Faculty of Information & Media Studies

Cutting through the chat about bots: Assessing text-generating AI
Western News, March 24 - Elon Musk calls it "scary good." Others just call it "scary." Either way, ChatGPT continues to generate debate and speculation since its release last November.
This Western professor is fighting for your right to fix your own stuff
Western News, March 22 - Alissa Centivany spoke before House of Commons standing committee about 'right to repair', interoperability, and the need to change Canada's copyright law.
MP's right to repair bill is an important first step, prof says
An MP's bill is an important step toward reclaiming the right for owners to repair modern machines and technology, says Alissa Centivany, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies.
Pacinthe Mattar named the Winter 2023 Asper Fellow
FIMS is pleased to announce that Pacinthe Mattar, award-winning journalist and recent Nieman Fellow in Journalism at Harvard University, has been named the next Asper Fellow in Media.