The Archives of Ontario has enlisted the support of the Faculty of Information’s GLAM Incubator as it looks to break new ground in the Canadian archival sector by doing away with the static and inflexible hierarchies of traditional archival finding aids, which fail to represent the complexity and nuanced reality of record creation, accumulation, use and re-use over time.
In collaboration with the GLAM Incubator and Profs Anastasia Kuzminykh and Shion Guha, the Archives of Ontario will be exploring the possibilities and potential benefits of a graph-based data model for archival description.
In its second 2023 project, the GLAM Incubator, Prof Sara Grimes and the Fredericton Public Library will collaborate to produce screen-based storytelling kits and a corresponding curriculum to foster digital literacy and creative skill-building in school-aged children.
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Prof Christoph Becker named to SDGs Scholars Academy
Professor Christoph Becker of the Faculty of Information has been appointed to the SDGs Scholars Academy, one of five new fellows named earlier this week. The SDGs Scholars Academy is a dynamic think tank within the SDGs@UofT that fosters transdisciplinary research and mobilizes knowledge to advance the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations and inform future global goals. […]
Prof Jia Xue receives Deborah K. Padgett Early Career Achievement Award
Assistant Professor Jia Xue received the Deborah K. Padgett Early Career Achievement Award on January 18 at the 2025 Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Conference in Seattle. The award recognizes individuals who are engaged in innovative scholarship, have embraced a rigorous approach to social work research, and are an emerging influence in the field. It is […]
Research with real-world impact
An interview with Matt Ratto, Associate Dean, Research As a professional faculty founded almost a century ago to train librarians, the Faculty of Information has long engaged in research inspired by the practical needs of people using libraries to access information. This orientation has persisted as the Faculty has expanded to include, first, archival and […]
MMSt alum Rhéanne Chartrand on her new role as the ROM’s Hatch Curator of Indigenous Art & Culture
When she graduated from the Master of Museum Studies program in 2011, Rhéanne Chartrand was thrilled to be one of the first in her class to land a job in her field. A few months later, however, the organization she was working for folded and she found herself unemployed. It was a “reality check” about […]