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Graduate programs | 4 Degrees | 6 OCAD University is ’s oldest, Our location | 8 largest and most comprehensive Facts and figures | 11 art, design and digital media General requirements | 12 university. Rooted in more than 140 Tuition and funding opportunities | 15 years of delivering uncompromising Research and applied research | 16 art and design education, we give Experiential learning | 17 creative minds a place and space Facilities | 18 to grow. With internationally Alumni profiles | 20 renowned faculty and an array of flexible, innovative programs, we offer artists, designers and industry professionals unmatched scholarship. Here, you will immerse yourself in studios, labs and internships to advance your career, deepen your practice and make your impact.

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MA Contemporary Art, Design and New Inclusive Design MDes Media Art Histories Program length: 2 years FT Degree earned: Offered Length of program: 2 years FT online Degree earned: Using the lens of design thinking, become a global Consider the ever-shifting worlds of contemporary art, leader in equity and access issues in the public or private design and new media art through a compelling array of sectors. Leverage digital technologies to create inclusive local and global perspectives. policies, services, products and solutions that can be used by everyone.

MFA Criticism & Curatorial Practice MA Program length: 2 years FT Interdisciplinary Master’s In Art, Media Degree earned: and Design Program length: 2 years FT, 3 years PT MDes Explore contemporary curatorial and criticism practices Degree earned: Master of Arts, Master of Design or through hands-on and theoretical engagement with Master of Fine Arts exhibitions, art writing, and their histories. MFA Investigate and produce works that combine art, design MDes and interdisciplinary academic study to create new forms Design for Health of visual and social research and creative production in a Length of program: 2 years FT, 3 years PT studio environment. Degree earned: Master of Design

Explore the complexity of healthcare through a compre- MDes hensive design approach. Create ethical, sustainable solutions Strategic Foresight and Innovation Program length: 1.5 years FT or 2.5 years PT to pressing challenges across the health sector. Degree earned: Master of Design Join a diverse cohort of professionals from the public, MA Digital Futures private and volunteer sectors to envision a world from a hu- Program length: 2 years FT man perspective. Learn to design and co-create sustainable Degree earned: Master of Arts, Master of Design or Master MDes solutions to complex, real-world problems that are impact- of Fine Arts ing your field. MFA Respond to the role of digital technology as a catalyst for integrating societal, cultural and economic change. Participate in the global digital revolution that fuses together disruptive technology and new thought leadership.

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MA Master of Arts

Complete an MA if you are fascinated by theory, history, criticism, academic writing and research. The usual MA route leads to a written or to a research paper accompanied by a creative project.

MDes Master of Design

If you have a strong interest and/or background in design, this is the degree for you. Design-related studio practice (accompanied by a written component) or research that leads to a major design project are the two main paths to an MDes.

MFA Master of Fine Arts

This degree is for you if your scholarly and/or pro- fessional background is in the arts and you want to deepen your knowledge in the area. Students in our MFA programs typically engage in art-focused studio practice (accompanied by a written component) or research that leads to a major art project.

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CULTURAL ATTRACTIONS 18. Royal Alexandra Theatre 34. Gwartzman’s Art Supplies 1. Art Gallery of 19. Royal Conservatory of Music 35. Lee Valley Tools Ltd 2. Artscape Youngplace 20. 36. The Paper Place 3. 21. Ryerson Image Arts Centre 37. Image Works Limited We are located in the heart of 4. Campbell House Museum 22. 5. Centre for Social Innovation 23. TIFF Bell Lightbox GALLERIES – Annex 24. 38. 401 Richmond St. W. Toronto — one of the most 6. Centre for Social Innovation 25. Toronto Eaton Centre 39. Birch Contemporary – Spadina 26. 40. Contact Toronto Festival of 7. Dundas Square Art Centre Photography culturally diverse, dynamic and 8. Ed Mirvish Theatre 27. 41. Gallery 44 9. Elgin and Winter Garden 28. 42. Ignite Gallery Theatre Centre 29. CBC Museum & Graham 43. InterAccess 10. Four Seasons Centre for the Spry Theatre 44. Justina M. Barnicke Gallery safe cities in the world. Toronto is Performing Arts 30. Metro Toronto Convention 45. Nicholas Metivier Gallery 11. Centre 46. Onsite Gallery 12. Harbourfront 47. Propeller Centre for the also home to Canada’s largest art 13. MaRS ART & DESIGN SUPPLIES/ Visual Arts 14. Michener Institute RESOURCES 48. Grad Gallery 15. Princess of Wales Theatre 31. Above Ground Art Supplies 49. Open Gallery and design community. OCAD U 16. Queen’s Park 32. Curry’s Artists’ Materials 17. Roy Thomson Hall 33. DeSerres

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255 25+ graduate OCAD U graduate students come graduate exhibitions, from around the world. Some students¹ shows and are fresh out of undergraduate conferences studies, some are mid-career pro- each year fessionals and others are seeking new life and career horizons. Our 32% of professors, meanwhile, are some graduate 250+ of the world’s leading artists, students are full time- designers, makers and cultural international¹ equivalent thinkers. When you have completed faculty your studies at OCAD U, you will members join a global alumni community of curators, art critics, scholars, 20+ educators, artists, designers and research labs leaders in business, health-care, generating over $5,000,000 in government and design. research revenue

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RESEARCH PROPOSAL/OUTLINESTATEMENT OF INTERESTWRITING SAMPLE RESUME PORTFOLIO SAMPLES OF WORK You will likely be a good fit for an OCAD U graduate program if you have the following: CONTEMPORARY ART, DESIGN AND NEW MEDIA ART HISTORIES • An honours bachelor’s degree with a minimum average

of 75 per cent (B+) or higher during your last two years CRITICISM & CURATORIAL PRACTICE of study. Some programs may have higher minimums

and/or DESIGN FOR HEALTH • Extensive experience and expertise as a practitioner in a relevant discipline DIGITAL FUTURES

INCLUSIVE DESIGN We’ll also ask you for: • All your previous post-secondary transcripts INTERDISCIPLINARY MASTER’S IN ART, MEDIA AND DESIGN • Three reference letters. These should address your post-secondary performance, capacity for STRATEGIC FORESIGHT AND INNOVATION research and potential for academic study at the graduate level • Application fee • Proof of English language competency. If English is Each of our programs has additional application not your first language, or you have not completed requirements. The chart above lists all the two full years of post-secondary education in supplemental items you will need to provide when English, you will need to submit IELTS or TOEFL you apply. To learn more about what these are, visit scores as part of your application our website or get in touch.

ocadu.ca/admissions < See the full application requirements online.

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$ 0 $ 10,000 $ 20,000 $ 30,000 $ 40,000 $ 50,000 $ 60,000 $ 70,000 $ 80,000

FULL-TIME DOMESTIC TUITION** $20,000 TO $35,000*

FULL-TIME INTERNATIONAL TUITION $40,000 TO $75,000*

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:

ASSISTANTSHIPS $2,000 TO $7,000 EXTERNAL SCHOLARSHIPS $10,000 TO $20,000+ INTERNAL SCHOLARSHIPS $6,000 TO $25,000

* APPROX. COST OF FULL LENGTH OF PROGRAMS ** CANADIAN CITIZENS AND PERMANENT RESIDENTS

Assistantships: Teaching and research assistantships typically range from $2,000 to $7,000 per appointment. Some positions are awarded at the time of admission, others can be applied to during your studies. Internal scholarships: Internal scholarships range from $6,000 to $25,000. About 2 of every 3 students will receive an internal scholarship. External scholarships: External scholarships can be applied for, and include Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS), Ontario Graduate Scholarships (OGS) and more. They can range from $10,000 to $20,000+.

ocadu.ca/graduate/tuition + ocadu.ca/graduate/funding Emily Cluett, Consumed: CCP Thesis Exhibition, 2017

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THE NETWORKS YOU WILL FIND HERE SUPPORT THINKERS AND YOU MIGHT WELL FIND YOURSELF COLLABORATING WITH MAKERS WHO DEFINE THE NEXT GENERATION OF ARTISTS, BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER EXTERNAL PARTNERS. DESIGNERS AND INDUSTRY LEADERS.

Research and innovation are integral parts of OCAD U’s graduate programs. Many of our graduate programs take advantage of OCAD U’s location The university’s vibrant research culture invigorates all our graduate labs, in and global connections by offering internship studios and classrooms, and we support all forms of scholarship — by activities and artistic residencies with many varied organizations in both students and faculty members — in creative and professional practices in the public and private sectors. art, design, the social sciences, , and technology. Through Self-directed study, residencies and internships you can: Current research underway at OCAD U includes: • Participate in Toronto’s vibrant cultural organizations, such Creative action for social change: scholarship, old and new media or arts scene as a critic, contributing as the Vancouver Institute for Creating and researching new cultural objects and practices. writer, curator or intern at Visual Analytics, the Canadian methods in art for social change, festivals, galleries and museums, Film Centre and the CBC Making knowledge through social innovation, digital inclusion, like the Art Canada Institute, material, form and practice: • Conduct data visualization for strategic foresight and human-cen- Toronto International Film Exploring materials, forms, and cre- companies, such as BBM Analytics tred design, social justice, activism, Festival, the Inuit Art Foundation, ative practice in relation to creative or the health, resiliency, advocacy, and concepts, aesthetics and embodied and the Design Exchange citizenship. • Promote and curate actions, and their social, historical • Lead strategic planning and contemporary art, media and Relational approaches to place, and political implications. policy development for the design in public organizations, space and time: Addressing issues Design thinking, inclusive design, such as the Art Gallery of of migration, climate change, strategic foresight and innovation: • Utilize their design thinking, Ontario and the Royal Ontario homelessness, accessibility, student Solving key problems in health care, complex problem-finding, framing Museum housing, public transportation and information and communication and solving skills at design firms, preservation of historical space • Create organizational change technologies, city planning, orga- such as Idea Couture or the through Indigenous knowledge, in Toronto’s major hospitals nizational development, education, Centre for Health Design public art, environmental sustain- and health networks, such as media and commercial ventures. ability, biomimicry, urban ecology • Build in inclusive design for Baycrest, Bridgepoint Health, and immersive environments. Art, design, science and digital technologies, products Toronto Rehab or University technology: Advancing technologies and services at creative or Health Network Critical mediations and and concepts in the internet of cultural inquiries: Challenging and things (IOT), mixed reality and reworking the ways we understand user interfaces within the complex and share knowledge, whether context of today’s society and new through Indigenous knowledge forms of media. and forms of learning, traditional

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24hr access Summer elective courses Extensive for students to access audio / The Graduate Gallery: an on- to individual OCAD U’s renowned fabri- visual and campus space for exhibitions, cation studios — including lectures, think-tanks, discussions, or shared technology 3D printing, foundry, wood performances, screenings, research shop, ceramics, textiles, loans conferences and experiments printmaking and more — for and study all your materials, research space and prototyping needs Online classroom learning and collaboration tools

A well-equipped Off-campus Maker Lab Graduate Student On-campus , research materials dedicated to Social Lounge inter-university loans at the Art Gallery graduate students’ and digital periodicals of Ontario’s E.P. creations Taylor Research Experimental Media Space Library and Archives Find out more at ocadu.ca/graduate/facilities

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AFAQ AHMED KARADIA Alumni profiles Digital Futures, MFA, 2018 Afaq is a designer, audiovisual artist and music researcher. After years of experience in communications design, he moved to Italy, where he pursued another degree Our alumni have gone on to establish their own in . Afaq continues to artistic practices and galleries; taken on senior be inspired by the integration of art and technology, as well as human–computer roles in business and government; founded interaction. Today, Afaq is forging a new path that leverages his creative coding magazines and websites; helped reshape non- skills to develop installations and interactive profit organizations; and pursued PhDs in design projects. He is also interested in musical robotics and electronic instrument Canada and abroad. We’d like to introduce you design, and his current practice is based on to some of our recent grads so you can find out audiovisual art, gesture mapping technology and projection-mapped visualizations. how they are using the knowledge and skills they developed at OCAD U.

AYLAN COUCHIE ELIZABETH MORRIS Interdisciplinary Master’s in Art, Media Inclusive Design, MDes, 2017 and Design, MFA, 2018 Elizabeth is a professional actor and full Aylan is an interdisciplinary Anishinaabe member of ACTRA and CAEA. Recently, artist and writer from Nipissing First Nation she became the Stratford Festival’s first in Northern Ontario. At OCAD U, she focused deaf-signing actor (in a production called her studies on Indigenous monuments and The Madwoman of Chaillot). She is also public art. Her work explored the impacts an American Sign Language coach and of colonialism on First Nations’ people, consultant for films and theatres. In the as well as issue of cultural appropriation theatre, Elizabeth also works as a deaf and representation. Aylan has received interpreter for several productions. At several awards, including an Outstanding OCAD U, Elizabeth’s research was based Student Achievement in Contemporary on making live theatre more accessible and Sculpture Award through the International inclusive for the deaf and hard of hearing, Sculpture Centre and a Premier’s Award including their families and . Her through Ontario . Her work has exhibition was shown at GradEx 102 and been shown internationally, and her public won a medal for Inclusive Design. art installations can be found in the City of Barrie and the Halifax International Airport.

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KAREN OIKONEN TAK PHAM Strategic Foresight and Innovation, Criticism & Curatorial Practice, MFA, 2016 MDes, 2015 Tak Pham is a Vietnamese art curator, Karen is an innovation designer with critic and architectural historian based in The Moment. Her practice focuses on Toronto. His work examines the experience understanding the complexities of the of exhibition architecture, and consequences human experience — within environments, of modern architectural movements. Tak systems, networks and communities — has curated exhibitions, projects and public as a catalyst for positive change. Equal programming at OCAD U, Art Toronto, the parts designer and researcher, Karen has , Y+ Contemporary, led projects in design research, service Pari Nadimi Gallery, Riverdale Gallery, Xpace design and participatory design. Her Cultural Centre, 8eleven Gallery, Images recent work in health care explored — Festival and Nuit Blanche Toronto. He has through a design lens — hospice care; written for espace art actuel, esse, The provider and family communication; the Senses and Society Journal, 8eleven Gallery experience of and death; and Xpace Cultural Centre. Tak’s curatorial and dying (thereflectionroom.ca and projects have been featured on , deathdyinganddesign.com). Akimbo, Artoronto.com, Blouin Artinfo, CBC Arts and NOW Toronto.

LAURA HALLERAN TREVA MICHELLE LEGASSIE Design for Health, Contemporary Art, Design and New Media MDes, 2018 Art Histories, MA, 2016 Laura is passionate about collaborative projects After graduating in 2016 from the CADN Master’s in the health space. With a background in program Treva Michelle Legassie moved to engineering, a growing expertise in design Montreal to begin a research-creation PhD at research and a desire to be part of the and was named the J.W. evolution of health care, she tackles challenges McConnell Memorial Doctoral Fellow. Legassie is within the health sector that demand a cross- the founder and director of the Curatorial Collective disciplinary approach. Laura is a research at Milieux Concordia, Assistant Director of the assistant and investigates resilience in the Speculative Life Cluster, and curator of the operating room and the role serious games exhibition Femynynytees (2018) at Arts Visuels may play in enhancing surgical safety and has Émergents (AVE) in Montreal. By examining also developed synthesis maps in collaboration contemporary curatorial practices for environ- with the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer mental and site-specific art, her research-creation (CPAC) to visualize the systemic challenges dissertation builds on current work calling for a associated with the pre-diagnosis experience of new of care that is bound to transversal Canadians living with cancer. and collaborative relationships between artist and curator, human and nonhuman, object and artist.

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