Faculty News

• FIMS projects supported by the Strategic Priorities Funding program

  SPF funding will support three initiatives, including the development of a new Centre for Digital Justice and Democracy, an on-campus summer school for African librarians, and sustainability training for workers in the museums sector.

• Advancing Social Justice in an Age of Datafied Governance

  Joanna Redden and Alison Hearn are part of a team of researchers recently awarded SSHRC funding to pursue questions about the use of Artificial Intelligence or Automated Decision Support by government services.

• Be storytellers, John Davidson tells FIMS grads

  Western News, June 2022 - In 1986, John Davidson and his wife, Sherene, heard news that would change their lives forever. Their middle son, Jesse, then five-years-old, had been diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

• Archive project preserves iconic Indigenous radio program

  June 2022 - The Smoke Signals Radio Archive pays tribute to the legacy and work of Elders Dan and Mary Lou Smoke. Audio recordings covering over 30 years of episodes document and highlight historical events.