ARLIS/NA is a professional group composed of librarians, curators, archivists and arts administrators working in the field of art information. Through the UofT chapter, the association hopes to connect with future professionals, encourage awareness for specialty art libraries through tours and events, and create a forum for discourse in this specialized field.
Toronto Association of Moving Image Archivists Student Chapter (AMIA@UofT)
The University of Toronto Association of Moving Image Archivists Student Chapter (AMIA@UofT) is a professional association that aims to raise awareness about moving image preservation through a variety of professional and social events. We hope to bring together those interested in the future of moving images. To see more of what we do please visit our blog and Facebook page.
More information: https://amiaatuoft.wordpress.com/
The University of Toronto Association of Canadian Archivists Student Chapter (UofT ACA) is dedicated to representing the future professionals of the Canadian archival community. We encourage all students who are interested in archives to participate in Chapter activities and liaise with our parent organization. The Chapter exists to encourage student involvement in the archival community and to interact with other archival students and professionals across Canada. The chapter has monthly meetings and organizes a number of social events and speakers throughout the year.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/ACAUofT/
The University of Toronto's CAPAL Student Chapter was formed in Summer 2014 and allows students to connect with and learn from information professionals in academic librarianship. The CAPAL Student Chapter is an extracurricular organization that curates resources and events that promote excellence in librarianship. Their mission is to introduce library students to the opportunities and professional development options available to them, while educating ourselves and our colleagues on core principles and ethics of librarianship.
More information: https://utcapal.wordpress.com
To teach students how to be more ecologically proactive and improve sustainability initiatives at the Faculty.
FILM CLUB aims to bring together UofT students from the iSchool and other departments who share an interest in films which challenge traditional styles and narratives of art and politics. Selected films demonstrate alternative perspectives on social-political issues such as gender identity, mental health, colonialism, and broadly incorporate iSchool themes: technology, archives/archival media, libraries...and of course iNformation. Screenings include snacks (potluck style) and take place in the iLounge. Discussion periods follow screenings. Suggested titles from members of FILM CLUB are welcome and encouraged.
Founded in 2015, the iJournal is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal run by graduate students at the iSchool. Our aim is to publish exemplary student research on the divergent topics of information studies, thereby fostering collective identity and interdisciplinary understanding among information students, faculty, and practitioners.
More information: http://theijournal.ca
Every year, members of the iSchool student body organize a conference at the Faculty of Information, sponsored in part by the Master of Information Student Council.This is an opportunity for self-reflection and educated prognostication; it allows students, faculty, scholars and professionals to build an understanding of an iSchool program, the work performed there and what it means for the future of the field. We welcome students to participate by submitting work, volunteering, or attending the three-day event! You can also like us on Facebook. You can also peruse links and descriptions of past and present conference websites.
The iSchool Chinese Professional Association (iCPA/isCPA) leads the effort in helping newcomers settle down, promoting awareness, facilitating communications to improve the students experiences at Faculty of Information, University of Toronto. More importantly, it aims to enhance the professional development for future careers as well as to foster and support innovation and entrepreneurship for the members.
More information: http://iscpa.ca/
The iSchool Doctoral Student Association (DSA) represents the special interests of the doctoral students and concerns pertaining to the doctoral studies program at the Faculty of Information; it also works toward improving communication among doctoral students, masters students, and faculty. The DSA was formed in 1989, as a body providing separate representation for PhD students. It was established at the suggestion of the ALA accreditation team. All PhD students, full and part-time, are automatically members of the DSA.
More information: http://www.ischooldsa.ca/
A place for crafters to share their projects and passion for various fibre arts.
"We believe that in today’s global economy, knowledge of a second language leads to a greater number of career opportunities; however, such knowledge also leads to more meaningful leisure interactions with diverse populations. For this reason, we are proposing to establish the first-ever iSchool French Club, recognized by the MISC.
The iSchool French Club will provide an opportunity for students who are interested in the French culture to practice their French-language skills with one another while exploring and participating in French-language events in the city. One of our co-presidents has experience teaching French to non-native speakers and will be able to devise methods for learning the language in casual settings. The other has affiliations with French cultural institutions in Toronto and will be reaching out to those associations to organize club events. Students of all levels will be welcomed into our community, enabling those who are already fluent in French to maintain and strengthen their skills, and others who are interested in developing an understanding of the language to find inspiration and support from their peers. Ultimately, this club will encourage socialization among classmates, the exploration of different cultures, collaborative language discovery, and above all, fun! "
Like a book club, but with podcasts!
The Podcast Club will bring together iSchool Students of all disciplines who love podcasts with the purpose of fostering community, dialogue, and critical thinking.
Librarians Without Borders U of T is the student run chapter of Librarians Without Borders, a non-profit organization that strives to provide access to information regardless of cultural, geographical or linguistic boundaries. Our goal at Librarians Without Borders University of Toronto is to address the information resource inequity that exists on both a local and international level. We do this through collaborative efforts with the University of Toronto iSchool and our parent organization Librarians Without Borders. Our local/global fundraising and awareness initiatives enable us to contribute to the access of information in diverse communities.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Librarians-Without-Borders-U-of-T-Chapter/397410673657649
The purpose of the Museum Studies Student Association (MUSSA) is to: Foster unity, sociability, and friendship among members of the Association and Faculty of Information (iSchool) community; Represent the members within the Museum Studies program, the ischool, the School of Graduate Studies, the Graduate Students' Union, and the University of Toronto community at large; Seek representation on the Museum Studies' program's decision-making bodies; Seek representation on Faculty decision-making bodies and Council Committees; Promote the advancement of museum studies; and, Facilitate professional relations between members and the museum community.
More information: http://mussa-ischool.weebly.com
Mentoring @ iSchool is a student-run service, organized by current Faculty of Information students in an effort to help incoming students feel at home at the iSchool. To learn more about this program, have a look at our page on the iSchool site. Be sure to join our Facebook group, where you can pose your questions to fellow members of iSchool student community!
More information: http://www.ischool.utoronto.ca/mentoring
The Special Library Association Toronto Student Group (SLA-TSG) is a branch of the SLA run by students at the iSchool at the University of Toronto. While the group reports directly to SLA headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, the SLA-TSG also closely interacts with the SLA Toronto chapter. This dynamic chapter provides a great deal of leadership, guidance and networking opportunities for the Toronto student group. Throughout the year the SLA-TSG interacts with the information professional community in Toronto by networking at SLA events, organizing tours of a variety of special libraries around the city, and hosting various career-focused events at the iSchool. An ongoing project of the SLA-TSG is the Professional Profile Series: interviews with current information professionals consisting of both recent grads and seasoned experts, with the aim of discovering what career opportunities exist for those interested in the special library profession and what paths can be taken to achieve such careers.
More information: http://slatsg.blogspot.com
"The iSchool book club’s purpose is to provide a community through which interested iSchool students can embrace their love of reading and books, and meet other iSchool students who share this love. Reading and discussion encourages critical thinking, allow us to better understand other peoples' lives and perspectives through reading about them, and builds connections between students who share a similar passion.
The club will facilitate dialogue through a community-chosen book for the group to read and discuss every month. A monthly cycle will mean that students who are especially busy in a particular month can skip that book and meeting and still easily continue to participate in the following months. We will also aim to pick shorter books to make them more accessible to the busy student schedule.
The club will also offer the space and platform through which iSchool students can discuss books in general, exchange recommendations, and connect with fellow book-lovers at the iSchool. Furthermore, often the intense studies required in Grad School make it difficult to continue to pursue reading. This club can act as a source of momentum for those students who want encouragement to read more.
Club principles will emphasize reading diversely and expanding our reading horizons, informed and inspired by organizations like We Need Diverse Books (http://weneeddiversebooks.org/) and Book Riot’s Read Harder Challenges (http://bookriot.com/2015/12/15/2016-book-riot-read-harder-challenge/). Book selections will be leisure/hobby/recreation-motivated—whether non-fiction, literary fiction, chick lit, romance, etc.—rather than academically-motivated; that is, books chosen for discussion need not relate directly to a particular area of study at the iSchool."