Graduate Programs Info Nights 2018

grad info nights 2018
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - 6:00pm to Wednesday, November 21, 2018 - 8:30pm

Our unique and highly interdisciplinary graduate programs offer evening information sessions allowing you to meet with faculty and student from the program, help answer your questions about courses, the learning environment and degree outcomes.

Join us at one or more of our Info Night, you may register for the program/s of interest to you, by clicking on the titles.

Venue & Address: 
205 Richmond St W and 230 Richmond St W
Website: 
https://join.ocadu.ca/Datatel.ERecruiting.Web.External/pages/EventLists.aspx?ID=11&_ga=2.4949936.2043941495.1541441908-1639652096.1530036363
Email: 
admissions@ocadu.ca
Phone: 
416-977-6000 ext. 4869
Cost: 
Free
grad info nights 2018

Delaney family meets scholarship recipients

Kiki Delaney shakes hands with a student
Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Former OCAD U Chancellor Kiki Delaney and family members gathered in the bright sky-lit painting and drawing studio at 100 McCaul St. on March 27 to meet the recipients of the Delaney Scholarships.

In 2015, the Delaney Family Foundation made a generous pledge to OCAD University, a gift of $4M to support four specific areas:

The Delaney Entrance Undergraduate Scholarships — renewable, merit-based scholarships for students in Fine Art.

The Delaney Entrance Graduate Scholarships — established to attract the most promising students to the following programs:

  • Master’s in Contemporary Art, Design and New Media Art Histories
  • Master’s in Criticism & Curatorial Practice
  • Interdisciplinary Master’s in Art, Media and Design

The Delaney Indigenous Visual Culture (INVC) Research Initiatives Fund, which fosters projects and enterprises that support research into Indigenous culture and art.

The Delaney Chair in Indigenous Visual Culture. This named Chair allocates funds to critical components of the INVC program, ranging from student outreach and recruitment to the development of teaching resources that incorporate Indigenous perspectives and culture into the curriculum.

The guests heard from two scholarship recipients who spoke about the difference the scholarships made in their academic lives: Jerad Beauregard, in his second year of the undergraduate Drawing & Painting program, and Madeleine McMillan, pursuing her Master’s degree in Contemporary Art, Design and New Media Art Histories

This year, the scholarships support five incoming students and 13 renewals.

Poster: 
Group photo of the Delaney family, president Sara Diamond, faculty and scholarship students
Student Madeleine McMillan speaking at lectern
Two students working on a sculptural piece

Graduate Programs Info Nights and Online Webinars

Join a Graduate Program Info Night and/or online webinar this November. They are your opportunity to meet instructors, students and alumni from the program to help you learn more about courses, the learning environment and degree outcomes.

Graduate Programs Info Nights

Graduate Studies Info Nights
Wednesday, November 16, 2016 - 5:00am to Wednesday, November 30, 2016 - 5:00am

Our unique and highly interdisciplinary graduate programs offer evening information sessions allowing you to meet with faculty and student from the program, help answer your questions about courses, the learning environment and degree outcomes.

Join us at one or more of our Info Night, you may register for the program/s of interest to you, by clicking on the titles.

 

Contemporary Art, Design and New Media Art Histories: Graduate Program Info Night
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

 

Digital Futures: Graduate Program Info Night
Thursday, November 17, 2016
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

 

Inclusive Design: Graduate Program Info Night
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

 

Criticism & Curatorial Practice: Graduate Program Info Night
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

 

Design for Health: Graduate Program Info Night
Thursday, November 24, 2016
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

 

Interdisciplinary Art, Media and Design: Graduate Program Info Night
Thursday, November 24, 2016
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

 

Strategic Foresight and Innovation: Graduate Program Info Night
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Venue & Address: 
205 Richmond Street West
Website: 
http://join.ocadu.ca/Datatel.ERecruiting.Web.External/pages/EventLists.aspx?ID=1&_ga=1.111750592.578630963.1424718906
Email: 
admissions@ocadu.ca
Cost: 
Free
Graduate Studies Info Nights

Gift from Manchee Foundation establishes Design for Health Graduate Scholarships

Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 2:30pm

The Manchee Foundation has donated more than $500,000 to support OCAD University’s new Design for Health graduate program. The generous gift comes as the university prepares to deliver game-changing education and research to dramatically improve design practices related to health care environments, medical technologies and public health policy and communications.

The donation of $550,000 will allow the new scholarship to be endowed in perpetuity. Each year, starting in the 2016/17 academic year, the two top applicants will receive Manchee scholarships.

“Our family is pleased to support this innovative program with scholarships that will permit the most promising students to further their studies in the field of health care design,” said Jane Manchee. “The Manchee Foundation was created by our parents, Charles P. and D. Jeanne Manchee, to further education in the arts, design and health care fields. We are very proud to support this program with a lasting legacy of their generosity.”

The program will be offered as a full-time, two-year course of study leading to a Master’s of Design (MDes) in Design for Health. It will be structured to appeal to working professionals through a combination of online and integrated seminar and studio formats.

The two-year Master of Design (MDes) program will enroll up to 10 students in the inaugural 2016/2017 academic year, with another 10 students in 2017/2018.

“We are grateful to the Manchee Foundation for this generous gift to graduate students entering the ground-breaking new Design for Health program,” said Dr. Sara Diamond, president and vice-chancellor, OCAD University. “Designers are creative thinkers and problem-solvers who can address the multiple challenges in the health care system from a unique perspective.”

Graduates of the MDes in Design for Health will be well-positioned to play leadership roles in research, health environment design, health product/device development, health media, and communication and technologies — in the private, government and non-profit sectors. Graduates will also be prepared to pursue further study at the PhD level.

The interdisciplinary Design for Health program has four main themes delivered primarily through studio-based learning:

Health context: Develop domain knowledge to public health, health sciences, communication and technology.

Research and application: Identify, design, conduct and apply research methodologies in health-care environments.

Design and innovation: Create new, ethical and sustainable solutions to solve health-sector problems.

Proficiency and leadership within interdisciplinary collaborations: Be embedded in interdisciplinary teams of researchers, health-service providers and designers to develop design solutions and communicate outcomes.