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Announcing the 2025 I.P. Sharp Lecture
As artificial intelligence becomes more deeply embedded in our lives, urgent questions arise about whose knowledge systems shape its design and whose are excluded. The Faculty of Information’s 2025 Ian P. Sharp Lecture will bring together two distinguished speakers to explore how AI can be shaped with respect, relationality, and responsibility, rooted in Indigenous ethical frameworks.
A delicious victory for UXD students
Victorious team members are Aisharja Chowdhury, Jifan Li, Kristin Xie, Kex Zhang and Vera Zheng.
Intersectionality and Inclusion in Digital Policy
Intersectionality and Inclusion in Digital Policy is the theme for two issues of the Canadian Journal of Communication’s Policy Portal, edited by Professor Leslie Regan Shade of the Faculty of Information and Tamara Shepherd of the University of Calgary. The first issue, which has just been published, focuses on Intersectional Critiques of AI Governance and includes contributions from Faculty […]
Faculty of Information at CHI25: Top international conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Faculty of Information professors and students will have a strong presence at the 2025 ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), the premier international conference of Human-Computer Interaction. CHI 2025 is taking place in Yokohama, Japan from April 26 to May 1, bringing together researchers, practitioners and industry leaders to […]
Decolonization in action: A Museum Studies example
Museum Studies lecturer Bruno R. Véras helped the Faculty of Information play a key role in a recent decision by Harvard University to repatriate two human skulls to Brazil, including one believed to belong to a Muslim rebel who took part in an important slave revolt in 1835. Véras, who is Brazilian himself, first became […]
MMSt students’ exhibit on sound in the movies launches at TIFF
For their capstone project, Museum Studies students Liz Sullivan, Lana Zagorac and Devin de Silva collaborated with TIFF’s Film Reference Library to explore how sound effects, music and even silence shape audiences’ experience and linger long after the credits roll. The resulting exhibition, From Silence to Sound: Tuning the Auditory Experience, features objects from the the library’s Christopher […]
In Memoriam: Professor Twyla Gibson (1954 – 2024)
Friends and Colleagues remember Twyla Gibson as an interdisciplinary scholar whose information interests ranged from Plato to Marshall McLuhan While she came to academia later in life than usual, Twyla Gibson, left a big imprint, including at the Faculty of Information, where she held an assistant professor appointment from 2007 to 2011. Gibson was […]
BI student wins leadership award after finding her niche at Faculty of Information
It was love at first course for Sehar Bajwa when she switched to the Bachelor of Information (BI) program from engineering where she had completed her first two years of study at U of T. After two years in a purely technical environment, she realized it was stifling her creativity. “I looked at myself in […]
PhD student Christine Tran awarded King’s Coronation Medal
Faculty of Information doctoral candidate Christine Tran has been awarded a King Charles III Coronation Medal for the exceptional leadership she provided at Massey College during the pandemic. As Don of the Hall at the time, Tran created a welcoming and inclusive environment for the college’s junior fellows and left a lasting impact, said Massey […]
Trump’s actions a reminder Canada needs digital sovereignty, writes Prof Clement
The Trump administration’s shockingly aggressive attitude to Canada sounds a wake-up call for strengthening this country’s sovereignty, wites Faculty of Information Professor Emeritus in the Hill Times. “Our assertive response needs to go beyond the trade arena and directly address our excessive dependence on the United States for critical national communication infrastructure,” says Clement. “U.S. colonization of […]
Prof Guha co-authors report on how to improve healthcare data sharing
Assistant Professor Shion Guha has co-authored a new report calling for action to improve healthcare data sharing. Focused on actionable recommendations to improve healthcare, the report identifies key strategies for establishing trust, promoting equity and navigating the evolving regulatory landscape of AI in healthcare. The report, which was released in February, grew out of […]
Activating Indigenous photographic history at Deyohahá:ge:
As Indigenous histories have been systematically erased, many First Nations’ analog records remain uncatalogued and inaccessible. These physical artifacts, including important films and photographs, are particularly at-risk for degradation and loss. Given that archives hold the evidence of history and that the histories we know are the histories available to us, the Faculty of Information’s GLAM […]
Congratulations to our Arbor Award winners
The Arbor Awards are the University of Toronto’s highest honour in recognition of exceptional and longstanding volunteer service. Recipients are essential to advancing U of T as one of the world’s great institutions of higher learning and advanced research. They provide volunteer supports that span everything from governance and academic programming to experiential learning and […]
Zooming in with alumni: Manda Vrkljan
Manda Vrkljan graduated from the Faculty of Information in 2019 with concentrations in Library and Information Science and Knowledge Management and Information Management. She is Head Librarian of the University College Library and the current President of the Faculty of Information Alumni Association (FIAA). She zoomed in with alumni officer, Regan Tigno. What originally inspired […]
Woman of influence and PhD student
Jul Jeonghyun Parke tracks social media’s virtual influencers for her PhD thesis. Not only does she check in regularly on the ubiquitous online activities of figures like Shudu, Rozy and Lil Miquela, she also keeps tabs on what their creators are up to. Her research documents both how these non-human influencers have come to wield […]
Learning how to treat opioid overdoses
The Faculty of Information is leading the way in Canada by offering training in drug overdose identification and response for library students. In its Communities and Values (INF1322H) course, a required course taken by hundreds of students, teaching assistant and PhD candidate Atticus Hawk provides training in response and de-escalation as well as how to administer […]
Prof Keilty’s new book unpacks how data shapes and reflects queer realities
In Associate Professor Patrick Keilty’s new book Queer Data Studies, he argues that as anti-queer policies from big tech companies increase, alongside the over-policing of queer people and people of color, and growing digital surveillance at borders, it’s more important than ever to examine our data practices through a queer lens. Patrick Keilty, Associate Professor […]
Prof Alexopoulos named Bank of Canada External Deputy Governor
The Bank of Canada has appointed Dr. Michelle Alexopoulos, Professor of Economics with a cross appointment to the Faculty of Information, to the role of external Deputy Governor. Professor Alexopoulos, is the second external Deputy Governor to join the central bank’s Governing Council. The Bank of Canada created this role to bring a greater diversity of perspectives to […]