Please join the Faculty of Arts & Science for a guest lecture by Dr. Charmaine A. Nelson. The lecture pursues a comparative exploration of slave dress, cultural preservation, and self-determination in Canada and British Caribbean islands like Jamaica and St. Vincent.
Data Echo Culture is a free, bilingual event, and will feature conversation, debates, presentations, and activities designed for experts in the data world, and for cultural players who are relatively new to the idea of data collection and analysis. OCAD U is one of the organizers and the event will speakers include OCAD U President Ana Serrano and OCAD U President Emerita Dr. Sara Diamond.
We Count/Digging DEEPer Webinar Series
In today’s world, numbers are in the ascendancy. Societies dominated by star ratings, scores, likes and lists are rapidly emerging, as data are collected on virtually every aspect of our lives. From annual university rankings, ratings agencies and fitness tracking technologies to our credit score and health status, everything and everybody is measured and evaluated. Join Steffen Mau, Virginia Eubanks and Jutta Treviranus in conversation for a critical analysis of this increasingly pervasive phenomenon.
Captions and ASL provided.
Slate Asset Management is seeking proposals for a rotating public art exhibit that will animate the lobby of 2 St. Clair West in the Yonge St. + St. Clair Avenue West community. This opportunity is open to Drawing & Painting students graduating in 2021.
b.h. Yael: Family States, which editor Mike Hoolboom calls a "community place," embodies the creative and collaborative spirit of b.h. Yael's life-work, and as such this event will feature conversations with Richard Fung, Dalia Kandiyoti, and Robert Massoud, three of the book's contributors. This eclectic publication is sponsored by the ConverSalon collective.
A reception (digital mingling encouraged!) will follow the event and will be facilitated by Ashok Mathur, Dean of Graduate Studies, OCAD University.
A curated list of music by Student Wellness Navigator and Artist Rei Pierre.
"DBT" is short for Dialectical Behavior Therapy and during our Spring Series we will introduce a new topic each week. This weeks focus is mindfulness.
Bruce Mau Design and the RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) are excited to announce the return of the Bruce Mau Design, Graphic Design Internship.
The RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) is excited to announce the return of the Parks Canada Career Launcher for technically savvy students with photography and videography skills
Discover music with the Student Wellness Centre.
Please join the Journal of Visual and Critical Studies for the 3rd JVCS Alumni Series Workshop with Maya Wilson-Sanchez!
A space for Environmental Design students to socialize, ask upper-year students for advice, talk about first-year experiences, have fun and more!
OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce a recruited placement in partnership with Mercer Union for the role of Administration & Communications Assistant.
OCAD University and the Indigenous Student Centre welcome:
Len Necefer (Natives Outdoors) Wednesday April 14 1PM EST 10AM PST All are welcome!
The Cultural Community Expo brings together the people and places that make up Toronto’s art and cultural sector to prepare Faculty of Art students for building a career in the arts after graduation.
Working with and reporting to the Artistic Director, the Programs Assistant supports the planning, administration, and execution of DesignTO Festival programming, including exhibitions, events, outreach, and special initiatives.
During a time of great change, we invite you to join us for this online exhibition and event that considers our possible FUTURES as we see them in the NOW.
Coffee Chats is a series of virtual casual gatherings with the CEAD team with industry guests.
The Office of the International Student Support & Exchange Programs is hosting an income tax webinar for international students. Join us to learn about the Canadian income tax system and your responsibility with respect to filling an income tax return.
Senior designer at Patagonia and founder of Patagonia’s ReCrafted Collection, Kourtney Morgan talks about the role of creativity in designing a circular economy.
For the final Library Book Club event of the semester, director Sarah Simone and producer Sarah Quan will screen their award-winning short film Margoland and hold a panel discussion, focusing on gender in film.
This session hosted by Ten Thousand Coffees will cover why it's so important to build networks that will catapult your growth and career success.
Learn about starting seeds for the upcoming gardening season, with OCAD U student Rei Pierre
On April 6, join us for an info session about JobStarts' Capability Program with Courtney Boudreau at JobStart.
Jose Sanchez is an Architect, Game Designer, and Theorist based in Detroit, Michigan. He is the director of the Plethora Project (www.plethora-project.com ), a research studio investing in the future of the propagation of architectural design knowledge.
The RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) is excited to announce the return of the Career Launcher Fund for Undergraduate and Master's students graduating in 2021.
Please join Wapatah Centre for Indigenous Visual Knowledge and Onsite Gallery for the first event of the upcoming virtual In-Conversation series Indigenizing the (Art) Museum with Gerald McMaster.
Each week this Spring, Dr. McMaster will engage with a different curator from (art) museums around the world!
Indigenizing the (Art) Museum is hosted in collaboration with Wapatah Centre for Indigenous Visual Knowledge and as part of the Virtual Platform for Indigenous Art project. Building upon 4 Roundtable discussions that took place in Summer 2020, the curators behind the collections and archives will examine the shifting dialogue around Indigenous art while reflecting on their own curatorial expertise and practices.
This virtual series is hosted with Indigenous protocols in mind with the aim of addressing questions around Indigenous curation, ceremony, and research in digital spaces.
We invite you to be a part of a collaborative writing workshop with the OCAD U Learning Zone and OCAD Jewish Club, crafting letters, taking a journey to journaling, and learning about the OJC's pen pal project, on March 31st at 11am EST!
From February 22 until the end of March, OCAD University’s GradEx 105 will showcase the work of 70 recent graduates through outdoor public art projections that will light up the OCAD U campus corridor. This is part of this year's exhibition, that has also featured an online exhibition and videos on OCAD U LiVE.
Hullmark is the presenting sponsor and the University received $170,000 from the Province of the Ontario Reconnect Festival and $12,500 from the City of Toronto’s Winter Activation to support GradEx105’s online transformation.
Produced with the support of Province of Ontario Reconnect Festival, the City of Toronto’s Winter Activation Grant, and in partnership with the Toronto Entertainment District BIA, these public activations will feature large-scale, outdoor projections from the windows of the University’s properties, and from strategically placed, flat-screen monitors along pedestrian routes.
Projections will take place nightly at OCAD U’s main buildings until the end of March and presenting sponsor Hullmark will also host a display of graduate work at one of its sites in Toronto’s west end (950 Queen St. W.).
POSTER EXHIBITION SERIES
An additional component of GradEx 105 is the Poster Exhibition Series, taking place at selected sites across the neighbouring Toronto Entertainment District BIA. Pop-up poster displays will launch throughout March at various locations in the entertainment district and on Queen St. W.
Konrad Group is a next generation digital consultancy that is dedicated to solving complex business problems for their global clients with creative and forward-thinking solutions. Konrad Group employees enjoy a culture built on innovation and a commitment to creating best-in-class digital products in use by hundreds of millions of consumers around the world. They hire exceptionally smart, analytical, and hard working people who are lifelong learners.
Konrad Group is a next generation digital consultancy that is dedicated to solving complex business problems for their global clients with creative and forward-thinking solutions. Konrad Group employees enjoy a culture built on innovation and a commitment to creating best-in-class digital products in use by hundreds of millions of consumers around the world. They hire exceptionally smart, analytical, and hard working people who are lifelong learners.
OCAD grad, author, and co-founder of Bookhou, Arounna Khounnoraj talks entrepreneurship and sustainable design.
How machine learning can support human creative practices
Thursday, March 25, 2021 | 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm EST
Online via Zoom & OCADU LiVE broadcast
Join us as multiple generations of Ojibwe-Cree Two-Spirit storytellers generously share their journeys and imagine a “walk into the future” of Indigenous and queer flourishings.
Co-presented by the FCDC Indigenous Education Speaker Series and the WLC Mighty Pen Speaker Series.
Coffee Chats is a series of virtual casual gatherings with the CEAD team with industry guests.
This event is for entrepreneurs early in their business venture. It will be helpful for those that haven't launched yet, as well as those that have been in operation for under 3 years.
This event is a special collaboration between Contemporary Art, Design and New Media Art Histories program and the Digital Futures Conversations series.
Join us for an Info Session and launch of the 2021 First Capital REIT Public Mural Competition
Coffee Chats is a series of virtual casual gatherings with the CEAD team with industry guests.
Coffee Chats is a series of virtual casual gatherings with the CEAD team with industry guests.