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2026
2025
2024
UPCOMING/ONGOING WORKSHOPS
AI HEADLINES CLUB
The Institute for Technoscience & Society's Technoscientific Economies Research Co-Cluster Lead, Dr. Elisha Lim, will be hosting "AI Headlines Club" on March 20, 2026 from 12:00pm - 1:30pm. This is an online event. See details below.
Register here to join us for an informal online drop-in to share and debrief about any AI news shaping our world. Possibly a regular meetup based on demand.
Open to anyone: ITS members, STS grad students and anyone wishing for a critical sociotechnical chat about AI.
Add to our padlet!
- A recent AI headline or link
- A critical question or reaction
- Thoughts, skepticism, memes 🙂
Contact Techsoc@yorku.ca if you have any questions.
UPCOMING Seminar Series
"GET IT DONE TOGETHER co-working sessions" - for Graduate students and Faculty using the Pomodoro technique. Will be held on the 7th floor lounge area in the Kaneff Tower from 1pm to 4 pm. Winter dates - January 12 & 26, February 9 & 23, and March 9 & 23, 2026. Hosted by Institute for Research on Digital Literacies in partnership with Centre for AI & Society, The City Institute at York, Centre for Feminist Research, Canadian Jewish Studies, Institute For Technoscience and Society, Sensorium and Robarts Centre for Canadian Centres . Contact jaw24@yorku.ca if you have any questions.
Past workshops 2025 2026
Guita Banan, Hana Holubec and Dr. Denielle Elliott co-hosted "How To Get A Canadian Graduate Research Scholarship Application Workshop (SSHRC Doctoral Award)" on September 12th, 2025.
Dr. Sandra Widmer, the Technoscientific Pasts & Futures Cluster Lead hosted “Workshop on applying to present at 4S conference Toronto” on December 17, 2025.
Dr. Elisha Lim, the Technoscientific Economies Research Co-Cluster Lead, hosted "AI Headlines Club" on February 13, 2026.
Dr. Lina Pinto-GarcĂa, an alumna of York’s STS graduate program, hosted an online workshop "From Dissertation To Book" on February 18, 2026.
Dr. Kean Birch, the Ontario Research Chair in Science and Technology, hosted an online workshop, "Writing for Publics/Writing for Change" on February 25, 2026.
Dr. Gabi Schaffzin, the Technoscientific Bodies & Minds Research Cluster Lead hosted “Afflictive Power: Theorizing Medicalization's Double-Edged Sword” presentation with Dr. Rachel Fox (Grand Valley State University) on March 11, 2026.