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A GLAM makeover for the Archives of Ontario
Thanks to the GLAM Incubator, the Archives of Ontario has been able to move full speed ahead with a pilot project that will make archival material both easier to discover and more accessible Constrained by tradition and technology, archival descriptions have historically focused on two things: the records themselves and the people and organizations that […]
In rethinking the role of archives, food helps
As a visual artist and a newly minted archivist, Lenora Huynh wants to challenge traditional archival theories while bringing to life the voices of the marginalized. One of the ways the Master of Information graduate is doing this is by putting her work in food studies to use and bringing food into the archives. “Food […]
MI student Alexander Parent finds a very personal niche in accessibility design and research
As a student with a mild form of cerebral palsy that affects the right side of his body, Alexander Parent began his studies at the Faculty of Information with a strong interest in both design and critical disability studies. Over the course of his Master of Information program, he not only found his calling in […]
UX students tackle Canada’s housing crisis
The Faculty of Information proudly partnered with the 2024 Seneca Housing Hackathon. Seventeen of our talented students participated, with over half advancing to the finals. MI student Cindy Cao and team members from Seneca Polytechnic took on the housing tech challenge and earned third place among 150 finalists with their design for LeaseLens, an online platform […]
Students take over Learning Hub for 24-hour designathon
It was a Hackathon with a difference. Students entered the Learning Hub, armed not only with laptops and notebooks but also with bulky sleeping bags slung over their shoulders, ready to embark on an intense 24-hour design challenge. Their mission: to develop products and services to improve team collaboration. Sponsors, including the Faculty of […]
Talking sense into Artificial Intelligence
Every week, the researchers in Assistant Professor Anastasia Kuzminykh’s lab get together to update each other on their work. While they are all investigating human-AI communication, there is a wide range of topics. Some of the students are researching how chatbots like Siri and Alexa are perceived by users. Others are exploring the influence of […]
Edit-a-thon amplifies Black history in GLAM
On February 7, students from the Faculty of Information led a Black History in GLAM Edit-A-Thon, updating and creating Wikipedia, Wikimedia and Wikidata entries on Black history within galleries, libraries, archives, and museums. This event, part of a Black Histories Edit-A-Thon campaign across Toronto, was organized by students in INF1005 Exploring Outreach, a workshop class […]
Alumni Thesis: African American Ancestry Reveals
As Black History Month wraps up, we talk to Faculty of Information alumna Halle Fetwi Imam, who wrote her 2022 Master of Information thesis on the phenomenon of African Americans taking consumer DNA tests to discover their ancestry and then revealing the results in online videos. What first piqued your interest in this topic? I […]
Success Story: Human-Centred Data Science grad takes on AI governance role
When Lorena Almaraz was working in the non-profit sector, she kept hearing about the need to be data driven, but, at the same time, she saw a major contradiction – almost no one had the staff or resources to actually be data driven. The more Almaraz explored the problem of using data properly and making sense of […]