Welcome back, University of Toronto! We look forward to another year of promoting Black-led research. The BRN Welcome Social is a chance to connect with faculty, staff and students + gain insights about what's ahead for our initiative. Join us U of T Mississauga on Sept. 13 ➡️ buff.ly/3xjJVit #UofT

Announcing our fall program! 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 is an invitation to break apart, remodel, and act out new grammars of empathy and togetherness and extends as an exhibition in public sites U of T Mississauga, a forum, & film screening: buff.ly/4g7LEcb

In this issue of the BRN's bi-weekly newsletter: 📌 A #UofTBackToSchool message from BRN Director Enid Montague 📌 Job + research opportunities, from AI to the humanities 📌 Beth Coleman named director of Knowledge Media Design Institute Read more: buff.ly/4gcIcNh #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork

"Rather than getting caught up in the glare of shiny new tech, ICCIT appraises it in a critical fashion. I am proud to be part of an institute that is consistently at the forefront of social change." Dr. Sarah Sharma's Director's Message: utm.utoronto.ca/iccit/about-ic…

1/ 📢 Calling all U of T researchers! Ready to bring your research to life? Applications are open for CDHI’s #DigitalResearchStorytellingWorkshop. 🎥✨ Transform your research into compelling #digitalstories rooted in feminist, anti-colonial, and other critical perspectives.

Job seekers! My department is hiring a game studies prof. Application due Nov. 6. ICCIT jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississaug…

📆 On Oct. 9, ICCIT Associate Professor Bree McEwan joins us to discuss agents, authenticity, and artificial intelligence in virtual reality. McEwan's work examines how online social networks, VR/AR, and genAI transform human experience. Register: uoft.me/aQ7

📆 On Oct. 23, Laura Rosella of U of T Public Health will share some work on how population-based risk assessment tools like AI technologies can better support public health planning and public health policy. Moderated by beth coleman of ICCIT. Register: uoft.me/aQ9

Games Studies tenure-track position open for applications!

ICCIT prof Lilia Topouzova, Julian Chehirian & Krasimira Butseva's public history art installation, "The Neighbours," has been nominated for Heritage Toronto's 2024 Public History Award: heritagetoronto.org/programs/herit…

✍️ Are you looking for quiet, dedicated writing time this fall? Join CDRS for their Faculty Writing Groups! Sign up for one (or both) of two weekly morning sessions: • MON 10-12 | Sept 16-Dec 3 (Virtual) • TUES 10-12 | Sept 17-Dec 4 (CDRS) Register at uoft.me/aR6.

Upcoming Online Book Launch! Space Feminisms, edited by ICCIT prof Marie-Pier Boucher and Claire Webb, Annick Bureaud & Nahum Romero Hosted by TFT at UCLA and the UCLA CSW|Barbra Streisand Center 18 September 2024 11:00 AM (US-PST) 🚀feminist theory on the outer space imaginary🚀 csw.ucla.edu/event/book-lau…

Joshua Dittrich, who teaches in the ICCIT's PWC program, has published _Geosonics_ (Bloomsbury), a book about "how listening .. makes place by etching out a mediated, mutually constitutive set of relations between listeners, media, and environments." bloomsbury.com/ca/geosonics-9…

"The [social media] platform is designed to literally capture the attention of the user and hold it for as long as possible."

🚨 Deadline Alert 🚨 The deadline for the JHI Faculty Research Fellowships is THIS Tuesday at 4pm EST! Get your application in. Info uoft.me/aAC University of Toronto U of T Mississauga University of Toronto Scarborough U of T Music UTLaw Daniels Faculty OISEUofT University of Toronto Faculty of Information

Check out these cool new courses now available at #UTM. bit.ly/3yXyH47 #UofTBackToSchool

Quiet Parade is coming to #UTM on Sept. 18! Presented by The Blackwood, Quiet Parade is an accessible, sensory friendly event and all are welcome to experience and experiment. More: bit.ly/3AVmyxd

📣Three calls now open - come join us! ✔️#DigitalHumanities Fellow uoft.me/9Dg ✔️New Media #PublicHumanities Fellow uoft.me/9Di ✔️Visiting Public Humanities Fellow uoft.me/9Dj Info and application forms at the links ☝️

"The turns of disconnection, its pushes & pulls, the hard breaks of turning away, the turns towards, & even returns can ... direct attention toward the continuities of connectivity rather than enforcing a distinction between the online & offline." Tero Karppi in The Digital Backlash