Learning Hub, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto

Master of Information student Angela Kim is the winner of our Winter semester iSkills raffle! 🎉

This year we offered prize pack draws for students and alumni who completed our anonymous feedback survey. Thank you to everyone who took the time to provide feedback after attending workshops. Your input is extremely helpful, both for us at the Learning Hub and for the workshop instructors themselves, so that we know what worked well and what would be more useful next time.

☀️ The Summer 2026 feedback survey is linked in our bio and is open for responses. If you attend a workshop this Summer, consider letting us know how it went. We will draw another winner in August!

On May 28, we held the iSkills workshop “Introduction to Exhibition Installation: 3D”! Following up on the fun and intensive 2D installation workshop the previous week, Micah Donovan, Exhibition and Project Coordinator at the , led students in a hands-on crash course in installing 3D objects of various kinds.

Students practised object handling, low-budget mount-making, and planning displays for security and accessibility. We even had a special guest appearance from Denise Birkhofer, Assistant Professor in the Master of Museum Studies Program and Curator at the Art Museum, who led students in a mock curatorial debrief of the installation experience. The workshop concluded with deinstallation steps, an important part of the life cycle of many exhibitions. Swipe to see photos of the installation in progress and in its completed form! 📸

There are still several iSkills workshops coming up this summer. Visit the link in our bio to sign up for sessions on beadwork, building and styling websites, and more! 🔗

Last week, we held our first iSkills workshop of the Summer term: “Introduction to Exhibition Installation: 2D”! 🖼️

Micah Donovan, Exhibition and Project Coordinator at , led students in a hands-on introduction to physically installing two-dimensional works in museums and galleries. The group carried out a mock installation on the 5th floor of the Bissell Building, practising skills like measuring, levelling, mounting, and object handling. Swipe to see photos of the process, including a group shot with the completed installation. 📸

We are offering a small Summer workshop calendar this year. Visit the link in our bio to sign up for sessions on book repairs, HTML and CSS basics, and more!

Welcome to the Summer semester! 🌞 We are excited to share that our writing, technical skills, and research tutors are available all summer long. iSchool students can book free, online, one-on-one sessions with Ciara, Paula, Aline, or Julia.

All of our tutors are iSchool PhD students, so they know your professors and fields of study. The tutors can help you with more than just course assignments; they are here to support you with any ongoing projects (think theses, grant proposals, cover letters...) and with your academic and scholarly development in general!

Our Summer 2026 tutors are:

⭐ Ciara Zogheib (Data Science, Programming, Writing & Research)

⭐ Paula Aoyagui (UXD, HCI & Research)

⭐ Aline Zara (Writing & Research)

⭐ Julia Costanzo (Writing & Research)

View each tutor's availability and sign up using the links in our bio!

As we wrap up the academic year, we wanted to thank you for your participation in Learning Hub programming… and share some stats we are proud of! 📊

Over the 2025-26 academic year, we held 81 iSkills workshops and, for the first time, two full-weekend bootcamps for incoming students. We drew on the expertise of 54 workshop instructors, and we accumulated more than 1800 registrations, including both students and alumni. On average, feedback survey respondents rated iSkills workshops at 9/10, in terms of how likely they would be recommend them to a classmate or colleague.

Our 6 Writing, Research, and Technical Skills Tutors held over 300 one-on-one meetings with students this year across all iSchool programs, including both assignment help and general academic support.

The Learning Hub will remain active this Summer! Stay tuned for an announcement about tutoring services and some in-person and online iSkills workshops. There is lots more to come! 🌞

As the semester wraps up, we are looking back on all the fun, hands-on learning that happened at iSkills workshops this Winter! Here are some snapshots we haven’t yet shared. 📸

Students and alumni practised wide-ranging skills, including podcast recording and editing, web accessibility analysis, exhibit installation, recovering books from water damage, and much, much more. Which events did you attend this semester?

Stay tuned for an announcement about a small Summer workshop series, with registration opening in a few weeks! ☀️

To help you tackle your final projects and exams, the Learning Hub is hosting a second session of “End of Term 911: Academic Support for Finals Season”! 🚨

Join us on Zoom on Wednesday, April 8, any time between 4pm-7pm. You can work and study in silence in the company of fellow students (a.k.a accountability buddies), or join a breakout room for 1-on-1 support from our Writing and Tech tutors. They will be ready to help you with final assignments and studying, no matter which stage you’re at: from brainstorming, to research tips, to troubleshooting, to refining, editing, and citations. 👩‍💻

Check for an email from March 24 from the iSchool Learning Hub Director for the Zoom link. 🔗

See you online soon!

We were so excited to welcome back iSchool alumni in-person for two special workshops this semester! Check out these photos from our ever-popular “Introduction to Bookbinding” workshop.📚 And swipe to the end for a peek at our foundational workshop “Programming with Python: Starting from Scratch”! 🧑‍💻

A huge thank you to workshop instructors Andrew Huot () and Omer Imran! And thank you to all the alumni who came back out to visit the Bissell Building and stay engaged with the iSchool community. We hope to see you again soon!

We know the end of term can feel overwhelming. To help, the Learning Hub is hosting “End of Term 911: Academic Support for Finals Season”! 🆘🚑

On Sunday, March 29, come to the Student Commons (Bissell Building 4th floor) between 12pm-6pm. Writing and Tech tutors will be stationed there with coffee, tea, and snacks! They will be ready to help you with final assignments and studying, no matter which stage you’re at: from brainstorming, to research tips, to troubleshooting, to refining, editing, and citations.

Come work alongside your fellow students (a.k.a accountability buddies) while the tutors circulate to help you with any problems that come up. Get all your work done now before the long weekend—Future You will thank you! ☕️🧑‍💻

Can’t make it on March 29? Or prefer to work from home? No problem! We are hosting a silent online work session, with tutor support in breakout rooms, on April 8 from 4pm-7pm. Check for an email from March 24 from the iSchool Learning Hub Director for the Zoom link. 🔗

See you there!

📸 We are excited to share some photos from one of our great iSkills workshops this semester: “Information on the Air: Software Defined Radio”!

Brian Sutherland, PhD, Lecturer in Design and Sustainability, led students in this exploration of how low-cost, open-source hardware and free software tools can be used to manifest Software Defined Radio (SDR): a way for computers to send and receive information to/from any device which communicates over radio frequency bands. 📡

There are still a couple of upcoming workshops to finish the Winter semester. Visit the links in our bio to learn more, and stay tuned (get it?) for more great workshop photos!