Research Areas
Faculty members research a wide range of topics and often collaborate together in interdisciplinary research areas:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Creative, Making and Artistic Practices
- Critical Theory and Social Critique
- Cultural Memory and Heritage
- Data and Society
- Design Studies
- Digital Humanities
- Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums
- Gender, Race and Sexuality
- Global, Transnational and Comparative Studies
- Health Informatics
- Human-Computer Interaction
Research News
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 […]
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 […]
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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