Let's Talk Consent!

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Tuesday, September 8, 2015 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Let's talk sex, love, dirty talk, desire, intimacy, rejection, and consent!

Join BAD SUBJECT for a free activities-based workshop on practical tools to gaining/understanding consent. This workshop is facilitated from an anti-oppression, intersectional framework and is facilitated by a volunteer from Bad Subject.

Bad Subject is a youth-led, grassroots, non-profit group that offers interactive, non-hierarchal, intersectional workshops designed by-youth-for-youth on “Consent” and “Media Literacy: Spotlight on Rape Culture”.

changing rape culture into consent culture...
one workshop at a time!

Venue & Address: 
OCAD U Student Gallery 52 McCaul Street, Toronto, Ontario M5T1W1
Website: 
http://www.facebook.com/events/684178091683799/
Cost: 
FREE
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Make Your Own Wearable Workshop by Imagination Catalyst

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Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 8:00pm to 10:00pm

Want to learn more about wearables? Interested in working with conductive thread and fabrics? OCAD University is proud to present a Maker Festival satellite event in making your own wearables. In this workshop participants will learn the basics of electronic circuits, sewing with conductive thread and working with conductive fabric. At the end of the session, participants will make a light up electronic cuffs that they can then take home and light up the night with!

This workshop will be led and facilitated by: Robert Tu

Robert Tu is a graduate of OCAD University from the graphic design program. He also has a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Waterloo. He then worked as an engineer for a number of years before transitioning into business development at IBM. Since graduating from OCADU he founded MeU, a wearable technology company that is developing socially interactive clothing. As a designer, entrepreneur and engineer, Robert is interested in exploring the way we perceive clothing and how wearable technology can change our behaviours and interactions with each other and our environment.

Questions? Email: schen@ocadu.ca
This workshop has limited seating - RSVP before seats run out!

Venue & Address: 
100 McCaul Street, Toronto, ON M5T 1W1 Room 284 (Up the spiral stairs, to your left)
Website: 
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/make-your-own-wearable-by-imagination-catalyst-tickets-17871036752
Email: 
schen@ocadu.ca
Phone: 
416-977-6000 ext. 4364
Cost: 
FREE

Instant Art on the Island

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Sunday, July 19, 2015 - 4:00am

Material Art & Design faculty member Monica Bodirsky is holding a wonderful workshop this Sunday, July 19 at Artscape Gibraltar Point:
Instant Art on the Island
Laugh, learn, breathe fresh air and express yourself in a stress-free environment. You deserve it!
This workshop is for everyone with or without artistic experience. Join experienced artists Monica Bodirsky and Alastair Dickson for a wonderful day filled with creativity.
Learn how to express yourself through the art of collage or, if you want, try something more challenging by creating assemblage with a variety of materials.

Bring a lunch, hang out on the beach for a moment, breathe deeply...

Venue & Address: 
LOCATION: Artscape Gibraltar Point 20 minutes walk or 10 minute bike ride from the Hanlon's Point Ferry dock. Pick up can be arranged for those who need assistance to get to the facility. Time: 12 to 5 p.m.
Email: 
For inquiries or to reserve your spot today please contact monica.bodirsky@gmail.com for payment details.
Cost: 
$75.00 per person - materials included

Ron Shuebrook Workshop

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Monday, July 13, 2015 - 4:00am to Friday, July 17, 2015 - 4:00am

Presented by The Thames Art Gallery, Chatham

The Thames Art Gallery is bringing acclaimed Canadian abstract painter Ron Shuebrook back to the Audrey Mistele Art Studio of the Cultural Centre, Chatham. Upon the conclusion of his nationally traveled drawing exhibition, organized by the Thames Art Gallery in 2013, Ron has generously agreed to return to Chatham for one week. On July 13 - 17, 2105 he will teach a drawing class and share his comprehensive knowledge of contemporary art. Ron was the Gallery’s ‘Artist in Residence’ in the fall of 2012 in preparation for his national exhibition entitled, ‘Drawing’ guest curated by John Kissick.

Ron has designed a workshop, to develop each participant’s skills of observation. Beginning with charcoal or graphite on paper, a still life will serve as the subject and catalyst for the drawings that will be pursued in the first day’s session. A discussion will follow about how and why participants might use their chosen materials to evoke the still life, and to organize purposefully the shapes, planes, lines, and textures derived from their perceptions of this subject. In the following sessions, the possibilities of memory, imagination, the unconscious, and process as sources and means for creative image making, including abstraction, will be addressed. The cost of the workshop is $230 plus HST and all materials will be supplied.

Ron has taught and been an administrator at many arts educational institutions in the United States and Canada including Kent State University, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, the Ottawa School of Art, and the University of Guelph. He also served as the President and Vice President, Academic, of the Ontario College of Art and Design. This is a rare opportunity to participate in an intensive drawing workshop with a nationally and internationally recognized artist. Class size is limited so please register early to avoid disappointment.

 

Venue & Address: 
75 William Street North Chatham, Ontario, N7M 4L4
Phone: 
<p>519 354 8338</p>
Cost: 
For tickets&nbsp;www.cktickets.com

Gary Taxali teaching at the National Institute of Design, Bangalore

Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 5:00am

Assistant Professor Gary Taxali is in Bangalore this month teaching at the National Institute of Design (NID) as part of OCAD University’s exchange agreement with the school.

Taxali’s workshop “Drawing Your Personal Voice” is part of NID’s two-weeks of open electives, and works with twenty students from various disciplines.

While in Bangalore, Taxali will give a talk about his work and creative process at the INSIGHT 2015 Design Research Symposium hosted by NID and organized by the Design Management Institute.

For updates on Taxali’s experience in Bangalore, follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.

How to Avoid Written Plagiarism Workshop

Thursday, January 22, 2015 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

This workshop will answer your questions about what plagiarism is and clarify the process of citing your sources in written work. It will also introduce you to some practical strategies for reading, note-taking and writing research papers, so you can learn to put your unique voice in a kind of “conversation” with your research sources. This helps avoid written plagiarism but also helps you compose a better piece of writing.

Venue & Address: 
Room 1512, Level 5, 113 McCaul Street
Website: 
http://www.ocadu.ca/services/writing-and-learning-centre/services/workshops-and-events/Avoiding-Plagiarism.htm
Email: 
wlc@ocadu.ca
Phone: 
416-6000, ext. 229
Cost: 
Free

Academic Success Workshop

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Thursday, December 11, 2014 - 3:00pm to 7:00pm

You're invited to a workshop on academic success!

What you will learn:
- How to identify the roadblocks holding you back from academic success

- Where you can find support on campus and how we can help you overcome the barriers to your academic success

- How to effectively navigate academic policies and options

- How to manage your time and deal with procrastination

- What are the top two things you can do immediately to get back on track

Presented by Claire Bartleman, Program Assistant, First Year Student Initiatives, Writing & Learning Centre along with James Morrow and Leiko Shimizu, Student Advisors from the Student Advising Centre.

Lunch will be provided!

Please let us know you are coming by following the link provided by December 4, 2014

Venue & Address: 
OCAD University, Writing & Learning Centre, Room 1510a, 113 McCaul Street
Website: 
http://www.ocadu.ca/services/academic-advising/academic-success-session.htm
Email: 
advising@ocadu.ca
Phone: 
416-977-6000 ext 4022
Cost: 
Free!

REB Workshop for Graduate Students

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Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 8:00pm

 

Whether the research is unfunded or funded, whether the funding is internal or external, or whether the research will or will not be submitted for publication, Research Ethics Board approval is required.

This workshop will provide graduate student focused insight into the REB process.

Any OCAD U research that involves living human participants or human biological materials (whether from living or deceased individuals) must be reviewed and approved by the Research Ethics Board (REB) of the university. Research projects or pilots (including student projects/training, feasibility studies, etc.) conducted under the auspices of OCAD U and using human participants require ethics approval before the research may begin.

- See more at: http://www.ocadu.ca/research/research-ethics-board.htm#sthash.GmTcasUo.dpuf

Venue & Address: 
Room 7301 3rd Floor, 205 Richmond Street West Toronto, Ontario
Website: 
http://www.ocadu.ca/research/research-ethics-board.htm#sthash.GmTcasUo.dpuf
Phone: 
<p>416.977.6000 x4367</p>
Cost: 
Free

Supporting Documents: Résumé/CV, Cover Letter & Statements

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Monday, February 3, 2014 - 8:30pm to 10:00pm

Hands-on workshop to build your professional documents!

Students are invited to attend this session where we will outline best practices and explore current trends related to résumés, CVs, cover letters and artist/design statements. A significant portion of this session will be dedicated to a guided workshop which will help you build or refine your documents.

Delivered by the Career Development office, this is part of a comprehensive series of FREE workshops intended to support student success.

Venue & Address: 
Room 240 100 McCaul St. Toronto, Ontario
Website: 
http://www.ocadu.ca/careerdevelopment &nbsp;
Email: 
zfarber@ocadu.ca
Phone: 
<p>416-977-6000 x3843</p>
Cost: 
Free

Creative Workshops

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Saturday, January 25, 2014 - 4:00pm to 9:00pm

Creative Workshops

Boost your portfolio with OCAD University

At OCAD U, we have developed a unique program of daylong Creative Workshops designed to give prospective students the opportunity to explore new territory, to build confidence in your skills as a visual communicator and to get a sense of what its like to be a student here.

Pre-registration and payment required. Visit our online registration secure payment site, https://portfolioclinic.ocad.ca, to sign up.

Venue & Address: 
OCAD University 100 McCaul St. Toronto, Ontario
Email: 
portfolioclinics@ocadu.ca
Phone: 
416-977-6000 ext. 2055
Cost: 
$90.40 ($80 plus HST)

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