Orientation Events

OCAD University’s 110th Annual Graduate Exhibition, Toronto’s largest free art and design exhibition, takes place May 7 to 11, 2025, featuring the work of more than 800 emerging artists and designers.

Join us for an evening to celebrate this year’s OCAD U Creative Writing graduating cohort at Onsite Gallery

TEDxOCADU is an event for bold ideas, real conversations, and creative transformation. 

Explore the Fortitude/Fragile exhibition through a dyke lens with a democratize-the-docent polyvocal tour for the 2SLGBTQ+ community at Onsite Gallery. Continue afterwards from 8 pm till late at Sweaty Betty's for an afterparty featuring DJs, readers, and special guests.

Through the art of performative storytelling, Fortitude/Fragile exhibiting artists Francisco-Fernando Granados and Vessna Perunovich delve into the complexities of lived and diasporic experiences. Granados and Perunovich use their artistic practices to shed light on narratives often marginalized or constrained by dominant systems of power, creating space for critical reflection and dialogue. By intertwining personal and collective histories, they evoke a nuanced…

Each May, Doors Open Toronto invites the public to explore the city’s most-loved buildings and sites, free of charge. The event provides rare access to buildings that are not usually open to the public and free access to sites that would usually charge an admission fee.

Convening Toronto’s most creative and influential minds in the art and design sector, OCAD University is excited to launch Toronto’s newest signature event! 

All new students are invited to join us for Welcome Day!