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Professor Kelly Lyons advocates for women in AI
In a recent Forbes article titled “A Call For A Systemic Dismantling: These Women Refuse To Be Hidden Figures In The Development Of AI,” Professor Kelly Lyons and eight other influential women weighed in on representation within the tech and AI community. The author, Hessie Jones, was prompted by recent events to examine the ongoing […]
Professor Jia Xue recognized as outstanding young scholar
Assistant Professor Jia Xue has been awarded the 2023 Ivan Sun Outstanding Young Scholar Research Award by the Association of Chinese Criminology and Criminal Justice (ACCCJ). The Award recognizes a young scholar’s outstanding scholarly contributions to the literature of criminology and criminal justice in Greater China or Chinese residents and immigrants and/or their communities overseas. […]
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 […]
In Memoriam: Dean and Professor Emerita Ann Schabas (1926 – 2023)
When colleagues, friends and family of the late Ann Schabas reflect on her career and scholarship, the picture that emerges is one of a woman who was quietly ahead of her time. Before she took up library science, Ann Schabas earned two degrees in physics, an unusual choice for a woman at the time. But […]
iCare: Designing Healing Futures Workshop-Presented By Tania Anaissie
This workshop series aims to introduce students to the use of design justice as tool for fostering community care, imagining just futures for all, and building networks of designers, artists, cultural workers and technologists working at the intersection of racial, social and cultural equity. Workshop Title: Co-Designed Futures: How to build solutions WITH communities that are […]
Professor Sara Grimes named Bell University Labs Chair
As the newly appointed Bell University Laboratories Chair in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Professor Sara Grimes is set to spotlight children and their unique experiences with technology. Her research delves into children’s digital play and creativity, children’s rights in the digital environment, and the regulatory and ethical implications of “child-machine interaction,” the emerging study of children’s […]
Death of Professor Emerita Nancy Williamson
Known as a generous and open-spirited colleague as well as an outstanding scholar, Professor Emerita Nancy Williamson passed away in Toronto on December 3rd. While Professor Williamson retired from what was then the Faculty of Library and Information Science almost 30 years ago in 1994, she would regularly visit her office on the sixth floor […]
Sustaining lifelong passions with a legacy gift
An alumna’s generous donation supports research and innovation in cultural heritage Joyce Sowby spent her long life actively engaged with books, art and history so it’s fitting that the unrestricted gift she left to the Faculty of Information will go to support its GLAM Incubator, whose mission is to work with community partners to address […]
Professors Snag Connaught New Researchers Awards
The University has recognized four Faculty of Information assistant professors with Connaught New Researcher Awards. Congratulations to Profs Claire Battershill, Priyank Chandra, Rafael Grohmann and Anastasia Kuzminykh. Forty-nine faculty members were recognized across the University’s three campuses. The annual award supports early-stage researchers across a diverse range of disciplines and aims to enhance their competitiveness […]
Kelly Lyons Appointed Interim Director of the Schwartz Reisman Institute
Professor Kelly Lyons has been appointed Interim Director of the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society, effective January 1, 2024. She is currently serving as an Associate Director of the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society, a position she was appointed to in September 2023. Lyons is a professor in the Faculty of […]
Congratulations to our seven doctoral graduates
An unusually high number of PhD students will be officially graduating from the Faculty of Information on Wednesday, November 8. Browsing their thesis title gives a taste of the wide-ranging research that takes place at the Faculty. Our newest doctoral degree recipients are: Zachary Batist Thesis: Archaeological Data Work as Continuous and Collaborative Practice Supervisor: […]
Ontario Archives gets a GLAM makeover
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 […]
A STREET smart lab
In its first year of existence, the STREET Lab, founded by Assistant Professor Priyank Chandra, has explored topics including farmers’ protests and the unionization of gig workers in India, the activism of the Belarusian diaspora, and, closer to home, accessibility accommodations at the University of Toronto. The common theme in all the Lab’s research has […]
President Gertler’s message to the U of T community on the conflict in the Middle East
More than a week has passed since the tragic events of October 7 – beginning with the unspeakable atrocities committed by Hamas against Israeli civilians, actions that shocked and horrified many around the world. Since then, we have watched in horror and dread as the number of Palestinian civilian casualties has soared following Israel’s military […]
Launching the Eric Yu Human-Centred Systems Design Award
To mark the retirement of Professor Eric Yu, a distinguished scholar who’s had a major influence on the field of information systems and human-centred design, the Faculty of Information has established a new award for Master’s and Doctoral students. This award will recognize outstanding work in advancing human interest in the design of technology systems […]
Message to the Community on the War in the Middle East
The Faculty of Information wishes to call your attention to the following University of Toronto statement on the ongoing war in the Middle East. Students in need of further support may contact Andrea McGee, Registrar and Assistant Dean, Students at 416-978-3234; email her at inquire.ischool@utoronto.ca; or visit the Student Services offices on the 4th floor […]
Alumni Profile: Tracking the path of a serial entrepreneur
The latest venture for Mike Borg (Class of 2012) is a company that uses microscopic barcodes made from baker’s yeast to trace products in the food supply chain A self-taught software developer, Mike Borg arrived at the Faculty of Information looking to take advantage of the technical courses in the information systems and design curriculum […]
Professors Lyons and Coleman join Schwartz Reisman Institute’s leadership team
The Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society is pleased to announce the appointment of three distinguished University of Toronto faculty members, including two Faculty of Information professors, to SRI’s research leadership team in the fall of 2023. Beth Coleman, Kelly Lyons, and Anna Su will bring their expertise and innovative research to further advancing […]