All Courses at the Faculty of Information
Below is the course directory, a searchable list of courses offered by the Faculty of Information, including course descriptions, pre-requisites, co-requisites and other relevant information.
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Patients’ information uses in an online health community
Katrine (Katy) Czajkowski
Resequencing identity: African Americans and direct-to-consumer genetic testing
Halle Imam
Information-seeking drug professionals: Information practices of peer harm reduction workers in Toronto
Jessica Klinger
Gendered voices in Japanese popular music: A data-driven analysis
Jungeun (June) Lim
Canadian election integrity initiatives and domestic disinformation: Investigating the 2019 Canadian federal election across sectors
Christine McKenna
Contemplating infrastructure: An ethnographic study of the University of Toronto Faculty of Information Inforum’s iRelax Mindfulness resource area
Hugh Samson
An exploration of knowledge practices among user experience
Hyojung (Julia) Seo
Office hours: A UX investigation on how might we improve the remote office hours experience in Higher Education through design thinking
Jiajing (Gillian) Shi
Social responsibility in future worlds: Using strategic foresight to redesign engineering education
Tara Tsang
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In a fast-moving business world, User Experience (UX) leadership and influence are necessary skills for UX professionals to be successful. UX leaders advocate for user-centered design practices, infuse this into the culture of an organization, and drive business by user needs and design mandates. In addition to cultural leadership, the UX leader needs to work […]
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INF2403H — Special Topics in Information: Digital Archives Workflows This course will introduce students to the methods, tools, and workflows that archivists are deploying to process digital archival materials for preservation and access. Through a combination of lectures, demonstrations, readings, activities for testing and exploration, and a cumulative set of assignments using example records, students […]
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The course is designed to help students understand the opportunities and tensions in designing for individuals and communities in different cultures and geographies. In recent times, technology companies are looking to push their products to new markets as well as design new products for communities around the globe. There have also been discussions on the […]
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INF2235H — Outer Space and the City Cities are sites of capital accumulation and locations whereby technology finds concrete expression. As new urban interventions are needed to respond to conditions of massification, densification, mobility, global health, and environmental degradation, this seminar addresses the relation between outer space exploration and urban infrastructures. Outer space science and […]
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We are told that now we are living in a platform society because digital platforms, from Amazon and Flipkart to Instagram and WeChat, shape the social life of a great majority of the global population. This course is designed to advance the knowledge about the global origin and development of the platform-turn in the intersecting […]
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Information technology and systems are reshaping our societies. Those involved in technology design and development have a chance to work towards social justice and sustainability. But how? Despite the enormous potential of IT to make the world a better place, actual tech development practice often reinforces inequality, fossil fuel production and other unjust and unsustainable […]
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A reciprocal flow of information is critical for social integration in a society comprised of multicultural, multiethnic, and multilingual communities. This course critically examines theoretical and policy debates in multiculturalism and media studies with respect to social integration. The course focuses on the role of media in production, distribution, and consumption of information, and the […]
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INF2318H — Platform Politics and Power This course focuses on the technological, social, cultural and political economic organization of media and communication by critically engaging with digital platforms and apps. The cultural industries are undergoing rapid change and platforms are at the core of these transformations. The GAFA (Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon) platforms, complemented […]
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INF2317H — Privacy Studies This course examines the socio-cultural, political, policy and commercial aspects of privacy and information and communication technology in the Canadian and global context. The interdisciplinary course will explore topics including: privacy theory (histories of privacy and technology, various dimensions of privacy, evolving conceptions of reasonable expectations of privacy); regulation (the role […]
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In 2018, it was revealed that Cambridge Analytica had profiled 80 million Facebook users and arguably used these profiles to influence their political decision-making in the US presidential elections and the Brexit vote. While Facebook’s data practices and the potential for influencing targeted users became as a surprise for many, critical studies of social media […]
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From mobile apps to algorithms and robots, digital technologies are crucial factors in the evolution of contemporary work. In this course we analyse their broad impact and significance across many industries, from creative labour and academic work to the platform economy and manufacturing. The course is based on labour theory, feminist political economy, as well […]
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