Research Groups: Institutes, Labs and Centers

Centre for Culture and Technology

The Centre for Culture and Technology is dedicated to theoretical, aesthetic and critical inquiry into the ways contemporary media shape contemporary forms of experience and our prospects for living together and relating to one another in an interconnected world. The Centre’s inquiry is dedicated not only to contemporary media and its effects, but also to the contemporary critical approaches necessary for understanding our media: feminist, queer, decolonial, and antiracist.

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Affiliated faculty members

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Beth Coleman

Associate Professor

Wendy Duff

Professor

Patrick Keilty

Associate Professor

Thy Phu

Professor

Sarah Sharma

Professor

Recent News

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Archives as Data: Envisioning the Future

A project led by Assistant Professor Jessica Lapp has been chosen as one of four initiatives to receive funding from a new institutional partnership between the University of Toronto and the University of Illinois System. Entitled “Envisioning Critical Futures for Archives as Data,” the project will be co-led by an Assistant Professor Emily Maemura of […]

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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 […]

CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2025

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 […]

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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 […]

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