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
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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
The Media Ratings Project Report
Media ratings, or content classification, systems have long sought to provide audiences and consumers with a standardized set of guidelines for making informed decisions about the media they watch, play, read, or listen to. ManyContinue reading
GLAM: Call for Projects
The GLAM Incubator is a theory and innovation lab dedicated to launching and supporting small-scale projects focused on the development of cutting-edge programming, service models, interactive experiences, knowledge media, and user interfaces that address aContinue 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
Children and Age-Appropriate Game Design (CAGD) Researchers Respond to Federal Trade Commission
Children and Age-Appropriate Game Design (CAGD) researchers Dr. Sara M. Grimes (University of Toronto), Dr. Darshana Jayemanne (Abertay University, Scotland), Dr. Seth Giddings (University of Southampton, England) and Michael Beauvais, JD (University of Toronto), recently responded to theContinue reading
New Associate Dean of Research, Dr. Matt Ratto, is here to Increase Visibility
This past summer, Dr. Ratto stepped into his new role as Associate Dean of Research at the Faculty of Information. He sat down with us to discuss his priorities, the work of the faculty, andContinue reading
Printing Community Project
The GLAM Incubator is a joint initiative, co-led by the Faculty of Information and the KMDI, aimed at supporting the launch of new cross-sector initiatives that explore the innovations, opportunities, and challenges of emergingContinue reading
Job posting: Research Assistant – Children and Game Design
Call for Applications: Research Assistant Position with the Children and Age-Appropriate Game Design Project, working with Professor Sara Grimes, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto Job Description Approximately 7.5 hours/week from September 08, 2022Continue reading
Academic TikTok Report
The KMDI’s Academic TikTok Project (2021-2022) explored why and how academics might use TikTok in their teaching or for research knowledge mobilization (i.e., sharing findings, arguments, and theories). The pilot study included a literature review,Continue 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
KMDI and The Faculty of Information’s New GLAM Incubator Supports its First Projects
The KMDI is excited to partner with the Faculty of Information on the official launch of the GLAM Incubator. The GLAM Incubator aims to connect Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums with university researchers, industry partners,Continue reading
Work Study Job Postings – apply by August 29, 2022
The Knowledge Media Design Institute is hiring! We have posted six Work Study opportunities for the fall 2022/winter 2023 session. Detailed job postings and Work Study program information can be found on the Careers website.Continue 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