Events

Join invited panelists, Nabeela Yasmeen Malik, Ehiko Odeh, Diane Mikhael and Par Nair, as they delve into the captivating realms of language, cultural identity, and materials expressed through their stories and artworks.

Please join the Faculty of Arts and Science for presentations by Dr. Bill Leeming and Dr. Cindy Poremba highlighting the innovative work and research they’ve accomplished during their recent sabbaticals. 

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

3:00-5:00

MCC 525. 113 McCaul Street

Cindy Poremba: Capture Matters: Postmedia and the Real Image

Bill Leeming: On Shaping Expectations of Life with Endemic COVID-19 and Other “New Normals” 

Join us for connection, networking and opportunities for learning and sharing.

Join OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers and the International Students Support Office for panel moderated by Pedro Suing, featuring Andrea Rodriguez, Atharva Jadhav (AJ), and Sebastian Campos to dive into the lived experiences of entrepreneurs and newcomer entrepreneurs from the OCAD U community. 

Alumni Relations Life Drawing returns this October for the Fall 2024 semester! 

The Seed Fund for Creative Entrepreneurs is an exclusive opportunity for OCAD U students and recent alumni to receive funding to help launch or grow their creative business.

Our first Brazily Dance class is here, and we can’t wait to see you on the dance floor! It’s all about finding your most confident self through the infectious rhythm of Brazilian music and dance. With every class, you’ll feel stronger, move better, and boost that unstoppable confidence — on campus, in the gym, and everywhere else!

Join us for our speaker series with cultural theorist, Amanda Boetzkes and curator Ala Roushan on how art shapes ecological perception.

Partial and OCAD U’s RBC CEAD are excited to announce the return of our partnership which provides an exceptional career opportunity for OCAD U student artists and recent alumni (2023 + 2024). 

The B&W Camera & Darkroom course introduces the technical and visual tools of photography, including camera functions, film exposure and black-and-white darkroom procedures.

Alumni Relations Life Drawing

Alumni Relations Life Drawing returns this October for the Fall 2024 semester!

You will have the opportunity to discuss shifts in the creative sector, learn about the WAAC’s history, ask questions, and network with contemporary artists and aspiring entrepreneurs.

Looking for some feedback on your work, career path, or life after OCAD U? Book a one-on-one career mentorship session with our Fall 2024 Creative Professional-In-Residence, Tiah Khuu! Tiah will be present at the CEAD every Thursday from 12 - 4 PM during the Fall semester.

Sankofa Square (formerly Yonge-Dundas Square) and the Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers are excited to announce the return of the annual Black History Month Digital Exhibition Career Launcher providing an exhibition opportunity for artists from the OCAD U community to exhibit their work on the square’s digital screens.

The OCAD U Creative Professionals-In-Residence program is back once again! Join us for a design talk with Tiah Khuu to learn more about his practice and ways he can offer feedback and career development support this semester.

The opening reception is taking place on October 25 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Ada Slaight Gallery, second floor, 100 McCaul St., followed by an artist from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in room MCA 230.

Unfinished and Impermanent is a workshop designed to reflect upon notions of impermanence and purposeful incompleteness as catalysts for creativity and imagination. The workshop is composed of a lecture, film screenings and tool kit development. 

Join us for the second edition of our speaker series with artist and professor, Natalie Majaba Waldburger (OCAD U) and curator and author, Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodríguez.

Alumni Relations Life Drawing returns this October for the Fall 2024 semester! 

Between Ashes and Dreams engages with the urgency of the global climate crisis, oscillating between imagination, reality, and future possibilities. Drawing on the intertwined narratives of climate change, migration, and overconsumption, works in the exhibition raise questions about human agency and responsibility. They examine our symbiotic relationships, entanglements, and coexistence with the environment, asking how we might move beyond destruction. 

Alumni Relations Life Drawing returns this October for the Fall 2024 semester!

Alex Sarian (author, The Audacity of Relevance) speaks to Elamin Abdelmahmoud (host of CBC's Commotion) about the future of Canadian culture.

Join OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers and the International Students Support Office for a workshop and working session on starting your own business.

This October, Alumni Relations is pleased to be working with Elizabeth S. Dipchand to present our upcoming Lunch & Learn: Legal Corner series. Elizabeth sits on the OCAD University Board of Governors, and practices intellectual property law and litigation. All sessions are *FREE* with registration. 

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OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to partner with the Writers Guild of Canada to create an exclusive call-for-submissions from members of the OCAD U community.

Alumni Relations Life Drawing returns this October for the Fall 2024 semester!