of Information (BI) – changed the course of his studies. At the time, Daniel was enrolled in Arts & Science, pursuing a double major in computer science and linguistics. Still early […]
EduCHI comes to U of T as AI reshapes the UX classroom
EduCHI, an international symposium devoted to education in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), will open this year with a question that has moved from theoretical to urgent: What should HCI educators be teaching at a time when students are already designing, researching, prototyping and learning alongside artificial intelligence? This year’s symposium, sponsored by the Faculty of Information and hosted […]
The parallel lives of an alumni couple
For John and Elizabeth Warrener, library school was a direct path to careers they loved. Now, they’re giving back to their alma mater, the Faculty of Information When John and Elizabeth Warrener first met as teenagers at North Toronto Collegiate Institute, neither was planning on becoming a librarian and they weren’t yet a couple. All that changed in the decade after they left high school. They began dating, enrolled […]
Preserving a true record of the internet
Is the Internet’s most powerful preservation tool in danger? The TVO show “Big [If True] interviewed Associate Professor Evan Light to discuss the importance of the Internet Archive and their World Wide Web backup tool, the Wayback Machine. Light’s interview starts two minutes and thirty seconds in. He emphasizes that public archives and libraries are […]
Training health researchers to use AI
Professor Ebrahim Bagheri will lead a newly funded ($1.65 million) NSERC CREATE initiative that will train the next generation of researchers to use artificial intelligence as an active partner in health discovery. The Agentic AI for Discovery in Health Sciences (AID4HS) program brings together universities, hospitals, industry, and government to advance the use of “agentic AI” — […]
MMSt students partner with Native Canadian Centre to support Indigenous collections
In their capstone projects course, students in the Master of Museum Studies program are working with the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto (NCCT) to support the care of Indigenous cultural materials, improve access to them, and deepen understanding of their significance. The NCCT stewards a diverse and growing collection of artworks, newspapers and audiovisual materials from across Turtle […]
BI capstone projects connecting technology and society
Final year students in the Bachelor of Information Capstone Projects course (INF453H) recently presented their projects, which bring interdisciplinary approaches to real-world challenges and demonstrate the breadth of information practice while integrating technical development and user research. The six student teams were mentored by Professor Maher Elshakankiri. List of Projects: Organizing the Block-by-Block Digital Collection The […]
Standards Council names Prof Elshakankiri to key roles
Assistant Professor and Bachelor of Information director Maher Elshakankiri has been appointed Chair of Canada’s mirror committee for the Internet of Things (IoT) and Digital Twin standards by the Standards Council of Canada for a three-year term, marking a significant milestone in his growing leadership at both national and international levels. A member of the […]
‘Not on the Exam’ with Prof Eric P.S. Baumer
In this ongoing series, we ask our professors not just about their work, but also to tell us about their favourite cuisine and whether they prefer cats or dogs. This latest installment features Associate Professor Eric P.S. Baumer, who joined the Faculty of Information last summer from Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, where he was an […]
Faculty of Information research featured at iConference 2026
The Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto had a strong presence at iConference 2026 in Edinburgh, where this year’s theme, “Information Literacies, Authenticity and Use: The Move Towards a Digitally Enlightened Society,” brought together leading scholars and practitioners from around the world.Our dean, faculty, staff, and students delivered a range of presentations, showcasing […]