Events

The VRTO Spatial Media World Conference - presented in partnership with OCAD University - returns June 24 to 26, 2026.

FIVARS returns to Toronto from June 15 to 19, 2026, for its 12th edition, with OCAD U as presenting sponsor.

OCAD University’s 111th Annual Graduate Exhibition, Toronto’s largest free art and design exhibition, takes place May 6 to 10, 2026, featuring the work of more than 800 emerging artists and designers.

Join Alumni Relations for a morning of life drawing on campus. 

Join Alumni Relations for an evening of life drawing on campus. 

Join Alumni Relations for a morning of life drawing on campus. 

Come celebrate with the Digital Futures graduate students! 

Get set for GRADEX 110!

Join Alumni Relations for an evening of life drawing on campus. 

Join Alumni Relations for a morning of life drawing on campus. 

Guest Speaker Dr. William Paris: The Antinomies of Emancipation in Frederick Douglass's My Bondage and My Freedom.

Join Alumni Relations for an evening of life drawing on campus. 

Join Alumni Relations for a morning of life drawing on campus. 

Join Alumni Relations for an evening of life drawing on campus. 

Join Alumni Relations for a morning of life drawing on campus. 

Join Alumni Relations for an evening of life drawing on campus. 

Guest Speaker Dr. Delaney Glass on The Sawa Project

Join Alumni Relations for a morning of life drawing on campus. 

Tricon is visiting the CEAD to introduce its Social Media Summer Internship! 

Join Alumni Relations for an evening of life drawing on campus. 

Onsite Gallery presents its inaugural Black History Month annual guest lecture with curator, Andrea Fatona

Join Kelly Ross for an informative workshop designed specifically for OCAD U students and alums. Learn how to successfully navigate your taxes as an artist or designer. The session will cover the differences between employee and self-employed income, which business expenses can be deducted, and much more. Attendees are encouraged to submit their questions about the 2026 tax year in advance.

Artist Talk by Alison Kobayashi (A.S.M. Kobayashi) 

Join OCAD's first Sci-Fi Book Club!
 

Join Alumni Relations for a morning of life drawing on campus. 

OCAD University is holding a Celebration of Life on Feb. 20 to remember Peter Fraser, a beloved staff member of the OCAD University community who passed away last September.

Join us for the 2026 Graduate Conference! 

Join Alumni Relations for an evening of life drawing on campus. 

Join Alumni Relations for a morning of life drawing on campus. 

OCAD U Alum Jessica Kim acts as Guest Speaker on February 11!

Join Alumni Relations for an evening of life drawing on campus. 

The Office of Research and Innovation invites you for the February edition of Research Talks, first of the 2026. In this talk, Solar Threads, Roushan traces her recent body of work, critically examining technologies that mediate our relation to nature and the enduring human drive to control it.

Teaching Intensive Stream - Public Talk: Nicholas Pye