The Design Institute (KMDI) is a multidisciplinary research institute at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information dedicated to advancing design as a critical method for understanding the complex relationships between technology, information, and society.
With a focus on human-machine systems and a commitment to social justice, KMDI fosters transdisciplinary collaboration to tackle today’s most pressing challenges—from responsible AI and trusted data governance to the design of accessible, equitable cities.
October 20th 2025
Maurice Jones (Concordia University) on AI & Creative Labour
Watch recaps now! The two-day workshop explored how workers and their organizations are shaping the governance of digital technologies — including platforms, data, and AI — through collective bargaining, co-operative formation, and policy reform.
In her forthcoming book, Digital Queers and High Tech Gays, Dr. Alex D. Ketchum explores how queer communities have long shaped internet culture by organizing, sharing knowledge, and preserving their own histories.
The internet has always been feminist, just rarely archived that way. Mindy Seu presents Cyberfeminism Index, a collaborative, crowd-sourced project that gathers decades of feminist tech activism, art, and theory while challenging who gets remembered online and how digital histories are written.
The internet has always been feminist, just rarely archived that way. Mindy Seu presents Cyberfeminism Index, a collaborative, crowd-sourced project that gathers decades of feminist tech activism, art, and theory while challenging who gets remembered online and how digital histories are written.