Affiliated faculty members
Christoph Becker
Professor
Costis Dallas
Associate Professor Emeritus
Wendy Duff
Professor
Fiorella Foscarini
Professor
Alan Galey
Associate Professor
Heather MacNeil
Professor Emerita
Seamus Ross
Professor
Recent News
Helping museums lead repatriation
While most museum repatriations begin with an external request, a new international research project, led by Faculty of Information Professor Cara Krmpotich, will examine how museums can instead take the initiative in returning cultural belongings and ancestral remains. Krmpotich has received a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant to lead the three-year project with co-director Dr. John […]
Teaching across cultures: Profs do summer stints in South Korea
This summer, several Faculty of Information professors left their classrooms in Toronto to travel to Seoul, where they taught students, shared research and connected with colleagues at partner institutions. The visits reflect the Faculty’s growing relationship with South Korea, which is designed to create new opportunities for both students and faculty from participating universities. Assistant […]
Professor helps launch global AI ethics course
Assistant Professor Shion Guha played a key role in developing a new internationally accessible course that puts UNESCO’s recommendations on AI ethics into practice. Developed by UNESCO and LG AI Research, this Global MOOC on the Ethics of AI is intended for technologists, researchers, policymakers, students and other professionals whose work involves AI. The course […]
Curatorial independence and controversy
Associate Professor of Museum Studies Irina D. Mihalache answered thorny questions in an interview with CBC Radio about a controversial exhibit on the Nakba at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. Mihalache elaborated on what “curatorial independence” means in the context of an exhibit of this type. Listen to the interview.