FIMS Public Lectures & Seminars

Presented by Alex Mayhew, LIS PhD student, and Professor Grant Campbell, Western University.

Part of the 2021/2022 FIMS Seminar Series.

Presented by Kyle Edwards, award-winning journalist and managing editor at Native News Online.

Brought to you by the 2022 Clissold Lecture.

Featuring Jonathan Dewar (First Nations Information Governance Centre), Sofia Locklear (Western University) and Jason Lewis (Concordia University).

Part of the Big Data at the Margins lecture series.

Presented by Professor Joanna Redden, and Media Studies PhD student Sananda Sahoo, Western University.

Part of the 2021/2022 FIMS Seminar Series.

Presented by Professor Karen Nicholson, Manager, Information Literacy, University of Guelph.

Part of the 2021/2022 FIMS Seminar Series.

Presented by Roger Chabot, LIS PhD'19, and Davin Helkenberg, LIS PhD'19, Western University.

Part of the 2021/2022 FIMS Seminar Series.

Featuring Tarek Loubani (Western University), Kyle Wiens (CEO, iFixit), Alissa Centivany (Western University) and Anthony Rosborough (European University Institute)

Watch for more Big Data presentations coming up over the fall term.

Presented by Matt Stahl
2021/2022 FIMS Seminar Series

Matt Stahl is author of Unfree Masters: Recording Artists and the Politics of Work.

Featuring Frank Pasquale (Brooklyn Law School), Steven Jackson (Cornell University), and Alissa Centivany (Western University).

Watch for more Big Data presentations coming up over the fall term.

Presented by Selma Purac.
2021/2022 FIMS Seminar Series

Selma Purac is an Assistant Professor at Western University.

Featuring Anatoliy Gruzd, CRC in Privacy-Preserving Digital Technologies, and Director of Research at the Social Media Lab, Toronto.

Part of the 2021/2022 FIMS Rogers Chair event series.

Presented by Alison Hearn
2021/2022 FIMS Seminar Series

Alison Hearn is an Associate Professor at Western University.

Collaborative performances from alumni, faculty and students from FIMS, the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, and the Don Wright Faculty of Music.

Enjoy an incredible collection of talent woven together and streamed via Zoom.

Presented by Basil Chiasson, Kaitlyn Adam and Athena Nadalin, all of Western University.

Part of the 2021/2022 FIMS Seminar Series.

Join us for the official launch of Western’s Interdisciplinary Development Initiative exploring the real-world social impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) in Canada and around the world.

A virtual panel discussion on the harms algorithms can cause.

Interested in a professional career in journalism, communications, or other media-related industries? Attend the MMJC Open House to find out how this professional program will help you get there.

All academic backgrounds are welcome to apply to the MMJC program.