Join the Faculty of Information’s Crosstalk Series, an informal weekly speaker series in which two faculty members discuss their current research, look for common themes and answer questions from the audience. Learn about diverse research in the field of Information, uncover ‘hidden’ connections and encourage crossectoral collaboration within the Faculty.
All students, staff and faculty are welcome. Talks will take place on select Mondays from 11 am to 12 pm in BL728, 140 St. George Street (Claude Bissell Building). Light refreshments will be served.
Fall 2024
- September 23 | Methods for Understanding Software Adoption Decision-Making
Safwat Hassan and Vera Khovanskaya
How do we understand software adoption decisions? Join us to explore methods and challenges, including quantitative analysis of user reviews and the impact of financial considerations, all while navigating imperfect data.
- October 7 | Access to Heritage Materials
Cara Krmpotich and Wendy Duff
- November 4 | Title TBD
Periklis Andritsos and Anastasia Kuzminykh
- November 18 | Analyzing & Negotiating Platform Power
David Nieborg and Gustavo Ferreira
There is little doubt among scholars about the political-economic and socio-cultural impact of platform companies. What is less clear, is how to conceptualize “platform power” and how to study its impacts on different stakeholders. In this crosstalk, we survey recent platform scholarship and discuss emerging methods and concepts.
- December 2 | Title TBD
Priyank Chandra and Nadia Caidi
Winter 2025
- January 6 | Title TBD
Fiorella Foscarini and Irina D. Mihalache
- January 20 | Pedagogical Research: Improving Student Success and Studying its Own Classroom Pedagogy
Maher Elshakankiri and Olivier St-Cyr
Pedagogical research (often called SoTL – The Scholarship of Teaching of Learning) is an important part of being a teaching stream faculty member at the Faculty of Information. In this crosstalk, professors Maher Elshakankiri and Olivier St-Cyr will highlight SoTL work they have conducted. Professor Maher Elshakankiri will present his research on how Flexible Deadlines and Timely Reminders Play Crucial Roles in Student Success and will discuss how these approaches can improve both the quality of submissions and student well-being based on recent research findings. Professor St-Cyr will present research on how teaching stream faculty members can study their own classroom pedagogy and discuss research on Monitoring the Short-Term Outcomes of Community-Engaged, Project-Based User Experience Design Courses.
- February 3 | Wayward Cultures
Jessica Lapp and Patrick Keilty
Wayward cultures often exist at the margins making their legibility difficult. In this session we discuss some of the connections between archival and data studies in accounting for wayward cultures and their material expressions.
- February 24 | Living with AI: Critical Labour and Creative Futures
Hadiya Roderique and ME Luka
How can we use AI in ways that lead us towards more equitable futures instead of less? What is the role of creative workers, journalists, information workers, and policy makers in ensuring this future?
- March 10 | Title TBD
Claire Battershill and SA Smythe
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