Join us on Friday, March 19 for a talk given by the 2020-2021 receipient of the OCAD University Award for Excellence in Early Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity, Assistant Professor Immony Mèn. Immony Mèn is a multi-disciplinary artist, designer, educator, and community-based researcher. He is the co-director of the Public Visualization Lab (OCADU/York/Ryerson) with Patricio Dávila and Dave Colangelo, where they work alongside communities to represent and communicate concerns around equity, social justice, the environment, and participation. His research projects involve interaction design, installation, experimental video, motion capture, and public projections, exploring
themes such as the anthropocene, Asian/South-Asian diasporic experiences, critical practice, and participatory engagement.
You’re invited to participate in a conversation on shifts in the sphere of black Canadian cultural production and dissemination with artist, Camille Turner and scholar, Dr. Rinaldo Walcott. This virtual event marks the inauguration of Centre for the Study of Black Canadian Diaspora, established by Dr. Andrea Fatona at OCAD University, and scheduled for Thursday March 18th at 6 pm.
The OCAD U Library Book Club series invites you to join in on a conversation with journalist Kelly Boutsalis as she discusses her commitments to telling Indigenous stories through her work. Having grown up on the Six Nations reserve, Kelly has been a journalist in Toronto reporting on arts, education, parenting and culture for over a decade.
5 Things Every Designer and Engineer Should know about E-Textiles
Keywords: E-Textiles, Engineering, Design
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COVID-19 Anxiety: Location, Refuge and Loss is a 2020-2021 collaborative creation research project led by Dr. Pam Patterson, exploring the generative potential of working in joyful, vulnerable, and committed communities of practice.
Join us on for the inaugural Ownr Career Launcher for Creative Entrepreneurs Pitch Competition.
Considering applying for a Toronto Arts Council Indigenous Arts Project grant?
Join the Journal of Visual and Critical Studies (JVCS) in conversation with VCS and JVCS alumni Dallas Fellini!
Join us on Friday, March 12 for a talk given by the 2020-2021 recipient of the OCAD University Award for Distinguished Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity, Associate Professor Simone Jones. Simone Jones is an artist whose works are shaped by the intersection of the lens-based practices of film, video, photography and projection; with sculpture, programming, mechanics and electronics. Her works reflect upon the complex relationship between lived experience and represented experience.
Coffee Chats w/ is a series of virtual casual gatherings with the CEAD team with industry guests.
A fantastic opportunity to meet with Sid Lee’s executive group and connect with members who have been through the Sid Lee Land program!
Join OCADU March 11th 2:00pm for an information session and giveaway with the Indigenous Professional Association of Canada’s Pathways to Success Program. Youth aged 17-29 will get to meet the Toronto team and learn about the program and job opportunities available to Indigenous youth who join.
Learn the fundamentals of character design with Vincy Lim in traditional or digital media!
Spring is around the corner! Time to get your seeds in soil.
Digital Futures Conversations” is an event series, each event consisting of a 30-minute talk by a featured guest followed by a 30-minute conversation facilitated by a Digital Futures faculty member. We are pleased to host Auriea Harvey for this talk.
The Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce the return of our partnership with Canada’s leading juried outdoor art fair.
Join OCAD U Illustration student Anita Fowl for a hands-on afternoon of sewing and doll design!
Come learn the basics of softcover bookbinding to give your zines and publications a handmade touch! This workshop will cover folded bindings, pamphlet stitch and Japanese stab binding.
"Digital Futures Conversations” is an event series, each event consisting of a 30-minute talk by a featured guest followed by a 30-minute conversation facilitated by a Digital Futures faculty member. This week we are please to host performance artist, visual artist, and composer Kite aka Suzanne Kite.
Come learn about the overview of benefits, how to submit claims, how to contact Studentcare and more! + Q&A session at the end. Click here to join the workshop.
Calling all OCAD U students with a passion for material reuse.
Receive an honorarium or cash prize!
Join Learning Zone student monitors Mia and Yifu for an online Game Night of trivia, skribblio, social gathering and fun!
Come learn the basics of softcover bookbinding to give your zines and publications a handmade touch! This workshop will cover folded bindings, pamphlet stitch and Japanese stab binding.
OCAD University’s Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers and NEO Exchange, Canada’s next-generation stock exchange, have partnered to co-create the NEO Commissioning Program.
The RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers at OCAD University is excited to welcome LinkedIn for a presentation on building your online presence.
The OCADU Student Union and OCADU Student Wellness Centre present a series of five Survivors Thrive workshops from Dandelion Initiative, a Toronto based, grassroots, survivor-run organization to support our members who have experienced sexual and/or gender based violence.
The Faculty & Curriculum Development Centre (FCDC) is proud to welcome guest speaker, Skawennati – Wednesday, February 24th, 2021 | 10:30am - 12:00pm EST
Skawennati will present an online talk, Ne Tá:we Ne Onkwehonwenéha (The Future is Indigenous), discussing her work with Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace, including the Initiative for Indigenous Futures, the Skins workshops, and her machinima and textiles practice.
All students, faculty and staff are welcome!
Our featured guest Tess Takahashi will present the talk “The Murmur of Digital Magnitude: Minor Voices and Data Visualization”.
Nominations now open! Student Leadership Awards 2021
OCAD U students are invited to submit work to be published in the 2020-21 annual Journal of Visual and Critical Studies in accordance with our guiding theme of ‘Experimental and Embodied Knowledge’. This could include writing on decolonization, feminist and/or queer theories, and likeminded ideological practices. Deadline is February 20th, 2021.
The annual Design Career Fair at OCAD University is going virtual in 2021! We’re planning a week of virtual programming relevant to emerging designers.
The annual Design Career Fair at OCAD University is going virtual in 2021! We’re planning a week of virtual programming relevant to emerging designers.
Learn to make a zine from a single piece of paper!
The CADN Speaker Series presents a guest lecture by Bojana Videkanic, University of Waterloo.
Join the Journal of Visual and Critical Studies in conversation with VCS and JVCS alumni Karina Roman!
Join OCAD U faculty member Dr. Camille Isaacs in a discussion based on Toronto journalist, author, and activist Desmond Cole's ground-breaking 2015 article The Skin I'm In, the inspiration for his 2020 bestselling book, The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power.
Coffee Chats w/ is a series of virtual casual gatherings with the CEAD team with industry guests.
Allen’s talk will discuss the history and practice of dub poetry (& spoken word) as it speaks to resistance, resilience, transcendence and revolution.
The CEAD is excited to welcome Ebony L. Haynes who will be hosting a Black Art Session open to Black art students at OCADU.
Online screening of Wendy Coburn's critical video exploring the intricacies of public protest—not all is as it appears.
This casual introduction will give you enough skills to start working with Photoshop for zine making.
Re/Engaged invites us to reconnect digitally through song, spoken word, art and dialogue and to share our reflections on creative connection in online art and design education. We will be joined by the renowned artists/educators, Andrea Thompson and Archer Pechawis, and the gathering will be hosted by OCAD U’s own Glen Lowry with welcoming remarks from OCAD University President Ana Serrano.