Research

What kind of research takes place at the Faculty of Information?

Professors and students at the Faculty of Information engage in outstanding and impactful research concerning all aspects of information and its role in society. The Faculty has forged a wide range of thriving partnerships across the university, the city, the country and the world. Scholars collaborate beyond academia with external research partners and communities to understand and enable use of information in positive and equitable ways.

Research Areas

Faculty members research a wide range of topics and often collaborate together in interdisciplinary research areas:

Research News

Cover of the Sharing Healthcare Data Report

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 […]

A photo of the Six Nations Council House taken in the early 20th century

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 […]

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 […]

Queer Data Studies Edited by Patrick Keilty

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 […]

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Research Institutes

The Faculty of Information is home to three interdisciplinary research hubs – the Knowledge Media Design Institute (KMDI), the Digital Curation Institute (DCI), and the Centre for Culture and Technology (CCT). These institutes are advancing our understanding of the complex relationship between information and society: from KMDI’s pursuit of social justice through human-centered design to CCT’s critical and arts-based approaches exploring how contemporary media shape the human experience to DCI’s investigations of the principles, theories, technologies, and tools related to the creation, management, and preservation of digital resources for future use. Visit the individual institute pages to find out more.

Research Partnerships

Along with the unique opportunities for interdisciplinary research offered within the Faculty of Information, the Faculty, as well as its professors and students, are affiliated with a wide range of academic initiatives, networks and institutes at the University of Toronto. These include:

Faculty of Information researchers also collaborate with a wide range external partners and community organizations. A few examples are:

Student Research

Recent Doctoral dissertations and Master’s theses reflect how graduate students take advantage of the interdisciplinary nature of the Faculty of Information. The wide variety of student research is also reflected in the profiles of current PhD students

Doctoral Research

Master’s Research