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

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Alan Galey

Associate Professor

Heather MacNeil

Professor Emerita

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Seamus Ross

Professor

Recent News

Information Workshop I

Master of Information students explore the human side of archival work

This summer, Master of Information students got a chance to step into a trauma-informed simulation workshop as part of Information Workshop I (INF1005H), taught by Professor Wendy Duff.  Built into the course, the workshop brought students together to step into the role of archivists, and to practice how they can respond to people who arrive with grief, uncertainty, and deeply personal questions.  The simulation centered on a painful family […]

Cara Krmpotich JJ Berry Smith Doctoral Supervision Awards 2026

Prof Krmpotich receives JJ Berry Smith Doctoral Supervision Award

Six U of T faculty members, including Faculty of Information Professor Cara Krmpotich, have been honoured with the School of Graduate Studies Supervision Awards in recognition of their outstanding and thoughtful supervision and mentorship of graduate students. The annual awards celebrate faculty members whose dedication to graduate education has had a lasting impact on students’ academic, professional […]

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Mahdi Ganjavi discusses AI and higher education on BBC Persian

Faculty of Information lecturer Mahdi Ganjavi recently appeared on BBC Persian’s Pargar, one of the most prestigious Persian in-depth discussion programs, to discuss artificial intelligence and higher education. Ganjavi joined Prof. Sepehr Vakil from Northwestern University in a conversation on the topic. Prof. Vakil emphasized the importance of remaining actively engaged in policymaking discussions around […]

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Three new profs join Faculty of Information

The Faculty of Information will welcome three new professors on July 1, expanding its expertise in digital curation and cultural heritage, knowledge systems, and human-centred data science. Julia Gallucci joins as Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, in Human-Centred Data Science. Gallucci is completing a PhD at the University of Toronto’s Institute of Medical Science, conducting research […]