The Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology (ICCIT) is now on Bluesky! We'll be posting updates about research, events, and opportunities at https://t.co/SXDTF8CF8c moving forward. 🐦🛰️💬
👾 12 Days of SRI: Day 8! 👾
In AI we trust (❓) Earlier this year, SRI Research Lead @drbethcoleman convened an interdisciplinary working group to explore the role of trust in our interactions with AI systems across society. https://t.co/UthprKqK1N
The ICCIT is hiring an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream - Design and Production.
Details about the position can be found in the formal job call:
https://t.co/m9re3PIUH8
📢 Are you a @UofT graduate student whose work explores the social impacts of new technologies? Calls for 2025 Schwartz Reisman graduate fellowships are now open!
💡 Learn more and apply by February 9, 2025: https://t.co/zUBp1OOWug
The Neighbours, which just wrapped up at #BiennaleArte2024, draws on hundreds of interviews with survivors of political violence in Communist Bulgaria. Learn more about #UTM prof Lilia Topouzova's award-winning work 💙 https://t.co/Mw1z02XICE
Need something new — to you? 🛍️
Across #UofT’s three campuses, there are programs to help divert gently used items from landfills & support a circular economy by offering them to community members for free.
Learn more: https://t.co/9pcS0EVtCa
"What does it mean to listen?" d/Deaf artist and filmmaker Alison O’Daniel takes up this question in her debut feature film 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘶𝘣𝘢 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘴. Join us and @WorkmanArtsTO for a screening of it on December 5 in Toronto! Free to attend: https://t.co/yCdIZsMOik
Nov. 21 | International Education Week - Multicultural Toronto English
Join #UTM Language Studies prof Derek Denis in a session about Toronto's unique style of English.
⏰ 12 - 1 p.m.
📍 MN 5128
Register & learn more about IEW events 🌏 https://t.co/4KKtAi6hCr
The ICCIT is hiring Sessional instructional assistants (SIA) (CUPE 3902 – Unit 3) for three courses:
CCT285H5S Immersive Environment Design (1)
CCT335H5S Technology and the City (1)
CCT461H5S Speculative Design III (2)
https://t.co/ranU09mnqn
Can’t read all that just yet? The official video essay version of my chapter is also alive on YouTube! 🎦✨🔮
Watch me Mark Fisher my way through Let’s Play’s cancelled future via Stardew & media theory of time! For peer-review! (🔗 in 🧵👇)
ICCIT Director @sarahrsharma will talk with Chase Joynt, director and writer, about his most recent book, Vantage Points: on Media as Trans Memoir this coming Sunday at @AnotherStoryTO.
https://t.co/TFIlZFqdo3
The ICCIT is hiring Sessional Instructional Assistant positions (CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement) for two courses in the Winter 2025:
CCT335 Technology and the City (1 position)
CCT461H5S Speculative Design III (2 positions)
https://t.co/ranU09lPAP
Prof Brett Caraway comments on the federal government ordering TikTok to shut down its Canadian operations: "They essentially said nothing.
"They just said there's some concerns that were raised within the Canadian intelligence community and maybe some external partners ...
#UTM: Join us today! We're meeting in-person at our @UTM Open House, and we would love to catch-up. Lunch and resources from our new #CreateTogether campaign will be available: https://t.co/Pe07YdtMJQ
Nov. 19 | Crafternoon Tea at #UTM
Here's an opportunity to disconnect in a safe, welcoming environment with snacks, tea or coffee, and (of course) crafts.
⏰ 12:30 - 2 p.m.
📍 Davis Building
Open to the #UofT community. Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/1HzaihBhx0
Lyd in Exile: Conversations on Film, Exile, & Speculative Imaginaries
🗓️ November 15
⏲️12-4PM EST
📍CDRS (MN3230)
Join us for a screening and a discussion of the film, brought to you by the ICCIT Antiracism Committee and our PROfessional Series. Register:
https://t.co/HrIKP5xBzh