Faculty News

• Faculty book publication wins the 2020 STAiR Award

  Professor Nick Dyer-Witheford, and co-author Professor Svitlana Matvyenko (Simon Fraser University), were awarded the 2020 STAiR prize for their book Cyberwar and Revolution: Digital Subterfuge in Global Capitalism.

• A Tribute in Memory of Professor Jonathan Burston

  Professor Romayne Smith Fullerton penned this tribute in memory of Professor Jonathan Burston, with contributions from his many friends and colleagues at FIMS. Jonathan will be missed and remembered, always.

• LiT.RL team takes on fake news in the DataCup challenge

  Professor Victoria Rubin and her LiT.RL research team are using the body of research they've already accumulated in identifying clickbait, satire and falsifications online, and applying it to tackle "fake news" in all its forms.

• City Symposium event series runs through 2019/2020

  City Symposium brings together an artist, a researcher, a civil servant, and an activist, to discuss a theme from diverse perspectives. FIMS is co-sponsoring the series and recording the speakers as part of knowledge mobilization efforts.