Insider Quiz

Enter our quiz for a chance to win a $25 Duke of Cornwall gift certificate:

  1. Who were the four OCAD U 2020 Honorary Doctorate recipients?
  2. What former Ontario College of Art (OCAD U) alum won a Pulitzer prize in the editorial-cartooning category?
  3. What is OCAD U’s Twitter handle?

Congratulations, Nathan Kelly, Email & Digital Content Producer, Marketing & Communications, on winning the last draw (a $25 Duke of Cornwall gift certificate)!

Newsletter submissions

We want to hear from you! Please send submissions for the next issue of the OCAD U Insider to Natalie Pavlenko by August 14, 2020.

The fine print: please ensure your copy doesn’t exceed 300 words (and note that Marketing & Communications reserves the right to make editorial changes due to space constraints).

New dean brings rich interdisciplinary teaching and research experience

OCAD University has appointed Sarita Srivastava, PhD, as Dean, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and School of Interdisciplinary Studies, effective September 1, 2020.

Water Shut off - 230 Richmond St W - Tuesday March 10th

Due to watermain construction on Richmond St, the City of Toronto will be shutting off the domestic water supply at 230 Richmond St W on Tuesday, March 10th from 8am to 12pm. There will be no running water in the building, therefore toilets and sinks cannot be used during the shutdown.

Insider Quiz

Enter our quiz for a chance to win a $25 Duke of Cornwall gift certificate:

  • When is GradEx 2020 taking place? (month, dates)
  • When is the exhibition, Fable for Tomorrow: A Survey of Works by Wendy Coburn, opening at Onsite Gallery? (month, day)
  • Fill in the blank: The award-winning, black and white “tabletop” structure stands above OCAD University’s main campus building on __  multi-coloured steel legs.

Please email your answers to Natalie Pavlenko by March 27, 2020.

Newsletter submissions

We want to hear from you! Please send submissions for the next issue of the OCAD U Insider to Natalie Pavlenko by March 27, 2020.

The fine print: please ensure your copy doesn’t exceed 300 words (and note that Marketing & Communications reserves the right to make editorial changes due to space constraints).

Congratulations to winners of fall quiz!

Congratulations to Lynn D’Souza, Executive Assistant, Office of the Vice-President, Academic & Provost, Karen Chung, Assistant Registrar, Records & Registration, Office of the Registrar and Victoria Ho, Coordinator, Sustainability Initiatives, on winning the fall quiz draw ($50 Duke of Cornwall gift certificate).

Left to right; Karen Chung and Lynn D’Souza

Did you Know? Q&A

Did you Know? Q&A – meet a different faculty/staff member each month (to familiarize internal audiences with our various programs). This month: interview with Nick Hooper, Director, Facilities and Studio Services.

1. How does your department stand out from others?

OCAD U joins new research initiative on zero emission buses – a first in North America

Hosted by OCAD U, the event featured the announcement of more than $4.7 million in federal and industry funding to support low-carbon and smart mobility research.

CUTRIC and its members are contributing a total of $4.2 million in funding over three years with an additional $551,000 through the federally supported Mitacs Accelerate and Elevate programs to fund CUTRIC’s National Academic Committee on Zero-Emissions Buses (NAC-ZEB).

OCAD U hosts Honouring Indigenous Knowledges symposium

OCAD University was honoured to host an opportunity for conversation and community building on Saturday, February 8 at a symposium, Honouring Indigenous Knowledges: Creating Pathways Through Art and Design Education.

The symposium was the culmination and a celebration of a two-year Indigenous Students Pathways Project funded by the Ontario Council on Articulation and Transfer to support the development of a framework for enhancing the access and mobility of Indigenous learners into postsecondary art and design education.

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