 the Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, South Australian and Western Australian Theatre Companies with credits such as Capricornia, Radiance, Corporate Vibes and Diary of a Madman, which toured to the USSR as the first cultural theatre exchange between Australia and the USSR.She has held a number of Council, Board and Committee positions including the Aboriginal National Theatre Trust, Australian National Playwrights Centre, National Indigenous Arts Advocacy Association, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Queensland Indigenous Arts Export and Marketing Agency, Carnivale, Sydney City Council Cultural Committee, Cultural Network of the Australian National Commission for UNESCO, Council member of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, Council for Pacific Arts and NSW Serious Offenders Review Council.
She combines this artistic background with public policy and administration experience in the health, community services and criminal justice sectors.- Anova Instagram Live: "Take Back the Net: A Conversation About Tech-Facilitated Violence"
- "The Ethics of Emotion in AI Systems"
Anova Instagram Live: "Take Back the Net"
We've long been fighting to safely stroll down the street, but being a woman on the internet is no picnic either. Join us for a conversation with Chandell Gosse (Media Studies PhD candidate) about how gender-based violence shows up online, and why virtual threats can feel just as real. To watch, visit @anovafuture on Instagram.
Presented by Professor Luke Stark as part of the FIMS Seminar Series.
FIMS Graduate Research Day is the spiritual successor to the venerable FIMULAW conference. This event is being hosted by CAIS and will use the Zoom platform. Friendly reminder, this event is free of charge and you are welcome to invite attendees to any or all portions of the event. Presenters include Alex Mayhew (LIS), Sarah Cornwell (LIS), Danica Facca (HIS), Dominique Kelly (Media Studies), Nicole Delellis (LIS), Chantale Pard (LIS), Greg Nightingale (LIS), Martin Nord (LIS), and Amber Matthews (LIS). See the full line-up.
This year's conference will consist of 42 presentations (including four panels) divided into a series of 20 live events spread over six weeks. Many presenter names will be familiar to the FIMS community. Already presented (with available video): Sam Vander Kooy (LIS), Nafiz Shuva (PhD'20, LIS), Professor Paulette Rothbauer, Professor Pam McKenzie and Alexandre Fortier (LIS alum).
Still to come: Alex Mayhew (LIS), Arielle VanderSchans (LIS), Amber Matthews (LIS), Celina De Lancey (MLIS alum), Professor Jacquie Burkell, Sam Vander Kooy (LIS), Oluwole Martins Badmus (LIS), Toluwase Asubiaro (LIS), Melissa Seelye (MLIS alum/Instructor), Sara Clarke (MLIS), Marni Harrington (Library Director), Martin Nord (LIS), Professor Pam McKenzie, Sarah Cornwell (LIS), Kelsang Legden (LIS alum), Yimin Chen (LIS), Asen Ivanov (Instructor), Professor Sam Trosow, Eugenia Canas (PhD'19, HIS), Danica Facca (HIS), David Roger Walugembe (HIS), Uche Ikenyei (HIS), Jill Veenendaal (HIS), Anita Slominska (HIS), Professor Victoria Rubin, Chris Brogly (HIS), Davin Helkenberg (PhD'19, LIS). View the program.
The MLIS Discord Server is a student-run server with individual channels dedicated to courses, hobbies, online & in person meet ups, and the occasional board game over voice call. It's a good way to stay connected with MLIS students in real time and we've used it successfully for the past two semesters to help each other with classes and keep on top of university and program updates. We’ve recently updated to include a channel for every course offered in Fall 2020, so students can easily connect with other people in the same classes. The Discord app is available for PC & Mac, iOS, Android, and Web, so it's easily accessible and easy to check. Join now (and make a Discord account if you don’t already have one).
Jessica Carswell, MHIS candidate, successfully defended her thesis titled, Fostering a Trauma- and Violence-Informed Community: Developing Strategies to Inform Public Education, on August 18, 2020.
Talia DiMarco, MHIS candidate, successfully defended her thesis titled, The enactment of patient education for complex inpatients over the course of a stay in an interprofessional internal medicine inpatient unit, on August 20, 2020.
Professor Nick Dyer-Witheford and colleague Professor Svitlana Matviyekno (SFU) won the 2020 Gertrude J. Robinson Book Prize for their 2019 publication Cyberwar and Revolution: Digital Subterfuge in Global Capitalism. This is Professor Dyer-Witheford's second time winning this award. Read more.
Librarian Marni Harrington has been appointed to Library Director. The new title reflects Harrington's contributions to graduate pedagogy, her research, academic profile and her many innovations in the FIMS Graduate Library.
MMJC (2020) student Selena Romero was the winner of the 2020 HaakSaan Responsible Journalism Scholarship for her piece titled "Media's role battling misinformation is critical," published by the Hamilton Spectator on September 10, 2020. The scholarship is awarded annually to an MMJC student who demonstrates high integrity and has written an op-ed that shows a strong commitment to responsible journalism.
Mary Secco, MHIS candidate, successfully defended her thesis titled, Ongoing Information and Support Needs of Parents of Children with Epilepsy, on August 17, 2020.
Shamiram Zendo, HIS PhD candidate, successfully defended her thesis titled, Realist Evaluation of Health Equity Indicators for Local Public Health Agencies, on August 20, 2020.
Associate Professor Jacquie Burkell co-authored an article titled, "AI technologies - like facial recognition - discriminate against people of colour," published in The Conversation on August 24, 2020.
Amber Matthews, LIS PhD student, published the final installment in her series Theory in Practice: Moving from Systemic Racism to Anti-Racism in Ontario Public Libraries with Open Shelf: Magazine of the Ontario Library Association Part I, Part II and Part III are now available. This series was also featured in public statements by both the Ontario Library Association and the Federation of Ontario Public Libraries over the summer during the George Floyd and BLM protests.
Matthews also gave an invited talk titled, "Advancing anti-racism in public libraries" at the Make Good Trouble Now; Teach-In for Racial Equity at the University of Buffalo on September 4, 2020.
Associate Professor Romayne Smith Fullerton commented on ethics and sports coverage in an article titled, "NHL postpones playoffs for two days after Hockey Diversity Alliance calls for action on anti-Black racism," published in the Toronto Star on August 28, 2020.
MLIS student Liz Sutherland's work is referenced in an article titled, "Digital mapping uncovers hidden stories," published in Western News on September 15, 2020.
Professor Nadine Wathen is quoted in an article titled, "Researchers respond to gender-based violence, 'the pandemic within a pandemic'," published in University Affairs in the September-October issue.
The students of LIS 9004 held their customary poster session at the end of the summer term in August, but due to pandemic precautions they were unable to hold the session in person. They've instead posted it online as a Sway presentation. Check out their work.
Lyndsay Foisey, HIS PhD candidate, together with Professors Anita Kothari and Lorie Donelle (Faculty of Health Sciences), created a new blog intended to translate research knowledge about their CIHR Operation Grant (Titled, “What is the public health risk communication response to COVID-19 in the context of social media?) and related topics.
Professor Tom Streeter appeared on a Zoom panel titled, "'Internet' and 'Hackers': New Threats and Opportunities," on September 11, 2020, as part of a series organized through the University of Melbourne in Australia. A recording of the webinar is available online.
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