Assistant Dean Andrea McGee wins top U of T award
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Assistant Dean Andrea McGee wins top U of T award
Andrea McGee, the Faculty of Information’s Assistant Dean of Registrarial and Student Services, has won the Northrop Frye Award for her outstanding contributions to advancing academic advising across the university. McGee was part of a team that has worked together for several years… Read More
Great Explorations – Digital Transformation and Storytelling
This Spring 2024, UTSC presents the 15th installment of its inspiring speaker series Great Explorations on the theme, Digital Transformation and Storytelling. The power of storytelling through the ages has not wavered, but the available media we use has expanded. Digital transformation is the incorporation of technology into existing… Read More
Virtual influencers in three minutes or less
Congratulations to PhD student Julia Jeonghyun Parke, a top 20 finalist in the SSHRC’s 2024 Storytellers Challenge. This annual contest challenges postsecondary students to show Canadians, in up to three minutes, how social sciences and humanities research is affecting our lives, our world and our… Read More
Museum Studies students show off their work
The Master of Museum Studies (MMSt) is delighted to celebrate the opening of the Museum Studies… Read More
Mountains May Depart (2015)- A Zhangke Jia Film Screening
Join the Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Unit (EDIU) for a special screening of Mountains May Depart 山河故人 (2015) directed by Zhangke Jia 贾樟柯. Immerse yourself in this cinematic journey at the Claude T. Bissell Building, Learning Hub, Room BL404 (4th Floor) on Tuesday March 12th at 6:30pm. This event will be moderated by Miko Wu, MI&MMSt Candidate… Read More
Re-Imagining a Community: Our Third Place EXHIBITION
This is the opening exhibition of Re-imagining a Community: Our Third Place, which curates all of the participant work that was created in our in-person and our online zine workshops on December 14, 2023 and… Read More
AODA Compliance & Practical Applications Panel
The Accessibility Interests Working Group (AIWG) will be hosting an educational panel on Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) Compliance and Practical Applications. Event description: As the focus of the Faculty of Information is on the training and preparation of new information industry professionals, this event will… Read More
Prof Christoph Becker’s book, Insolvent, makes finals at 2024 PROSE Awards
Congratulations to Professor Christoph Becker whose book, Insolvent: How to Reorient Computing for Just Sustainabilty, published by MIT Press, was named a finalist in the Engineering and Technology category at the PROSE Awards honoring scholarly works. Presented by the Association of American Publishers (AAP), the 48th annual… Read More
Talking sense into Artificial Intelligence
Every week, the researchers in Assistant Professor Anastasia Kuzminykh’s lab get together to update each other on their work. While they are all investigating human-AI communication, there is a wide range of topics. Some of the students are researching how chatbots like Siri and Alexa are perceived by users. Others… Read More
Edit-a-thon amplifies Black history in GLAM
On February 7, students from the Faculty of Information led a Black History in GLAM Edit-A-Thon, updating and creating Wikipedia, Wikimedia and Wikidata entries on Black history within galleries, libraries, archives, and museums. This event, part of a… Read More