Claudia Hughes
Claudia Hughes is joining the Faculty of Information as Associate Director, Advancement on March 14th. In this new role she will be heading up the Faculty’s advancement and alumni relations efforts.
Hughes is coming to the Faculty from Ryerson University, where she was Associate Director of Development at the Faculty of Community Services. Before joining Ryerson in 2017, she worked for more than eight years in donor relations at the Scott Mission, a faith-based street mission in downtown Toronto, which serves the city’s poor and needy.
“Claudia’s experience makes her a perfect fit for the Faculty of Information at this point in time,” said Dean Wendy Duff. “We are looking to kickstart our development and alumni relations efforts in a way that takes into account the many changes undergone over the past decade.”
In recent years, the Faculty of Information has launched a new Bachelor of Information program, introduced extremely popular new Master’s concentrations in Human-Centred Data Science and User Experience Design as well as celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Museum Studies program in 2019. Its fundraising priorities include funding and scholarship creation for BIPOC students as well as a major building renovation to accommodate growing numbers of students in new fields.
“I’m excited to be joining the Faculty of Information at this time of growth and visioning and look forward to advancing these priorities with our alumni and friends against the backdrop of the University’s historic Defy Gravity campaign,” said Hughes.
UofT’s Defy Gravity Campaign, which launched in December 2021 is the largest university fundraising and alumni engagement campaign in Canadian history. It seeks to elevate U of T’s position as one of the world’s leading public universities and advance the U of T community’s outsized impact in solving complex social, economic, and health problems. It also seeks to reinforce U of T’s commitment to excellence, equity and inclusion, creating more opportunities and support for talented people – students, faculty, staff, alumni, and donors from every financial circumstance – to discover, learn, create, collaborate, and thrive together.
Hughes, who is a Certified Fund Raising Executive, holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from Queen’s University. In her spare time, she enjoys golfing, camping, and being outdoors with her husband and young son.
