Beth Coleman has been appointed director of the Knowledge Media Design Institute (KMDI) for a two-year term starting July 1, 2024. Coleman is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and TechnologyContinue reading
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A Farewell Message from MaryElizabeth Luka, Interim Director
To the KMDI community, Thank you so very much. What a gratifying year, to get to serve as the Interim Director for KMDI for the 12 months following my three years as KMD CSContinue reading
Join us for the Franklin Lecture with McKenzie Wark, March 25, 2024
The hype around AI writing challenges traditional notions of authorship. But what if an author is not the originator of the text? Through the upcoming Franklin Lecture, writer and scholar McKenzie Wark will discuss whetherContinue reading
Critical Technology Podcast Nominated in the 6th Annual Canadian Podcast Awards
We are proud to announced that our podcast Critical Technology it has been nominated in the Outstanding Technology Series category at the the 6th Annual Canadian Podcast Awards. These distinguished accolades celebrate excellence in podcasting,Continue reading
GLAM Selects 2023 Projects
We are pleased to announce that the GLAM Incubator’s steering committee has selected two experimental projects to support this year. These projects both benefit the GLAM industries and engage our faculty and students. We will announceContinue reading
Welcome MaryElizabeth Luka: Interim KMDI Director
Welcome to the 2023-24 academic year. I’m so happy to be appointed interim KMDI Director this year. It’s been a pleasure to serve as the Director of the KMD Collaborative Specialization over the lastContinue reading
Child Appropriate Game Design joins Design Well, Play Well Hub
Upon invitation from the Joan Ganz Cooney Centre at Sesame Workshop, Dr. Sara Grimes’s Child Appropriate Game Design project associated collaboration with A-Game Studios (to create a children’s rights by design game, “D’ORCS”), is now listed as anContinue reading
A Farewell Message from Sara Grimes
When I took over the reins as Director of the KMDI in 2018, I had big plans and an ambitious five-year timeline. One of my main goals was to merge the KMDI and the SemaphoreContinue reading
Join us for the Franklin Lecture with Dr. Charlton D. McIlwain, April 4, 2023
Black Software showcases computing technology’s origin story amidst the turbulent racial confrontations of the 1960s, connecting it to the rise of the Black internet who helped to birth the Internet as we know it through the lateContinue reading
Bo Ruberg’s Book Launch: Sex Dolls at Sea: Imagined Histories of Sexual Technologies
In Sex Dolls at Sea, Dr. Ruberg explores the origin story of the sex doll, investigating its cultural implications and considering who has been marginalized and who has been privileged in the historical narrative. InterrogatingContinue reading
Complex Pleasures: Selections from the Erotic Film Collection
The Bonham Centre’s Sexual Representation Collection presents Complex Pleasures: Selections from the Erotic Film Collection August 11 – September 30, 2022 5th floor Claude T. Bissell Building 140 St. George Street, Toronto Building hours: MondayContinue reading
Book Launch: The Digital Bespoke? – Dr. ginger coons
Wednesday June 29, 2022 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT Online REGISTER In celebration of the publication of The Digital Bespoke? Promises and Pitfalls of Mass Communication, the Knowledge Media Design Institute is pleased toContinue reading
In-Game Ads Study
In-Game-Ads Study – Preliminary Introduction During the summer of 2021, the In-Game Ads study was conducted to analyze the content and age-appropriateness of third-party advertisements that appear in children’s mobile games on iOS and AndroidContinue reading
Media Ratings Project
Research Assistants, Alan Bui (Bachelor of Information student) and Des’Ree Brown (MI 2021) worked with Dr. Sara Grimes to design and conduct a comprehensive content analysis of how games and films were rated in Canada,Continue reading
Updates: Visiting KMDI-Semaphore Lab
With the recent changes and loosening of the COVID-19 safety measures, here’s an update on what to expect for the Semaphore Lab (Robarts rom 7020): everyone in the lab must wear a mask, beContinue reading
Problematic Pleasures in Digital Games and Play
Problematic Pleasures in Digital Games and Play was a recent symposium organized by Felan Parker, Sara Grimes, and Scott Richmond. The symposium brought together four prominent international game scholars—Christopher B. Patterson, Aaron Trammell, Kishonna L. Gray and Bo Ruberg—to discuss the diverseContinue reading
Knowledge Media Design Institute’s New Logo
KMDI announced it’s new logo in 2021. The new logo emphasizes themes of interdisciplinary collaboration, discovery, growth, and innovation. Drawing inspiration from the Semaphore flag, pixels, children’s building blocks, and interface design, this new logoContinue reading
KMDI & UXD Graduate Showcase
In celebration of another term end, KMDI hosted its spring poster session in the Inforum Library on Monday, April 2nd, 2018. Sponsored by the University of Toronto Libraries’ UX Lab, this year’s session showcased theContinue reading
KMDI Tea Talk
All are welcome! Take a break and drop by for a chat, warm beverage, and sweet treat. Kelly (interim KMDI Director) and Laura (interim KMDI Coordinator) will be there to host the gathering. When: Wednesdays, 4:00Continue reading
KMD Job Spotlight: Customer Experience at Tangerine Bank
Meet David McDonald, a CX Innovation Senior Manager at Tangerine, and a customer experience guru. David, a former U of T grad, has an abundance of knowledge on designing for consumers and providing theContinue reading