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.

Affiliated faculty members

Beth Coleman headshot

Beth Coleman

Associate Professor

Wendy Duff

Professor

Patrick Keilty

Associate Professor

Thy Phu

Professor

Sarah Sharma

Professor

Recent News

Cover of the Sharing Healthcare Data Report

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 […]

A photo of the Six Nations Council House taken in the early 20th century

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 […]

Woman of influence and PhD student

Jul Jeonghyun Parke tracks social media’s virtual influencers for her PhD thesis. Not only does she check in regularly on the ubiquitous online activities of figures like Shudu, Rozy and Lil Miquela, she also keeps tabs on what their creators are up to. Her research documents both how these non-human influencers have come to wield […]

Queer Data Studies Edited by Patrick Keilty

Prof Keilty’s new book unpacks how data shapes and reflects queer realities

In Associate Professor Patrick Keilty’s new book Queer Data Studies, he argues that as anti-queer policies from big tech companies increase, alongside the over-policing of queer people and people of color, and growing digital surveillance at borders, it’s more important than ever to examine our data practices through a queer lens. Patrick Keilty, Associate Professor […]