135 reasons to love oCaD University

the 2011/2012 AnnuAl RepoRt of years this is a book of oUr favoUrite things.

We think you’ll enjoy the way it tells a story and, in 135 ways, counts down to the present. No doubt you’ll notice too that, in looking back at 2011/2012, this anniversary edition of our Annual Report looks boldly forward. You can blame that, as we do, on our big imaginations. At OCAD University, imagining who we are and what we might become reflects the creative thinking we inspire in our students. For what we’ve learned, about established approaches, is that they should never be taken for granted. And that it’s always worth creating a new and better way.

the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 1 In touching three centuries, OCAD University has both held and made brighter the eternal flame of art and design. Our studios, classrooms, research labs, hallways, parks, library and common spaces bubble with the energetic imaginations of more than 4,000 students, from the “shiny people” — the apt term Jan Sage, our Director, Admissions & Recruitment, has given to our eager first-year students — to our well-honed professional fourth years and our clever, self-motivated graduate students. OCAD University has a lived set of values, respecting and advancing ethical practice, advocacy, diversity, accessibility, Aboriginal cultures, wellness, and global citizenship, and evincing creativity in entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability. Our faculty and staff cross several generations, but all hold profound dedication to our students — committing their lives in many cases to their mentorship and our institution. As a result, our alumni are leaders in the art, media, design and curatorial worlds. They’re also innovative medical researchers, bankers, inventors and engineers. Our faculty is a wise, witty and healthily skeptical group, offering a fantastic mix of cognitive, material and intuitive knowledge. They love a good studio critique and debate. With their message from help, the institution has evolved into a proper university, formed a senate, adopted outcomes-driven learning, increased its excellence and rigour, the presiDent and sky-rocketed research capacity — all without losing the healthy chaos, curiosity, quirkiness and out-of-the box thinking that is requisite in an art and how could one not love oCAD university? design school. OCAD University has always spilled beyond its walls, whether by stimulating last century’s new-wave music scene and Toronto’s continuing Queen West phenomena, galvanizing graphic design in Canada, kicking off Toronto’s architectural revolution with Will Alsop’s Sharp Centre for Design, or founding unifying industry initiatives such as the Mobile Experience Innovation Centre. A significant number of faculty members have launched their own companies, contributing to Ontario’s high cultural industry GDP. We are a frugal and intensely productive university, championing quality despite our no-frills budget. We are willing to take risks, ask the difficult questions, ever expand experiential learning and engage purposefully with the world around us. For 135 years, our institution has fiercely and wisely protected its independence, seeing this as a means to ensure one of the best art, design and media educations in the world. So, how could we not love OCAD U?

DR. SARA DIAMOND, PRESIDENT AND VICE-ChANCEllOR, Photo by Tom Sandler. OCAD UNIVERSITY, O. OF ONT., RCA 135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 2 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 3 how fitting that each of the 135 items in this report represents a year of our legacy. Although these are achievements specific to 2011/2012, taken together they create a tapestry of OCAD University’s past and present and point to our great potential for the future. Whether it’s about art, design, research or strategy, the synthesis of disciplines fuels insights and forges new ideas. It’s a concept that has informed my career, eventually returning me to OCAD University as a member of its Board of Governors. It’s also why I am committed to the institution and its unique mission. The ability to integrate left and right brain skills is a mark of our interdisciplinary approach, an educational model in high demand. That demand is accelerating as global challenges require a coming together of people from different disciplines, collaborating to achieve relevant and simplified solutions. Already the integration of these skills and processes into the OCAD University curriculum has given us a strategic edge, as evidenced by our recent successes in business innovation competitions with traditional business schools. There is much to love in that. message from At OCAD University we are strengthening our relevance not only by the Chair, embracing change, but also by inspiring and driving change. The mix of invention and innovation that is central to our mission, along with the boarD of governors passion of our students and faculty, will ensure that we continue to do so, as will the new strategic plan we approved in this reporting year. I love the innovators in our community for their enquiry, insight and creativity. You’ll see in these pages how our students and faculty gather and assemble information to identify needs, create inspired new works of art and design and generate solutions in the form of game-changing knowledge and ideas. Supporting them means continuing to grow the institution’s collaborative opportunities in business, healthcare and technology. That growth will produce what you’ll find in this report: viable, relevant and breakthrough results. I liken it to an aircraft accelerating on a runway, creating increasing friction to stimulate lift. We at OCAD U are airborne and gaining altitude. I can’t wait to see what the future holds for our students, equipped as they are with the talent and skills our world needs today.

IAN C. TUDhOPE ChAIR, BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Photo by Ron Baxter Smith. 135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 4 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 5 135 134 oUr 135th anniversary.

The institution opened its first classrooms, located at 14 King St. W., on October 30, 1876. Twenty-five students were enrolled.

Photo by Christina Gapic.

oUr aDvoCates anD frienDs. Take, for example, the hon. Monte Kwinter. he joined us this year to chair our 135th Anniversary Celebrations Committee. A 1954 Industrial Design graduate and recipient of an OCAD U honorary Doctorate in 2003, Kwinter is Member of Provincial Parliament for York Centre.

J.W. Beatty and Arthur lismer standing in front of the George A. Reid Wing, c. 1930. 135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 6 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 7 133 132

Photo by Cheryl Wang. seven DeCaDes. Almost as impressive as this year’s anniversary was the the groUp of seven. Its story, our legacy, continues to make news — with diverse group of grads who came out to celebrate it. In attendance at May’s legendary wilderness painter Arthur lismer (OCA Vice-Principal from 1919–27) Alumni Day festivities were guests who had graduated as far back as 1940 named a National historic Person in 2011. and as recently as 2012.

Arthur lismer skipping rope with students, c. 1927. Courtesy of OCAD U Archives, #Ph326. 135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 8 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 9 131 130

serious role models.

Young curators. In 2012, artist Aimée Henny Brown joined forces with Faculty of Art Professor Barbara Astman was appointed in 2011 to the AGO’s OCAD U, the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) and Via Rail to produce Overland Canadian Curatorial Committee. Astman is an internationally recognized Station: par voie de terre. This journey into the history of Canadian rail travel artist who specializes in a hybrid of photography and new media. She’s also was curated by the first-year Criticism & Curatorial Practice MFA students a grad (Experimental Arts, 1973). who comprise September Collective.

Aimée Henny Brown, HO (1:87) scale Canadian train station model, curated by September Collective. 135 ReAsons To love oCAD univeRsiTy 10 The 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRT 11 129

Creative CloUt.

OCAD University celebrated it this year with the “Imagine” campaign, a Toronto-wide initiative that profiled the influence and research capacity of our community. Insisting that “he, she, we imagined,” the campaign focused on such luminaries as Don Watt (1936–2009). Watt graduated from OCAD U’s Industrial Design program in 1957 and went on to become the mastermind responsible for brand designs for loblaw, Nestlé, Kraft, home Depot and more.

Campaign artwork by Endeavour Marketing. 135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 12 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 13 128 127 the eleCtriC bike. Just one year oUr CUltUral DistriCt. after graduating, henry Chong’s Digital Futures Initiative assistant Industrial Design thesis project, the professors Kate hartman and Emma Revelo lIFEbike, earned him the Westecott each delivered talks in $10,000 Grand Prize in this year’s 2011 at the Toronto International Film Up-Start Competition hosted by Festival Bell lightbox, an OCAD U MaRS Discovery District. Chong’s neighbour. Their invitation to win followed Industrial Design grad participate in “Women in Film, Jessica Ching’s Up-Start prize for Games and New Media Day” under­ Best Blended Value Opportunity in scored how central OCAD U and 2011, for her company Eve Medical. its faculty have become to Toronto’s creative corridor.

126 125 vision. Even when our lens is on a CiviC iCon. Also featured in the past, we’ve got vision. Take Meryl the Imagine campaign, industrial McMaster (BFA, 2009). She was one designer Claude Gidman is possibly of five visual artists invited to expore best known for his contribution the War of 1812 in harbourfront to Toronto’s cityscape via the Red Centre’s 1812–2012: A Contemporary Rocket, or Toronto streetcar. Few Perspective. Also in the group was topics are hotter than transit in alumnus Keesic Douglas (BFA, 2008). Toronto, and Gidman’s influence is Coincidentally, both artists were literally felt daily. Gidman is also an successive OCAD U Medal Winners honorary Doctorate recipient and in Photography. former head of Industrial Design at OCAD U.

Meryl McMaster, Becoming Laura. Giclée on cotton rag. 135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 14 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 15 124 123

the fUtUre.

Photo by Christina Gapic. Nowhere is our commitment to it more apparent than in our newest roadmap, oUr neW ChanCellor. In 2012, OCAD University welcomed Catherine a strategic plan approved by our Board of Governors: “Advancing Excellence (Kiki) Delaney as its third chancellor, succeeding the hon. James K. Bartleman at OCAD University in the Age of Imagination 2012-2017.” Joining the Board in and Rosalie Sharp. In addition to her role as President of C.A. Delaney Capital 2011-12 were external members Tony Belcourt, Richard Kostoff, Susan T. McGovern, Management, Delaney is an exceptional volunteer and tireless advocate for the Shabin Mohamed and Dr. John Semple; and internal members Robin Clason, arts and culture sector. James Forrester, Julian Goss, Archie Graham, Anda Kubis and Brianna Maclellan.

135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 16 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 17 ontario’s finest. The university congratulates Dr. Sara Diamond for her 122 appointment in 2012 to the Order of Ontario. The award recognized Diamond’s many achievements by including her in this year ’s group of 27 appointees, all of whom have made significant contributions to the arts, law, science, medicine, history, politics, philanthropy and the environment.

Dr. Sara Diamond with Ontario’s lt.-Gov. David C. Onley. Courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration. 135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 18 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 19 121 119

Dr. sarah mCkinnon. ian Carr-harris. In 2012, the university feted its much- This Faculty of Art professor is also admired Vice-President, Academic. an alum (Sculpture, 1971) and a After 10 years in the position, Governor General’s Award winner. Dr. McKinnon departs for a term In 2012, he received an Achievement appointment as Senior Vice-President Award from Toronto Friends of the of Academic Affairs and Dean, Visual Arts (TFVA), a distinction School of the Museum of Fine Arts conferred annually on an organi­ (SMFA), Boston. zation or individual with a record of significant contribution to arts in the community. Carr-harris shared TFVA honours with Sean Martindale (Inter­ 120 disciplinary MFA, Art, Media and Design), who won the Artist Prize. the priCe aWarD. Each year we celebrate our faculty’s dedication to students with the Price Award for Excellence in Teaching, given in memory of Mamie and J. h. Price. In 2012, the university honoured Environmental Design Professor Stuart Reid with the Price Award. The Non-Tenured Faculty Award went to Ann Urban, an instructor in the Advertising program at OCAD U.

Ian Carr-harris, Tafel 31, 1999. Illuminated book, aluminum. 135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 20 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 21 118 117

Photo by Claudia hung. sUpport for metal fabriCation. This year a generous $30,000 the aDa slaight sCholarships. We received one of our largest-ever donation from the Estate of Kenneth T. Burt will be matched dollar-for-dollar philanthropic gifts for students during our 135th anniversary year. The Ada by the Ontario Trust for Student Support, forming the Ken Burt Memorial Slaight Scholarships, funded by a $300,000 gift from Ada Slaight, represent 15 Scholarship. The award will fund students in the faculties of Art and Design new entrance scholarships based on academic merit. with a special interest in metal fabrication.

Sculpture by Shao-Pin Chu. 135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 22 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 23 116 114 the sUmo robot Challenge. long before the proliferation of robot wars, the university’s SUMO Robot Challenge invited OCAD U artists and designers, as well as local high school students and the general public, to push the limits of their electronic, mechanical and fabrication skills. This year the Sumo Robot Challenge celebrated its 20th anniversary, a milestone that was featured on the Discovery Channel.

115 the present. Our Master’s program in Contemporary Art, Design and New Media Art histories is one of the few North American art history programs focusing solely on contemporary artists and issues. This year the program hosted Art & Struggle, a groundbreaking two-day graduate student conference and art exhibition. the fogo islanD longstUDio. In 2011, students and faculty of the Master ’s in Interdisciplinary Art, Media and Design (IAMD) exhibited at the OCAD U Graduate Gallery. Shore Notes: Revisited was an exhibition of work produced during the IAMD student residency at longstudio on Fogo Island, Newfoundland and labrador.

Fishing Stage, Joe Batt ’s Arm, harbour. Photo by Catherine Beaudette. 135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 24 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 25 113 112 111

oUr Up-anD -Comers. In 2011, oCaD U aDvertising. A 2011 four Faculty of Design students edition of One Club’s benchmark- won recognition in the Applied setting magazine One showcased Arts Student Awards. The compe - OCAD U Advertising in a story aptly tition, which attracts submissions titled “The Future.” Ours was one of from around the world, is universally only two schools featured, and the considered a litmus of new talent. sole North American entrant to gain Recognized for their outstanding a place in the publication. The One work in 2011 were Illustration students Club is widely viewed as the global Anton Kotelenets and Anjo Chiang, academy of the industry. and Advertising students Jie Jing li and Cindy Marie habana.

Ness lee, Money! Acrylic Gouache. oCaD U illUstration. Our Illustration students won top honours this year in international awards programs, had their work showcased in the industry’s leading publications and exhibited at the American Museum of Illustrators. Among the publications and programs (many selecting multiple OCAD U students from a wide international pool): American Illustration 30; CMYK Top 100 Creatives (51, 52 and 53); 3X3 Illustration Annual No. 8; Creative Quarterly 27; and the 2012 Applied Arts Student Awards.

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We’re gooD With money. This year’s second- and third-place wins realized by Strategic Foresight and Innovation (SFI) students in the Rotman Design Challenge followed last year’s first-place win by OCAD U students. The University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, with its sponsor TD Bank, asked the competition’s 22 participating teams to investigate innovative means of encouraging positive financial behaviour.

We alWays emerge. Four of this year ’s 16 winners in the Artist Project ’s Untapped Emerging Artists competition come from OCAD U. Drawing & Painting 2012 grads Keita Morimoto and Erin loree, as well as 2011’s Shanna Van Maurik and Elly Smallwood, were named among the winners.

Erin loree, Purge. Oil on Canvas. 135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 28 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 29 108

Top: Spread of Shift: Conventions. Photo by Emma Novotny. Bottom: ChERYl TO FIND

Above: Spread of Shift: Conventions. Photo by Emma Novotny. Opposite: Posters designed by OCAD U Student Press members, art directed by Antonio lennert and Symon Oliver. Photo by Antonio lennert.

the stUDent press. It began in 2007 with a desire to get great ideas out of OCAD U. Now the OCAD U Student Press has been recognized multiple times, collecting honours from the University and Colleges Design Association, Design Edge, and Applied Arts — taking three of the latter magazine’s 2012 Design Awards.

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the yelloW stairCase projeCt. Designed to “free the yellow staircase of its yellowness,” this student initiative sees one of the Main Building’s busiest throughways annually repainted with art.

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toolbox! With the tagline “135 Years of Making,” this anniversary edition of Toolbox celebrated fabrication, studio- based education and the commitment of our studio technicians. Sponsored by henry’s Canada, the 2011 event featured an open house and panel discussion. On site for a talk about the evolution of studio-based education were Oldouz Moslemian, Carl hastrich, Panya Clark Espinal, Matthew Donovan and Margaret Priest.

Photos by Christina Gapic. 135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 32 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 33 105 104

aboriginal visUal CUltUre. oUr bUffalo steW lUnCh. This OCAD University program draws held throughout the year, our on the rich traditions that underlie informal weekly buffalo stew First Nations, Métis and Inuit art, event connects all members of our media and design, while concen - community with faculty, staff and trating on contemporary practice, students from the Aboriginal Visual theory and expression in Canadian Culture program. and international contexts. Courses such as “Rethinking Abstraction from an Aboriginal Perspective” and “Designing Across Difference: 103 Aboriginal Communities” provided unique learning opportunities in tony belCoUrt. OCAD University 2011/2012 — in the visual, material this year appointed Tony Belcourt and media arts, in criticism and to its Board of Governors. curatorial practice, and across design Belcourt is a leader in Canada’s practice. Métis and Aboriginal communities and a member of the university’s Aboriginal Education Council.

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norval morrisseaU. Also known as Copper Thunderbird, he lives on in a new work by Susan Murar (Sculpture, 1984) Completed in 2012, Murar ’s work is the first and only 3D portrait of the Anishnaabe artist and Grand Shaman of the Ojibwa.

Susan Murar, “Monumental portrait of Norval Morrisseau changing into Copper Thunderbird.” Shown in white clay prior to bronze casting. 135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 34 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 35 101 100 tWelve exhibitions. foUrteen Works. In 2012, Sculpture/Installation thesis OCAD U and Bell Trinity Square this students filled three professional spring unveiled Imagination Zone, galleries with a 12-part exhibition a permanent installation of paintings, series called What Just happened. drawings, photographic prints and Made possible via a generous bequest video installation by recent alumni from Nora Vaughan, this year ’s series of the Faculty of Art. The works gave 27 students the opportunity complement the newly renovated to exhibit in Toronto’s Queen West common public areas of the building gallery district. at 483 Bay St. in Toronto.

99 98 the proverbial attiC. oUr groUp shoWs. When you’re Ours furnished the art on display as old as we are, mounting an Alumni in Down from Upstairs, an OCAD U Exhibition at the storied Gladstone Student Gallery exhibition that hotel in Toronto means a six-decade helped wrap up our anniversary span of participating graduates. Add year. The show featured a trove 55 works of photography, drawing, of works from the university painting, printmaking, advertising, collection and included offerings jewellery, video installation, sculpture from Painters Eleven members and fibre arts, and you can see Jack Bush and Tom hodgson. why the Globe and Mail called the exhibition “fascinating.”

Canadian artist and former faculty member hugh MacKenzie (Drawing & Painting, 1950). Photo by Jane hinton, 1990. From the publication MacKenzie, designed and produced by Ronnie Kaplansky (Graphic Design, 1963). 135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 36 97

Above and top right: Graduate Exhibition Opening Night. Bottom right: 2012 Industrial Design Medal Winner Milena Milicic, City Rider. Protective wear for scooter and motorbike commuters. Photos by Christina Gapic.

the 97th annUal oCaD University graDUate exhibition. In 2012, 550 graduating students from 12 undergraduate programs transformed the Main Building at 100 McCaul St. into the city’s biggest exhibition of the year. Bigger still when you consider the 26,500 guests who passed through our doors between May 3 and 6 — a GradEx attendance record.

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myles borins arielle gavin eDWarD bUChi theresa DUong Integrated Media Criticism & Curatorial Practice Advertising Material Art & Design 2 0 1 2 94 93 88 87

erin loree annyen lam antonio lennert milena miliCiC Drawing & Painting Printmaking Graphic Design Industrial Design m e d a l 92 91 86 85

aamna mUzaffar setareh zakeri marC o’brien lily samerkhanova Sculpture/Installation Photography Illustration Environmental Design

135 ReAsonsw to love oCAD univeRsity 40 i n n e rthe 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt s 41 Illustration Medal Winner Marc O’Brien, Coco Chanel. Acrylic on Masonite.

Sculpture/Installation Medal Winner Aamna Muzaffar, Untitled – 3887 (detail). Acrylic on blackout fabric. 135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 42 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 43 Integrated Media Medal Winner Myles Borins, The Autonomous Speaker-Bot. Criticism & Curatorial Practice Medal Winner Arielle Gavin, Honesty Competitions: On the status of irony and sincerity after postmodernism.

135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 44 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 45 Advertising Medal Winner Edward Buchi, “An integrated campaign for Old Dutch chips.”

Top and bottom: Environmental Design Medal Winner lily Samerkhanova, “Render and model for revitalizing downtown Goderich, Ontario after the 2011 tornado.” 135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 46 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 47 Material Art & Design Medal Winner Theresa Duong, The Book of Knowledge Vol. 1–8. Bookbinding glue, finishing nails. 135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 48 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 49 Photography Medal Winner Setareh Zakeri, Printmaking Medal Winner Annyen lam, Saw It From The Persecution 1. Inkjet, Giclée. Other Side Of The Sky, Stone lithography, hand-cut paper. 135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 50 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 51 84 83 82 81 nomaDiC resiDents. the florenCe off-CampUs Will alsop. Eighteen OCAD U oUr overseas artstar. Thanks to the generous support of the stUDies program. Established students from the Environmental The unstoppable Nadja Sayej Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation, in 1974, our European campus offers Design, Industrial Design, Graphic (Drawing & Painting, 2004) has Ghada Amer and Reza Farkhondeh students (and faculty) a culturally Design and Advertising programs grown her presence this year in brought their collaborative approach rich and facilitated, directed-study worked last summer with architect Berlin and internationally. Sayej now to artmaking to the OCAD U approach to learning. It ’s open Will Alsop at Alsop’s studio in travels to a reported three countries community in 2012. The artists, who annually to select students from all Battersea, london as part of a new a month to cover artists and events hail from Egypt and Iran respec - areas who have completed at least interdisciplinary course called “The for publications such as the New tively, were in town for a week-long two years of study. Future of Inhabited Form.” York Times and for her web-TV show, residency that included a public talk ArtStars*. and workshop for students.

2012 Nomadic Residents Ghada Amer (l) and Reza Farkondeh. Photo by Angie Griffith. 135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 52 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 53 80 79

oUr Delegates in istanbUl. Invited to the International Symposium on Electronic Art in Istanbul this year was a delegation of OCAD U faculty. Researchers included Dr. Sara Diamond and professors Emma Westecott, Geoffrey Shea, Barbara Rauch, Patricio Davila and lynne heller. five 78

Continents. brazilian University partners. Announced during the 2012 Associ­ ation of Universities and Colleges of Canada Presidents’ Mission to Brazil, OCAD U’s five new partnerships will create opportunities for faculty and student exchange, collaborative research and jointly organized scientific events, conferences, workshops and seminars.

Photography Chair Peter Sramek is using social networking techniques to engage his students in global collaborations in contemporary fine-art 77 photography. The International Art Collaborations initiative (INTAC) expanded in 2011, joining with the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad and four CaraCas, miami, paris, neW york. other universities to form Collective Body, a six-week project resulting in These are the live-work spaces occupied nearly 20 art collaborations by more than 80 students from five continents. by Rafael Barrios (Art, Communication This work is part of the “OCAD U PhOTO: International Collaboration” course. & Design, 1973). In 2012, Barrios showcased nine monumental sculptures on NYC’s Park Avenue.

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CUltUral steWarDship. The university was honoured to become a member this year of the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, a binational organization that promotes understanding between India and Canada through academic initiatives and exchange.

75 kiCk-ass the presiDent’s speaker series. In November 2011, legendary musician Gilberto Gil visited OCAD U from Brazil to deliver the talk “The Power of the faCUlty. Arts,” launching the 2011/12 President’s Speaker Series.

New York’s prestigious 3x3 Magazine this year named Illustration Chair Paul Dallas “Artist-Educator of the Year.” Contenders for the award represented 17 countries, with Dallas selected for his contribution to the illustration community and his development of the Illustration program at OCAD U.

Paul Dallas, Hysteria Repeats Itself. 135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 56 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 57 73 72

textile arts. Associate Professor one million images. Chung-Im Kim, who teaches in the Renowned digital culture theorist, Material Art & Design program, data visualization artist and educator celebrated a third-prize win at the lev Manovich visited OCAD U in 2012 2011 contemporary textile compe­ to deliver a free practical workshop tition “Continere.” The competition and lecture on information and formed part of the 7th International scientific visualization. Manovich’s Triennial of Contemporary Textile “how to compare one million images? Arts of Tournai, in Belgium. Visualizing patterns in art, games, comics, cinema, web, and print media” was a presentation of the President’s Speaker Series, and is 71 just one of the ways the university is engaging the growing field of Collaborative thinking. information visualization. The inaugural exhibition in Onsite [at] OCAD University’s new venue represented a partnership between Canadian and foreign artists. Onsite’s Avalon (Bangalore and Toronto) was a “Twinning Artists—Twinning Cities” production, conceived in collabo­ ration with Partners in Art.

Chung-Im Kim, “in the midst”. Industrial felt, threads, digitally enlarged image. 135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 58 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 59 70 69 miChael snoW. This famed 1952 the QUeen. In 2010, Phil Richards Environmental Design grad won the (Drawing & Painting, 1973) was AGO’s 2011 Gershon Iskowitz Prize awarded a Canadian government for his contribution to the visual commission commemorating her arts in Canada. Snow works in Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond drawing, painting, sculpture, video, Jubilee. Unveiled in 2012, the painting film, photography, holography, is only the third such work commis - books and music. sioned by the Government of Canada during the Queen’s 60-year reign.

68 67 oUr gg Winners. An esteemed 265 popes. They formed the group that this year welcomed inspiration for a london, UK Cybèle Young, whose Ten Birds exhibition of paintings by Polish-born received the 2011 Governor General’s Rafal Zawistowski (BFA, Drawing literary Award for Illustration. Young & Painting, 2006). Zawistowski’s studied at OCAD U in the mid 1990s. Day-Glo-haloed pontiffs attracted the attention of world-renowned art collector Charles Saatchi, who arrived early and bought the whole show.

Rafal Zawistowski, Pius X, 2012. Oil and wax on linen. Image courtesy: Saatchi Gallery, london.

135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 60 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 61 66 65 a lifelong CommUnity. the soCial boDy lab. Canada’s leading printmaking centre Its designer-in-residence is MAAD grad awarded 2011-2012 scholarships to Oldouz Moslemian (BDes, 2010), who Alexander Froese (BFA, Printmaking, works with textiles and technology 2011) and Jennie Suddick (BFA, Fine to create environmentally responsive Art, 2006). The winners, who will fabrics. Moslemian spent the year receive rent-free access to Open developing projects funded by a grant Studio facilities, materials assistance she received from Canada’s National and more, were selected by a jury Research Council-Industrial Research of arts professionals through the Assistance Program. centre’s scholarship program.

64 63 ontario’s finest, take tWo. the john simon gUggenheim Also appointed this year to the memorial foUnDation. Order of Ontario was internationally Penelope Umbrico (Experimental acclaimed children’s author and illus­ Arts, 1980) received a Guggenheim trator Barbara Reid (Communication Fellowship Award in 2011. She shared Design, 1980). Reid is a Governor the honour with 180 artists, scientists General’s Award winner who has and scholars from across the U.S. and sold more than 1.5 million books Canada. worldwide.

Penelope Umbrico, “Broken Sets / eBay”. Digital c-prints on metallic paper. the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 63 62 61 beCaUse imagination is everything. Alex Newman and Patrice Pollack (both of whom earned their BDes in Advertising, 2010) celebrated a global gold “Cyber” win at the 2011 Young lions advertising competition in Cannes, France. With only 24 hours and no Internet access, competitors had to create a web campaign for the Planet the Earth Institute, which promotes global sustainable development. The pair ’s winning entry challenged us to imagine a world without key resources. WorlD’s first.

Brainchild of Material Art & Design grad Vanessa harden (BDes, 2005), the Future Tent lasts three days and then biodegrades, its embedded seeds creating new green space. Now a “guerilla gardening” expert, harden delivered workshops this year across England and in the U.S.

Vanessa harden, Future Tent. World’s first biodegradable tent containing multiple embedded seeds. the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 65 60 59

We’re smart and gooD looking.

Evi K. hui and Olivier Mayrand, Quotation Marks Speech Bubble. Bike Stand created for OCAD U’s Gateway Bike Stand Challenge in 2009 and later commissioned by the Queen St. West BIA. Photo by lino Ragno.

OCAD University joined forces in 2012 with smart Canada to challenge art sUstainable streetsCapes. The Queen St. West Business Improvement and design students to create a wrap for the “smart fortwo,” an innovative Area (BIA) received a 2011 Outstanding Capital Streetscape Improvement two-seated electric vehicle. Winning fourth-year Industrial Design student Award for the bike racks custom designed by Michael Pham for Halo (created Justin Merk celebrated style, innovation, sustainability and playfulness with when Pham was a fourth-year Environmental Design student) and Evi K. hui his design, which combined Arctic camouflage and QR codes. The pairing with and Olivier Mayrand for Speech Bubbles (created when hui and Mayrand were smart Canada, a division of Mercedes Benz, supported the Faculty of fourth-year Industrial Design students). The inaugural BIA awards program was Art Innovation Fund. hosted by the Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas.

135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 66 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 67 58 57 the strategiC innovation the Urban eCologies lab (slab). In 2012, slab ConferenCe. Thanks to a founded the multi-disciplinary generous gift this year from the Strongly Sustainable Business TD Bank Financial Group, OCAD U Model Group (SSBMG). The group will host a new conference on the engages industry practitioners, subject of urban ecologies in June faculty and students from OCAD 2013. The conference anticipates U’s MDes program in Strategic hundreds of local, national and Foresight & Innovation, as well as international participants drawn faculty and students from York from the academic, professional, University, to provide a focal public service, community leader point for collaboration in applied and business leader communities. research on sustainability. Central to the mandate of the SSBMG is a business-models perspective, as well as the capstone objective of a new sustainable economy.

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the Digital fUtUre. Digital mastery. Announced in 2011 and launching launched in 2011, the full-time September 2012 is the Digital Futures: Master’s or part-time Graduate Technology/Innovation/Design/Art Diploma in Digital Futures prepare (DF:TIDA) undergraduate program. students to contribute to the Students in DF:TIDA acquire skills in development and application of computation, physical computing, new knowledge in creative digital data visualization, screen-based technology practices, content and media, gaming and business, and will experiences. A unique aspect of the be well-positioned to work across the program is its partnership with the imagination digital media sector from art, design Canadian Film Centre Media lab, or critical perspectives. Focused on which invites students to engage linking multiple studio-based digital in an Intensive Project/Prototyping Catalyst. media concentrations in the Faculty Spring Institute held at the MaRS of Art and Faculty of Design, the Discovery District. Graduates earn curriculum reflects the expertise a diploma, an MA, MFA or MDes. of faculty engaged in research and digital practice. Students graduate with either a BFA or a BDes, with a specialization in digital media and related technologies.

New to the university in 2011, this entrepreneurship and innovation incubator/ accelerator is dedicated to the community’s students and alumni. Imagination Catalyst is led by Canadian and British designer, technologist and entre - preneur Steve Billinger, who will nurture OCAD U’s emerging inventors and entrepreneurs — connecting them with private-sector partners and creating invaluable opportunities for mentoring.

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the x faCtor.

It emerged as a differentiator in 2012, when Tom Barker, Chair of the Digital Futures Initiative at OCAD U, coined the term “X-shaped designer.” According to Barker, what makes DFI unique is how it joins together art, design, science and enterprise to create the innovators of the future. The X-shaped designer is knowledgeable in all four areas and collaborates with experts and industries in these areas.

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neW speCializations. The Faculty of Art this year announced two new specializations launching in September 2012. Digital painting and expanded Animation (DpXA) brings together courses from the Drawing & Painting and Integrated Media programs as well as liberal Arts & Sciences, and Design. It approaches digital painting and animation as hybrid practices, challenging students to expand contemporary modes of art production and exhibition beyond the canvas, screen and gallery. In the new publications specialization, students address all areas of book and magazine publishing, be they digital or print, DIY or academic. Considering publication as a form of discourse for both personal and collaborative production, students will explore the breadth of possibilities in critical, textual and visual publishing. Publica­ tions ties together courses from the Printmaking, Photography, Integrated Media, Criticism & Curatorial Practice and Graphic Design programs as well as from liberal Arts & Sciences.

Graphic Design Medal Winner Antonio lennert, Saudade.

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The kind practised by OCAD U spatial thinking. Faculty of oUr 2012 DistingUisheD Associate Professor David Cecchetto Art Associate Professor Claire researCher. The university won him the Canadian Association Brunet presented her innovative recognized Faculty of Art Associate for Graduate Studies/University paper, “Extending Spatial Professor and Integrated Media Microfilms 2011 International Distin- Boundaries through Sculpture program Chair Judith Doyle with guished Dissertation Award for the Practices: Exploring Natural and 3D its annual Award for Distinguished paper “A Practice-Informed Critique Technological Environments,” at Research, Scholarship and Creative of Technological Posthumanism the Arts in Society 2011 Conference Activity in 2012. The Award is and its Ideologies.” Cecchetto, who in Berlin. Brunet’s research questions granted based on a strong portfolio teaches in Graduate Studies and how sculptors experience new of research and creative practice, liberal Studies, has a Master’s degree temporal and spatial interactions and recognizes contributions candi­ in music and received his Interdis­ inside a 3D digital context. dates have made toward under­ ciplinary PhD (English/Visual Arts) graduate and graduate scholarly from the University of Victoria. training.

135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 76 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 77 48 47 “Creativity is really a critical hersWab™. In 2011, this simple bill leeming. This associate device helped Jessica Ching win professor in the Faculty of liberal element of how human beings the prestigious Martin Walmsley Arts & Sciences presented his Fellowship for Technological landmark research paper “Envisaging Entrepreneurship, facilitated by the Families Genetically at Risk” at the advance in all our disciplines. Ontario Centres of Excellence. Institut fur Wissenschaftsforschung, Ching (BDes, Industrial Design, 2009) University of Vienna. The 2011 turned her OCAD U thesis into an conference, Making (In)Appropriate Where medicine and science innovative company that addresses Bodies — Between Medical Models pap-test underscreening in women. of health, Moral Economies and The potentially life-saving herSwab™ Everyday Practices, brought together need help from art is in looking all but allows women to perfom an international research community. their own paps. With it, they collect a sample in the privacy of their own over the horizon, in looking homes and then send it to a local lab 45 for analysis. at something in a completely Dr. john semple. The university appointed Semple, who is Chief of 46 Surgery at Women’s College hospital, different way. Thinking as an to its Board of Governors in 2012. Data visUalization. A 1973 Fine Art alumnus, Semple 2011 Graphic Design graduate is a great supporter of creativity in artist means connecting the dots Gar liu’s groundbreaking data visual - medicine — an attitude so game- ization project exploring nutrients changing it was featured in a 2012 in food was featured this year on Globe and Mail article, “When your that aren’t next to each other.” visualizing.org. liu’s project allows surgeon has an art-school diploma viewers to explore 150 nutrients for on the wall,” part of the newspaper ’s — Dr. John Semple, quoted in James Martin’s article, more than 5,000 different food items. Creativity Gap series. “When your surgeon has an art-school diploma on the wall,” part of the Globe and Mail’s The Creativity Gap series; June 11, 2012.

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Sculpture/Installation Chair Francis leBouthillier joined 22 Ontario university researchers in 2012 to launch the Council of Ontario Univer­ sities “Research Matters” campaign. leBouthillier contributes his skills as a sculptor and researcher to the devel­ opment of realistic fetal models that help train surgeons undertaking high- life-saving sCU lptUre. stakes in-utero surgeries. 43

Designers for health. Julian Goss, an assistant professor in the university’s Industrial Design program, acquired the unique distinction in 2011 of becoming the first designer-in-residence at a Canadian hospital, for his ongoing work at Baycrest in Toronto.

Model of 28 week-old fetuses with upper airways optimized for the teaching of fetoscopic endotracheal balloon occlusion (FETO) to treat congenital dia­ phragmatic hernia. Photo by Diana Renelli.

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Waiting spaCes. brain lane. Thirty-four students This year, holland Bloorview Kids studying fibre in OCAD U’s Material Rehabilitation hospital launched Art & Design program teamed Screenplay, its new interactive up with cognitive scientists from children’s waiting-room experience. Baycrest’s world-renowned Rotman A collaborative project pairing third- Research Institute in 2012. The and fourth-year Faculty of Design students’ challenge was to create students with hospital researchers, artistic representations of the Screenplay is part of a multi-year scientists’ research in aging and study to develop non-pharmaceutical changing cognition. strategies that mitigate anxiety and create healing environments.

40 39 the art anD sCienCe. Waiting spaCes, part tWo. To mark the 50th anniversary of the Faculty of Design Professor Job discovery of stem cells, faculty and Rutgers this year presented findings students from across the university of a research project involving took part in Super Cells: The Wonder OCAD U students and Mount Sinai of Stem Cells. This 2011 collaboration hospital researchers. Organized in with the Ontario Science Centre, the partnership with the hospital’s Office Canadian Stem Cell Network and of Patient Experience and Outcomes, several post-secondary institutions, the project had students conducting explored the intersection between onsite analyses and interviews in four art and the cutting-edge science of Mount Sinai waiting spaces. stem-cell research.

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pUbliC art opportUnities. oCaD U inDUstrial Design First Capital Realty kicked off stUDents. Our entire third-year its inaugural public sculpture class exhibited this year at the competition in 2012 with a winning Toronto Interior Design Show. submission by Sculpture/Installation On display were the prototypes student Nicholas Crombach. they developed via a partnership Representing a unique partnership with BlackBerry and Swiss watch with OCAD U, the competition invites designer RADO. The iconic brands third- and fourth-year students had earlier determined a point of to produce a sculptural work for connection, eventually inviting permanent display on the site of OCAD U students to explore this eight a First Capital retail centre. connection through design. They later offered two of these students vignettes. coveted internships.

In 2012, OCAD U’s fourth-year Printmaking students and musicians from the Glenn Gould School at the Royal Conservatory of Music presented Eight Vignettes, a unique collaborative performance at The Music Gallery in Toronto.

135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 84 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 85 35 34 32 felloWship. Professor Jeremy the gUarDly safe CampUs Bowes (Environmental Design) and program. This revolutionary new Assistant Professor Nabil harfoush service developed by OCAD U and (slab) were both named in 2012 as mobile start-up Guardly will improve Fellows at Philadelphia University’s the safety of students, faculty and newly created College of Design, staff, both on and off campus. The Engineering and Commerce. Guardly Safe Campus Program trans­ forms personal smartphones into code-blue emergency phones — the emergency consoles typically found 33 on campus walls. Instead of searching loCal for one of these devices to signal distress, students can now activate the meiC. OCAD University, a personal safety network via their in collaboration with the Mobile mobile phones. Experience Innovation Centre (MEIC), industry experts, and other Ontario ColoUr. universities, this year led the Taking Ontario Mobile (TOM) project. The project identifies opportunities for the province of Ontario to continue fostering and growing its mobile services.

OCAD U hosted the inaugural meeting in 2011 of the new Canadian Colour Research Association, a chapter of the AIC (Association Internationale de la Couleur). The Association comprises artists, designers, scientists, academics, educators and students who have an academic or professional interest in the subject of colour.

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Creative sUpport.

Thirty-one generous faculty members, one for every day in the month of March, each donated a work to support their favourite cause — their students — at Project 31, the university’s major art and design auction held annually at the end of March. The 2012 edition provided $82, 750 for student scholarships, awards and programming.

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We’ll Wish yoU . We make oUrselves visible. Canada Post marked 2012’s The Ontario Association of Art Year of the Dragon with stamps Galleries this year launched by OCAD U alumnus and Faculty FeministDialectic.ca, which features of Design instructor louis Fishauf, 10 women arts professionals speaking who worked in collaboration about the exhibition, acquisition and with Charles Vinh and calligrapher preservation of feminist art. Among James Tan. the distinguished speakers is Johanna householder, Chair of Criticism & artistiC Curatorial Practice at OCAD U. CUrrenCy.

Forget the 25-cent moose! Faculty of Design Assistant Professor and 1991 Communication Design graduate Gary Taxali designed a series of six celebratory coins released this year by the Royal Canadian Mint. The coins carry the themes Birthday, Wedding, Tooth Fairy, New Baby, O Canada and holiday. Each is a miniature collectible, a piece of Taxali art complete with the engraved initials “GT.”

louis Fishauf (design and art direction), stamps for the 2012 lunar New Year of the Dragon. Part of Gary Taxali. Six celebratory coins designed for the an extensive philatelic release that included souvenir Royal Canadian Mint and released in 2012. sheets, first day covers, note cards and more. 135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 90 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 91 27 26 25

transnational DisCoUrses. all possible stories. Faculty of liberal Arts & Sciences Third-year Drawing & Painting and School of Interdisciplinary student Brooke Wayne’s short film, Studies Instructor Irene Marques this Deaf Like Me, was a finalist this year year celebrated the launch of her in the competition “FilmPossible.” latest book, Transnational Discourses An initiative of the holland Bloorview on Class, Gender, and Cultural Kids Rehabilitation hospital, Identity (Purdue University Press, FilmPossible’s goal is to encourage 2012). Marques teaches African and and celebrate those who advocate Caribbean literatures, comparative for childhood disability by sharing and world literature, literary theory, their stories. Wayne’s film presents and writing and rhetoric at OCAD U. a window into her experience as a deaf student at OCAD U.

Pictured is third-year Graphic Design student Alex Carter during Registration Assistance Days. Photo by Brent Everett James.

beCaUse We’re and not or. Campus life Co-ordinator Brent Everett James received the 2012 Equity Award for his promotion and support of diversity at OCAD U. James has implemented numerous inclusive initiatives supporting our lGBTQ and mature-student communities, among many others. he has also organized traditional Aboriginal openings for campus events.

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Universal Design. the Deep ConferenCe. jUDith heUmann. This Special the master’s in inClUsive In 2012, OCAD U’s “Design for All” The university was host this year Advisor for International Disability Design. launched in 2011 and competition focused on engaging to Designing Enabling Economies Rights at the U.S. Department of focusing on design that is inclusive people of all ages, abilities and and Policies (DEEP), a program of State visited OCAD U in 2012. of the full range of human diversity cultures through the re-envisioning of the Global Initiative for Inclusive A globally recognized leader in the with respect to ability, language, Grange Park. This year’s edition of the Information and Communication disability community, heumann culture, gender, age and other Faculty of Design’s annual four-day Technologies (G3ict). The conference delivered a public talk, “Changing forms of human difference, this is Design Competition was sponsored brought together the world’s most Society: The Power of Inclusive a low-residency program with an by the Centre for Independent living influential digital inclusion thinkers, Thinking,” as part of the Faculty of executive-style delivery format to in Toronto. information and communication Design Speaker Series. accommodate working professionals technology designers, persons- and international students. Graduates with-disabilities advocates and of the OCAD University MDes in policy makers, and coincided with Inclusive Design will have expertise the official opening of the Inclusive in inclusive digital media, information Design Institute (IDI) at OCAD U. communication technologies (ICT) and practices — skills in high demand across multiple sectors.

135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 94 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 95 20 19 18 the inClUsive Design institUte (iDi). In 2012, the university officially the inClUsive Design jUtta treviranUs. welcomed to its campus the IDI. An OCAD U-based regional research hub, researCh Centre (iDrC). The Government of Ontario announced the IDI focuses on the inclusive design of emerging ICT systems and practices. Its researchers are developing this year that it will enact finalized It is funded by the Government of Canada through the Canada Foundation for revolutionary tools such as Tecla, Integrated Accessibility Regulation Innovation and the Ontario Research Fund Research Infrastructure program. a technology that breaks down under the Accessibility for Ontarians Joining OCAD U are University of Toronto, Ryerson University, York University accessibility barriers for mobility- with Disabilities Act — thanks in part and University of Ontario Institute of Technology, as well as Sheridan, George impaired mobile phone users. to Jutta Treviranus, Director of the Brown and Seneca colleges. This year, Mauricio Meza and Jorge Inclusive Design Research Centre and Silva from the IDRC’s Tecla Access Inclusive Design Institute. Treviranus project were invited to showcase helped draft the Information and their work as part of the Google I/O Communications Standards and 2012 developers’ conference. Widely was a consultant to the Information considered the Super Bowl of the and Communications Standards developer world, Google I/O brings Development Committee. She was also together about 5,500 of the world’s on the Minister’s Advisory Committee leading innovators in the web and and, together with her team and the mobile space. Martin Prosperity Institute, developed an economic impact report for the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.

Pictured (on floor) is Spirit Synott, Inclusive Design Master’s student and IDRC research assistant, with Aaron Water. Dancers photographed during launch of Inclusive Design Institute at OCAD U. Photo by Christina Gapic. 135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 96 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 97 17 16 15

the english langUage the oCaD U staff. pathWay program. Alvaro Araya, Enterprise Systems It formed the basis of a landmark & Storage Architect in IT Services, study by the Writing & learning and hillary Barron, Manager, Centre’s Rebecca Smollett. Academic Governance & Initiatives, Recommendations for the design were recognized this year with the of sheltered ESl programs were Procunier Award for Employee the result, and this year ’s published Excellence. The pair represent two report to that effect was highlighted very different areas of responsibility: by Ontario’s higher Education Quality Araya’s contributions highlight his Council as exemplary. “Pathway” commitment to the efficiency of offers participating first-year Design our IT infrastructure, while Barron students ESl-only versions of five has been particularly instrumental required courses, with the remaining in shepherding the transition courses taken alongside native of our Academic Council into the speakers. OCAD U Senate.

Student at work in Fibre Studio. Photo by Christina Gapic. beCaUse Diversity is in oUr Dna. Members of our student body range in age from 17 to 69. Two thirds are women, almost one third have a first language other than English, and 15 per cent are citizens of countries other than Canada. In 2011, our incoming class reflected more than 40 different countries of origin.

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We are transformers. We refUse to be DefineD Developed this year and launching by nUmbers. Dozens of faculty September 2012, OCAD U’s new members this year conducted the Art & Social Change minor invites Portfolio Interviews that determined students to explore the social, the incoming class of 2012. These are political and ethical issues of our a differentiator at OCAD U, where the time. The minor’s key courses admissions’ process typically involves cross disciplinary boundaries a face-to-face with the prospective while examining important social student, an extensive review of that movements and real-world issues student’s work and full compliance and activism. Courses emphasize with academic requirements. self-examination, critical thinking, anti-oppression politics, community building, experiential learning, field experience, pedagogical 11 approaches and transformative cultural engagement. We Delight in being DefineD by risk. Once again this year, the university’s Summer Intensive Program helped prospective students 13 gain confidence and develop their portfolios. The week-long event is We shoW art anD Design just one of the ways we connect to to the CommUnity. the community — cultivating young That became easier in late 2011 talent in the process and inviting with the launch of the “storefront” novice artists and designers to free location of Onsite [at] OCAD their imaginations by embracing the University. As the institution’s idea of risk. premier professional gallery, Onsite brings nationally and internationally significant art and design to our community and our city, now from its new home at 230 Richmond St. W.

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one bronze rUbber ChiCken.

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We are here. We Were there.

The university is ideally located in the heart of downtown Toronto. Intersecting Rae Johnson, an associate professor in the Faculty of Art, won critical the campus is the legendary Queen West gallery district, which continued acclaim in 2011 for her exhibition This is Paradise at the Museum of Canadian to expand this year up Ossington Ave. and along Dundas St. West. The result? Contemporary Art (MOCCA). Along with co-curator herb Tookey, Johnson An unmatched cultural precinct, and innumerable opportunities to see and created a comprehensive retrospective of the legendary 1980s’ Queen West exhibit art and design. art scene — of which OCAD U was a vital part.

Installation view of This is Paradise. Image copyright and courtesy, MOCCA. Photo by Fayiaz Chunara.

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nUit blanChe. OCAD U presented Future Forward as part of 2011’s Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, celebrating the university’s 135th anniversary by “looking backward into the future.” Curated by Criticism & Curatorial Practice spring ConvoCation. This annual celebration at Toronto’s Roy Thompson alumna Farah Yusuf (BFA, 2010), the exhibition featured the work of Philippe hall honoured the 617 OCAD University students who graduated in 2012. Blanchard, h2.0 Collective, louise Noguchi and Kelly Richardson.

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grange park.

how better to honour our 91-year relationship with the park and our neighbours on the park than to rally together for a spring cleaning? The OCAD U community did exactly this for the Grange Park Spring Cleanup, an initiative of Clean Toronto Together 2012. Photo by Sarah Mulholland.

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Photos by Christina Gapic.

oUr neighboUrs. Foremost among them this year is Charles Pachter. Renowned for his iconic renderings of the Canadian flag, Pachter expanded his Grange Park home recently to include an additional storey. The renovation features a deck, and cut into the deck’s fence is a rectangular hole. Pachter, it turns out, wanted an unobstructed view of the building which has become synonymous with our “university of the imagination” — OCAD U’s world- famous Sharp Centre for Design.

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the sharp Centre for Design.

Always iconic, OCAD University’s Will-Alsop-designed building on stilts graced the cover of the Official Toronto Visitor Guide in 2012. As Toronto Star architecture critic and urban issues columnist Christopher hume once said, “Not many buildings can change a city.”

Photo by Richard Johnson: interior images.ca. 135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 114 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 115 Kathleen & John hughes Mark McCain Sheila Pye Donations & sUpport Gerald & Julie hurlow & Caro MacDonald leslie Gales & Keith Ray Natalka husar Catherine McCall Charles Reeve 2011/2012 Ted & Anna Jarmain Barbara McGivern Julie Rickerd Mimi Joh & John Carnella Dr. Sarah M. McKinnon Mary Robertson Carl W. Jones June Mclean Pat Rogal harold Katzin James & Jane McMyn Rod’s friends at We are delighted to recognize those individuals, companies, foundations Stacy Kelly & Mark Julien Dr. Alison McQueen the Queen Mother Cafe and associations who contribute to OCAD University. With your help, June Kenner Family and Friends of Oscar Ross Ernie & louise Kerr Sandra McQueen Robert & Kathleen Rueter we strive to inspire imaginations, both in our community and beyond. Tom Kierans & Mary Janigan Rod McQueen Jenifer Rush The lists on these pages recognize those who contributed $135 or more Chung-Im Kim James Meekison h. larry Sadinsky Jim & Elske Kofman & Carolyn Keystone Jan & Robert Sage in our 135th year. On behalf of the students, faculty and staff of OCAD U: Richard J. Kostoff lise Melhorne-Boe Rob Sandolowich Thank you for your support. Anda Kubis laura Millard David l. Scopick A. Kunz Jim Miller Deborah Scott Martha ladly & Alexandra Marianne & Sandy Miller John Scott ladly hoffnung Iza Mokrosz Peter & Glenda Scott Gifts from alumni, friends, Scott Chapman Riina Ennist Elizabeth & Goulding Denise Moraz Scroggie Family faculty and staff Dr. Paul & Joyce Chapnick Elizabeth Feld & len lambert Rosalyn Morrison Erica Segal Anonymous Roberto A. Chiotti Gangbar Mary Susanne lamont lionel Newton Rosalie & Isadore Sharp Mark Adair Jennifer Chown lynne Fernie Martin & Amy langlois Dr. Jane Ngobia Sir Neil & lady Elizabeth Sandra Altwerger Valerie & David Christie Angela Ferrange Diana Bennett Klaus & Beatrix Nienkämper Shaw Robert Andrews Joy Cohnstaedt & Michael Gerard & Spencer lanthier Sarah Nind Shimmy Silver William A. Angus Scott Connolly Family of lisa Brown Surendra lawoti harry Nixon heather Simmons lisa Balfour Bowen & John Coull Jacob Field-Marsham Andrew & Elaine le Feuvre Deborah C. Noble Curveira Dr. Nicola Simmons Walter M. Bowen Rosalind J. Crothers John & Patricia Fletcher J. J. lee David J. Novak Ada Slaight St. Clair & Marci Balfour Robyn Cumming Julie Frahar Ginette legaré Donald O’Born Mark, Joanne, Joshua & Catherine Beaudette Sally Cumming lorraine Gibson linda lilge Michael Owen Jordana Slobodsky Carole Beaulieu Phil & Eva Cunningham linda & Robert J. Jennifer long luke Painter Raizell Slobodsky & Paul & Kaye Beeston Brian Curtner Goldberger Catherine low Naomi, Jon, Ben & Jake Philip Unger Cameron & Cindy Bennett Julia K. Daina helen & Ian Giffen Dorene Macaulay Milligan Rose Patten Geoff & Megan Smith John Bennett lindsay Dale-harris Sabine Graham & Peter Milligan David Pellettier laura Rapp & Dr. Jay Smith Mary lou Benotto & Rita Davies & John McGrath Gary Gray Bertha MacElwain Karyn and Scott Pelton Peter Smith Douglas Stoute Chancellor Catherine A. David Y. Green William Macivor Ann Percival & David Vladimir Spicanovic lois E. Betteridge (Kiki) Delaney Al & Malka Green Tyler MacNamara Gardon Douglas Stansbury James & Brenda Bisiker Robert & Catherine Deluce Michael haddad & Scott Tamela Rose Madden David Pereira Tony Stapells Philippe Blanchard Michael Detlefsen & louise lyall Darlene P. Madott Rundi Phelan Ilona Staples Pat & hank Blok le Beau Roslyn & Ralph halbert Blake, Crystal, Meghan Rod & lydia Phillips Marlene Stephens George Boileau Dr. Sara Diamond lee henderson (Faculty) & Matthew Maloney Marilee Pinto Michael M. Stewart Ms. Sandy Burston Jack R. Dixon lee henderson (Staff) Kul & Eva Mani Margaret Poole Nan l. Stewart Douglas Cameron Judith Doyle lyman & Ann henderson leon Mar Susan Potts Jeff Stober Wes & Mary lou Carter Dianne Dunham-Martin & Peter herrndorf hugh Martin Dana Pranaitis Elizabeth Sullivan M. Joan Chalmers, C.C., Allan Martin April hickox Donald Jeune Matthews Margaret Priest Gary Taxali O.Ont. Kelly & Stephen Eastwood Craig hind Neill I. May D. Kristjanson / Purchase Carol Taylor & Sue Steve Chan Jeff Elliott Jim hodgins John & Susan Maynard Nicholas Pye Stringfield

135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 116 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 117 Taylor Smyth Architects Gifts from foundations Gifts from organizations InterAccess Electronic Stephen Bulger Gallery in memory The Estate of Anonymous Anonymous Media Arts Centre Target Canada Co. Irene E. Andrews Barbara K. Endres Carol & Morton Rapp 401 Richmond ltd. lemon Bay Sunrise Rotary TD Bank Group helen G. Balfour The Estate of Foundation Aboveground Art Supplies lindsey Shaw Catering Inc. TD Insurance Elizabeth Blackstock Elizabeth Anne Cook Community Foundation of Accessible Media Inc. leo Burnett Company ltd. Meloche Monnex Kenneth T. Burt The Estate of Medicine hat & Southeastern Akimbo Art Promotions li Michif Golf Teplitsky, Colson llP John Briers Kenneth T. Burt Alberta & Consulting Magenta Publishing for The Japanese Paper Place Catherine Daigle The Estate of Delaney Family Foundation Archronix Corporation the Arts The Spoke Club Mary E. Dignam Margery D. Samuels FCCP (Ont.) Arts Etobicoke Mercedes-Benz Financial The University of Western Al & Muriel Elliott The Friends of Mr. Briers: Education Foundation Association of Chartered Services Ontario John C. Germain Danielle, linda, K.M. hunter Charitable Industrial Designers of Nexus Investment Toronto Star Wayne lum Sabina, Shannon, Stacey Foundation Ontario Management Inc. Watt International Inc. Peter B. MacElwain & our families Macquarie Group Foundation Autodesk Canada Inc. NORR limited Architects William F. White John G. Madott The Friends of Verant OCAD University Foundation Beck Taxi ltd. Engineers & Planners Women’s Art Association Sandra J. McQueen Richards Phil lind Foundation at Bell Canada OCAD University Alumni of Canada Sharon Merkur Marie-Josée Therrien Aqueduct Foundation Borden, ladner, Gervais llP Association Women’s Art Association lucy Morrison Takao Tanabe RBC Foundation C.A. Delaney Capital OCAD University Faculty of hamilton Vida Peene Jon Todd Second Chance Scholarship Management Inc. Association Xerox Research Centre of William Poole Joanne Todd Foundation Canada Council for the Arts OCAD University Gallery Canada Kym Pruesse Ian Tudhope & Marianne Tesari Charitable Foundation Canon Canada, Inc. OCAD University Usha Rani Commemorative gifts McKenna The Bitove Foundation Cenovus Energy Inc. Printmaking Verant M. Richards These gifts were made in Shelley, Bernie, Geoffrey & The howitt Dunbar Foundation Centre for Independent Onestop Media Group Enid and Rod Robbie honour or in memory of the leslie Unger The Jack Weinbaum Family living in Toronto Inc. Ontario Association of Juthika Sarkar following individuals: Daphne Wagner Foundation Corus Entertainment Inc. Architects Eva Schindelheim William & Phyllis Waters The Manchee Foundation Coyle Corrugated Ontario Crafts Council in honour Paul G. Stephens Bob & Menna Weese The Nadir & Shabin Mohamed Containers OPSEU local 576 Dr. Tony Belcourt Mariah Unger Philip & Nancy Weiss Foundation CS&P Architects Inc. Open Studio John F. Botterell Marten (Ted) Visser Robert & Martha Whalen The Norman & Margaret Curry’s Artists’ Materials ORT Toronto Joan Burt Joan B. Watson Richard White Jewison Charitable Du Rock Partners In Art Sally M. Cumming Frances lea Ziegler Colette Whiten Foundation E.R.A. Architects Paul Dowsett Robert & linda Goldberger Donna & David Whiting The Rotman Family Ellis Don Architecture Inc. The honourable Roy Sylvia J. Whitton Foundation Engineered Assemblies Inc. PhD Mechanical & McMurtry Geriatrics, UMhS The Roman & Mary Schneider EPSON Canada ltd. Plumbing Inc. James A. McMyn Walter & Betsy Woloshyn Foundation Exclusive Film & Video Provincial Chapter Mia Parnes-Abecassis Wayne I. Woods The Sharp Foundation Services of Ontario IODE Kenneth h. Rodmell Priscilla J. M. Wright The Slaight Family Foundation Ferguslea Properties Quadrangle Jan Sage Bethany Wygodny The Woodlawn Arts limited Redrock Campus Inc. lady Elizabeth Shaw louise & Burle Yolles Foundation First Capital Realty Research In Motion Ada Slaight Thank you to the many Judi Michelle Young & David Toronto Community Fonds Quebecor (PDPT) ShARCNET – The University John A. Vivash h. Ross Foundation Four Seasons hotels and of Western Ontario curriculum, research and Eberhard & Jane Zeidler Vancouver Foundation – Resorts Shikanti lacroix community partners of Peter Ziegler Tanabe/Thorne Fund IBM Canada ltd. SIU Creative OCAD University. To obtain a Winberg Foundation Imperial Smelting & Society of Estonian Artists complete list, please contact Refining Co. ltd. in Toronto Development & Alumni Spin Master ltd. Relations via telephone (416 977 6000) or email ([email protected]).

135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 118 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 119 finanCials finanCials

revenUes 2011/2012 expenDitUres 2011/2012 Debt Interest, Donations, Total Revenues: Total Expenditures: $2,109,899 (3.3%) $1,464,439 (2.3%) $63,974,451 Rental & Other, $63,951,628 $6,059,004 (9.5%) Bursaries & Scholarships, Ancillary Services, Capital Assets Amortizations, $1,472,327 (2.3%) $164,694 (0.3%) $1,376,846 (2.2%) Research, Facilities, $3,222,199 (5.0%) $7,458,060 (11.7%)

Grants, Academic, $25,777,883 (40.3%) $40,509,066 (63.3%) Student Fees, Administration, $27,286,232 (42.6%) $11,007,830 (17.2%)

Ancillary Services, $17,600 (0.0%)

revenUes 2010/2011 expenDitUres 2010/2011 Debt Interest, Donations, Total Revenues: Total Expenditures: $2,162,199 (3.7%) $1,266,627 (2.2%) $58,141,915 Rental & Other, $57,699,374 $6,016,111 (10.2%) Bursaries & Scholarships, Ancillary Services, Capital Assets Amortizations, $1,321,329 (2.3%) $149,246 (0.3%) $1,314,855 (2.3%) Research, Facilities, $2,657,260 (4.6%) $7,319,489 (12.7%)

Grants, Academic, $24,274,284 (41.8%) $34,905,107 (60.5%)

Student Fees, Administration, $23,778,387 (40.9%) $10,657,505 (18.5%) Ancillary Services, $18,890 (0.0%)

The above are based on the university’s audited financial statements prepared in accordance with net revenUes over expenDitUres: 2011 2012 Canadian generally accepted accounting principles including the deferral method of accounting for $442,541 $22,823 donations and government grants.

135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 120 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 121 finanCials enrolment

Development 10/11 final 11/12 final 10/11 final 11/12 final

OCAD U Annual Operating Campaign 863,779 830,650 Undergraduate (ftes) total Undergraduate 3556 3784 OCAD U Annual Student Support 221,771 264,995

OCAD U Foundation summer: Domestic 243 259 Program Support 104,279 89,750 International 14 16 Student Support 253,351 260,646 total summer 257 275

total: 1,443,180 1,446,041

Fall/Winter: Domestic 3143 3320

International 156 189

total Fall/Winter 3299 3509

graduate (ftes) total graduate 59 103

A bookbinding workshop hosted by the OCAD U Student Press. Photo by lisa MacDonald.

135 ReAsons to love oCAD univeRsity 122 the 2011 / 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt 123 governanCe 2011/2012

Catherine (Kiki) Delaney, Chancellor Dr. Sara Diamond, President and Vice-Chancellor

boARD oF GoveRnoRs Dr. helmut Reichenbächer FounDAtion CAbinet produced by Marketing & Communications Ian Tudhope, Chair Dr. Kathryn Shailer boARD oF DiReCtoRs Carole Beaulieu, at oCAD university, 2012. Azim Fancy, Vice-Chair Dr. Vladimir Spicanovic Richard Kostoff, Chair Associate Vice-President, Michel Frappier, Vice-Chair Dr. Mary Wilson helen Giffen, icV e-Chair University Relations editor: larissa Kostoff Tony Belcourt elected voting senators heather Simmons, Vice-Chair Jill Birch, Vice-President, Designer: Cheryl Wang Maggie Broda Prof. Beth Alber Development and Alumni Maggie Broda Alf Chaiton Prof. lillian Allen Relations and President, Michael Detlefsen thanks to: Scott Clark Prof. Catherine Black OCAD University Dr. Sara Diamond Carole Beaulieu, Jill Birch, Richard hunt, Robin Clason Dr. Keith Bresnahan Foundation Michael haddad Sarah Mulholland, Keith Rushton, Kelley Teahen Sally Cumming Prof. Frederick Burbach Dr. Sara Diamond, President Ian Tudhope Dr. Sara Diamond Prof. Bonnie Devine and Vice-Chancellor Catherine McCall James Forrester Prof. Paul Epp Dr. Sarah McKinnon, James McMyn Julian Goss Prof. Julian Goss Vice-President, Academic Gregory Milavsky Dr. Archie Graham Prof. Johanna householder Matt Milovick, Vice-President, Charles Reeve Richard Kostoff Prof. Simone Jones Finance & Administration Mary Robertson Anda Kubis Prof. Sandy Kedey Dr. helmut Reichenbächer, Dr. Vladimir Spicanovic Brianna Maclellan Prof. Tony Kerr Associate Vice-President, John Vivash hadi Mahabadi Prof. Anda Kubis Research and Dean, Carol Weinbaum Susan McGovern Dr. Caroline langill Graduate Studies Shabin Mohamed Dr. lynne Milgram Jill Birch, President of Robert Montgomery Prof. laura Millard OCAD U Foundation FACulty DeAns Peter Rose Prof. Eric Nay Dr. John Semple Dr. Soyang Park Dr. Gayle Nicoll, Dr. Vladimir Spicanovic Prof. Diane Pugen Dean, Faculty of Design John Vivash Prof. Steve Quinlan Dr. Kathryn Shailer, Dr. Charles Reeve Dean, Faculty of liberal senAte Prof. lenore Richards Arts & Sciences and School Dr. Archie Graham, Chair Prof. Keith Rushton of Interdisciplinary Studies Dr. Sarah McKinnon, Prof. Peter Sramek Dr. Vladimir Spicanovic, Vice-Chair Dr. Dot Tuer Dean, Faculty of Art ex-officio voting senators Prof. Michèle White Dr. Sara Diamond elected voting Michel Frappier undergraduate and scan to read as an Dr. Gayle Nicoll Graduate student senators accessible pDF. Elisabeth Paradis Kimberly Anne Armstrong Jill Patrick Mike lovas Brianna Maclellan Kayla Preston-lord

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