O-DAYS! Campus Life Connect U

Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - 2:00pm to 5:00pm

This social activity is designed as an informal social opportunity to connect those new undergrads who may wish meet and connect with others in advance of the Labour Day weekend and Welcome Day (Tuesday, September 3). This activity is hosted by Campus Life and Student Mentor Program and pizza* will be served. All new first-year undergrads are welcome! Special guest and inspirational speaker Andy Thibodeau will enlighten and entertain!

A brief 45-minute Campus Tour will depart at 5 p.m., led by OCAD U Peer Mentors.

FREE> Click here to RSVP and attend this activity!

Be sure to check the orientation schedule page and register to attend (where required) a variety of optional workshop and social/connection opportunities!

Venue & Address: 
Learning Zone, Level 1, 122 St. Patrick St. (SPA) or access via Grange Food Court, 113 McCaul St. (MCC)
Website: 
www.ocadu.ca/orientation
Email: 
ocadcampuslife@ocadu.ca
Cost: 
FREE
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O-DAYS! Workshop: Managing your Time and Energy

Tuesday, August 27, 2019 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm

Facilitated by the Writing & Learning Centre

A re-organization of your time, energy and resources is an important part of the transition to OCAD U. In this free workshop, we will discuss strategies and tips on how to organize your time, set realistic goals and gain insight into your personal work style. We will engage in hands-on activities that will assist you in setting priorities, developing a schedule and managing your stress for the years ahead. Participants should bring their course schedules and any day-timers or calendars they currently use.

FREE > Click here to RSVP and attend this activity!

Be sure to check the orientation schedule page and register to attend (where required) a variety of optional workshop and social/connection opportunities!

Venue & Address: 
Room 230, Level 2, 100 McCaul St.
Website: 
www.ocadu.ca/orientation
Email: 
ocadcampuslife@ocadu.ca
Cost: 
Free
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O-DAYS! International Student Welcome

Thursday, August 29, 2019 - 10:30am to 3:00pm

Are you an International Student?

Join us at OCAD U’s annual International Student Welcome to learn about life in Toronto, working in Canada, health insurance and much more! Staff from the Office of International Student Support and current OCAD U international students will be there to give you advice and answer your questions. Snacks will be provided.

Tuesday, August 27 or Thursday, August 29, 2019

10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
OR
1 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The same session will be held four times, but you only need to attend once. Choose the day and time you would like to attend.

FREE > Click here to RSVP and attend this activity! 

Be sure to check the orientation schedule page and register to attend (where required) a variety of optional workshop and social/connection opportunities!

Venue & Address: 
Learning Zone, Level 1, 122 St. Patrick St.or access via Grange Foodcourt, 113 McCaul St.
Website: 
www.ocadu.ca/orientation
Email: 
international@ocadu.ca
Cost: 
Free
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O-DAYS! International Student Welcome

Tuesday, August 27, 2019 - 10:00am to 3:00pm

Are you an International Student?

Join us at OCAD U’s annual International Student Welcome to learn about life in Toronto, working in Canada, health insurance and much more! Staff from the Office of International Student Support and current OCAD U international students will be there to give you advice and answer your questions. Snacks will be provided.

Tuesday, August 27 or Thursday, August 29, 2019

10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
OR
1 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The same session will be held four times, but you only need to attend once. Choose the day and time you would like to attend.

FREE > Click here to RSVP and attend this activity! 

Be sure to check the orientation schedule page and register to attend (where required) a variety of optional workshop and social/connection opportunities!

Venue & Address: 
Learning Zone, Level 1, 122 St. Patrick St.or access via Grange Foodcourt, 113 McCaul St.
Website: 
www.ocadu.ca/orientation
Email: 
international@ocadu.ca
Cost: 
FREE
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O-DAYS! Workshop: Academic Essentials for First-year

Monday, August 26, 2019 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm

Facilitated by the Writing & Learning Centre

This free workshop that offers hands-on exercises that will give you the opportunity to build essential tools for success in your first year courses at OCAD U. We will look at critical reading, taking lecture notes and introduction to critique.

FREE > Click here to RSVP and attend this activity!

Be sure to check the orientation schedule page and register to attend (where required) a variety of optional workshop and social/connection opportunities!

Venue & Address: 
Room 230, Level 2, 100 McCaul St.
Website: 
www.ocadu.ca/orientation
Email: 
ocadcampuslife@ocadu.ca
Cost: 
Free
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O-DAYS! 2019

Monday, August 26, 2019 - 12:15pm to Friday, September 6, 2019 - 11:45pm

Be sure to check the orientation schedule page and register to attend (where required) a variety of optional workshop and social/connection opportunities!

Venue & Address: 
100 McCaul Street
Website: 
www.ocadu.ca/orientation
Email: 
ocadcampuslife@ocadu.ca
Cost: 
Free
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VOLUNTEER FOR ORIENTATION

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Monday, May 13, 2019 - 11:45am

Our orientation and welcome—O-DAYS! 2019—would not be as much fun each year without the enthusiasm of upper-year students, Peer Mentors, faculty, staff and alumni who join the O-TEAM and volunteer their time and energy to help welcome new students to the OCAD University community!

Sign up today:
www.ocadu.ca/services/campus-life/orientation/o-team-2019.htm

ABOUT O-DAYS:
www.ocadu.ca/orientation

VOLUNTEER FOR ORIENTATION!

Monday, May 13, 2019 - 9:45am to Friday, July 19, 2019 - 11:45pm

Our orientation and welcome—O-DAYS! 2019—would not be as much fun each year without the enthusiasm of upper-year students, Peer Mentors, faculty, staff and alumni who join the O-TEAM and volunteer their time and energy to help welcome new students to the OCAD University community!

Sign up today:
www.ocadu.ca/services/campus-life/orientation/o-team-2019.htm

ABOUT O-DAYS:
www.ocadu.ca/orientation

 

Website: 
http://www.ocadu.ca/services/campus-life/orientation/o-team-2019.htm
Email: 
ocadcampuslife@ocadu.ca
Phone: 
416 977 6000 x 275
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YELLOW STAIRCASE YEARBOOK: MURAL PROJECT

Monday, January 28, 2019 - 1:45pm to Friday, February 15, 2019 - 11:45pm

THE YELLOW STAIRCASE YEARBOOK: MURAL PROJECT

From student-run group OCAD U STUDENT PRESS:
The Yellow Staircase is an iconic interior space at OCAD U, displaying the energy and vitality of the student body. It is the structural spine of 100 McCaul, connecting all faculties and floors. Students are drawn to this arena, expressing a range of thoughts, feelings, and moods. OCAD U is a school with very little common areas for students to exchange and collaborate together; add commuter culture, high stress levels, living costs and you have cause for concern that students can feel isolated and frustrated with university culture.

Launched in 2018, the Yellow Staircase Yearbook mural project challenges these issues through the annual addition of four murals in The Yellow Staircase. Instead of condemning artistic expression and continuously painting over graffiti, we seek to turn this phenomenon into a positive and community-minded project, taking advantage of how the staircase is currently functioning in the interest of the school and the student body.

We are currently seeking proposals for murals by current OCAD University students or student collectives that creatively represent a student community or an official student group at the school. Successful proposals will receive a flat fee of $250 which includes the artist fee and money for materials. The Student Press will provide ladders, drop cloths, and will prime the mural surface with white paint.

IMPORTANT DETAILS:

1. Students may submit as individual artists or as groups.

2. The murals must be painted between 18 March and 19 April, 2019.

3. The murals will be painted between Levels 5 and 6 in the Yellow Staircase.

4. The average mural size is 5x4 feet, but you are welcome to suggest other dimensions. Your mural does not have to be rectangular!

5. You can use acrylic paint, or acrylic paint markers to create the mural. Spray paint can not be used.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Proposals should be emailed to contact@ocadustudentpress.com with the subject line “Yellow Staircase Proposal”. Any images included should be attached to the email, or you may provide a link to a Google Drive folder. Please email us if you have any questions about submitting!

In your submission, please include the following:

1. A sketch of the mural design.

2. A photo of the yellow staircase wall space between Levels 5 and 6 that you would like to use. Please make sure some identifiable graffiti is visible so that we can locate it.

3. A one to two sentence artist biography that includes your name(s) and program(s).

4. A short artist statement that explains what student community the mural represents and how. For examples of the communities represented last year, please see the murals below.

If you have any questions about the project or the submission guidelines, please email us at contact@ocadustudentpress.com.

DEADLINE:
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2019

ABOUT OCAD U STUDENT PRESS:
The OCAD U Student Press serves as a platform for idea sharing, research, and communication among the OCAD U community. We publish a major book every year, showcasing ground-breaking academic research and projects done by our most promising students in the fields of art and design. The Press offers a series of educational workshops, additional publications and events, offering students new opportunities to get involved.

ABOUT STUDENT GROUPS AT OCAD U:
www.ocadu.ca/studentgroups

Venue & Address: 
100 McCaul Street
Website: 
www.ocadustudentpress.com
www.facebook.com/events/290272041654744/
Email: 
contact@ocadustudentpress.com
YELLOW staircase murals call for submissions

Call for Submissions: Black Richness Art Exhibit

Monday, November 19, 2018 - 10:30am to Monday, December 10, 2018 - 11:45pm

The OCADU Blxck Student Association (OBSA) is seeking work from black students, alumni and other artists and/or designers for an exhibition called, “Black Richness: The Untapped Potential of our Ancestry.”

This exhibition will run from 1st to 28th February 2019 and will be on the list of the events that take place as part of Black History Month at OCAD University.

This exhibition will explore themes of Blackness in different parts of the world, Black wealth, employment, culture and tradition, education, the effects of colonialism and how it affects black identities alongside stereotypes of black people, while aiming to celebrate the present. If we must move forward we have to address the past.

From injustice to inequality, “Black Richness: The Untapped Potential of our Ancestry” urges Black artists and designers to think and also reflect on the “what-ifs” of our past.
▪️ What if we were never taken as slaves?
▪️ What if we were never colonized?
▪️ How does that affect us now and how have we as communities decided to grow tremendously with that deeply rooted trauma instilled in us?
▪️ How are we affected physically, emotionally or mentally?

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
We are accepting works in any medium: Installation, Poetry, Music, Design, Sculpture, Video, Performance, Photography, Material, etc.

▪️ Artists are allowed to submit 1-2 works only.
▪️ Mostly finished works (WIP) will be accepted.
▪️ Send 2-3 pictures of the piece(s) you would like to be considered for the exhibition.
▪️ Photos must be JPEGs OR PDF, including dimensions.
▪️ Include a 250-word artist statement describing your work, in PDF
▪️ ALL Works must be submitted to blackexcellence.obsa@gmail.com

The Deadline to submit is DECEMBER 10TH, 2018.
Accepted applicants will be notified around December 15th.
Completed works MUST be completed AND delivered by January 21st, 2019.
~Due to the nature and subject matter of this exhibition, students that self-identify as Black will be given priority.~

Co-curated by Ehiko Odeh and Kaylee Meyer

ABOUT OCAD U BLXCK STUDENTS ASSOCIATION:
OCAD U Blxck Association is aimed at accommodating OCAD University’s Black community through the facilitation of conferences, events and workshops. Our initiatives are meant to instil a sense of community, raise awareness, celebrate and uplift Black lives in our institution. Our association is currently working on the programming for the upcoming Black History Month where we look forward to student and faculty engagement on topics surrounding being Black in Canada.

ABOUT STUDENT GROUPS:
www.ocadu.ca/studentgroups

Venue & Address: 
100 McCaul Street
Website: 
www.facebook.com/events/1400613656778282/
www.facebook.com/ocadubsa
www.instagram.com/ocadu_bsa/
Email: 
blackexcellence.obsa@gmail.com
Black Richness call poster

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