Research Groups: Institutes, Labs and Centers

Digital Curation Institute

The Digital Curation Institute (DCI) is an interdisciplinary unit at the Faculty of Information. It treats digital curation as a design question, a decision problem, a policy issue, and a concern at the intersection of an array of connected disciplines. Information professionals, researchers, and organizations have a unique opportunity to play crucial, central roles in this complex ecosystem.

Affiliated faculty members

Christoph Becker

Professor

Costis Dallas

Associate Professor Emeritus

Wendy Duff

Professor

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Fiorella Foscarini

Professor

Alan Galey

Professor

Heather MacNeil

Professor Emerita

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Seamus Ross

Professor

Recent News

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‘Not on the Exam’ with Iz Leitch, Student Services Assistant

If you’ve been to the Office of the Registrar and Student Services, chances are you’ve met Iz Leitch and Min Kang, the team behind the front desk. For this back-to-school edition of our regular “Not on the Exam” feature, we’re talking with Iz, whose official title is Student Services Assistant.  How did you come to […]

GLAM

GLAM Incubator: Call for Project Proposals

Applications due: October 30, 2026 The purpose of the GLAM Incubator is to connect GLAM organizations (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) with expertise and resources from the University of Toronto and industry partners. The Incubator is dedicated to prototyping and supporting small-scale, experimental, and innovative projects, such as cutting-edge programming, service models, research tools, interactive […]

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What keeps us together

This September marks an important transition for the Faculty of Information. As work begins to revitalize the Bissell Building, our community will be spread across different spaces on the St. George campus. A change like this invariably brings disruption, but it also offers opportunities. With our physical home under construction, the connections that define our […]

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Kaitlyn Regehr appointed as inaugural SRI Global Fellow

The Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society (SRI) at the University of Toronto is pleased to announce that Kaitlyn Regehr has been appointed as the Institute’s inaugural Global Fellow for the 2026–27 academic year. In concert with her SRI fellowship, Regehr has been appointed as Associate Professor, Status Only at the Faculty of Information […]