Events

CommunityStreets at DesignTO 2025 is a panel discussion/open mic bringing together civic leaders, Youth community activists, and design and economic thinkers at OCAD University to explore a Youth lens on
affordability, access, equity, and the future of housing.

OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) is pleased to announce a partnership with Bamtori Studio that invites three OCAD University students and recent alumni to sell their work at Bamtori Studio’s Valentine’s Day Market.

Join the Culturans team for an intimate, hands-on workshop looking back at the Port Lands Flood Protection project.  With limited capacity, this inspiring session explores social design and cultural research while addressing real-world challenges through empathy, co-creation, and impact-driven solutions. 

The RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce the return of the Akin Career Launcher for Drawing & Painting, Integrated Media, Indigenous Visual Studies, Cross Cross-Disciplinary Art: Life Studies, and Sculpture & Installation students in their graduating term.

The RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce the Gallery 44 Residency Career Launcher for OCAD U students.

Looking for some feedback on your work, career path, or life after OCAD U? Book a one-on-one career mentorship session with our Winter 2025 Creative Professional-In-Residence, Ahmad El Sarraff!

Are you an OCAD U Graduate student looking to complete a placement this spring/summer term? Join us for this info session to learn more about our Experiential Learning Program and get the answers to your placement questions!

Workshop: The Workshop Workshop. Philosophies, Strategies, and Tips for Leading Amazing and Collaborative Design Workshops

Date: Tuesday January 28, 5:30-7:00pm (90min session)

Location: CEAD Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers, Rosalie Sharp Pavilion, 115 McCaul St., 3rd Floor

Content: presentation & hands-on workshop activities

This workshop/discussion will present ideas to work through and think about everyday resistant or subversive interactions to the colonial difference taking into consideration the affordances of international collaboration. Contesting the coloniality of how our subjectivities are being produced through capitalistic culture, I follow Argentine feminist scholar Maria Lugones in looking at “the liberation, as both adaptive and tension between subjectification and active subjectivity, that minimal sense of agency of the modern subject” (Lugones 2003). 

OCAD University Senate Meeting

Looking for some feedback on your work, career path, or life after OCAD U? Book a one-on-one career mentorship session with our Winter 2025 Creative Professional-In-Residence, Sagan MacIsaac!

Ignite Gallery showcases the creative voices of OCAD University students and recent graduates through curated exhibitions. The gallery serves as a platform for emerging talent, reflecting the diverse practices of the OCAD U community.

OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce the Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS) Residency Career Launcher for OCAD U students. 

Resonance of Resurgence (RoR), an immersive art installation by Kathy Moscou and Julia Rose Sutherland exploring connections between the Black diaspora and Indigenous communities through personal stories and cultural revitalization.

The annual Design Career Fair at OCAD University is back on January 23! Don’t miss out on one of Toronto’s largest events for talent recruitment and careers in design. Meet with top design firms on the hunt for OCADU talent across a variety of design disciplines.

From our Point of View: Encounters with Artists is supported through the generous support of Lady Elizabeth (Pixie) Mudge Massey Shaw.

On January 22, 2025, attend the DCF Speaker Series to hear from industry partners as they profile their companies and deliver presentations on specific topics of interest in the design field.

Are you an international student or recent alumni with a freelance practice or small business interested in understanding Permanent Residency (PR) Pathways after graduation? Join us for a workshop on PR Pathways for Freelancers & Small Businesses. 

Join our upcoming info session to learn more about Toronto Outdoor Art Fair and resources for putting together a strong application for the 2025 Toronto Outdoor Art Fair Career Launcher.

A new exhibition at OCAD University by nancy viva davis halifax reveals the refuge found, from disability loss, grief, indifference and cruelty, in a supportive human\animal relationship. 

Are you seeking tips and resources to build your portfolio for the upcoming Design Career Fair? Join us on Thursday, January 16, to learn tips and how to create an impactful portfolio to present to recruiters or future employers.

OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce a recruited placement in partnership with DesignTO for the role of Programs Assistant.

OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to partner with Tonkin Liu on an exciting Career Launcher opportunity for students interested in learning more about public art.

OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) is excited to announce a new partnership with Mutual Artist Network that will allow a small, curated group of OCAD U students and recent alumni to share a table to sell products and artworks as part of Mutual’s CREΔTIA Market.

OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce a recruited placement in partnership with Art Toronto for the role of Intern, Public Spaces Designer. 

The Artist Project and The Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers are excited to announce the return of the Artist Project Career Launcher for graduating student or recent alumni of the Sculpture/Installation, Integrated Media, Life Studies, Digital Futures, or Interdisciplinary Master’s in Art, Media and Design programs.

OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce the return of our opportunity in partnership with Format for one (1) graduating designer and one (1) graduating artist.

The International Programs & Collaborations Office (IPCO) at OCAD U is excited to present Stones Across Cultures, a unique intercultural and sustainability-focused workshop as part of our Global Studio Series. 

DF Open Show is where we show the work that is happening in Digital Futures RIGHT NOW! Join us to celebrate!

Join Digital Futures Alumni Thousand Stars as they share their transformative journey and provide a behind-the-scenes look at how the company was founded and came to be.