Events

The annual Library Services Book Sale will take place from Wednesday, October 21 - Friday, October 23, 2026, in the main lobby at 100 McCaul Street!

Looking for some feedback on your work, career path, or life after OCAD U? The OCAD U Creative Professionals-In-Residence program is a mentorship initiative created to support the career success of current OCAD U students and recent alumni. Book a one-on-one career mentorship session with our guests this semester and receive career advising, feedback on your portfolio and hear their professional insights.

OCAD U students, faculty, staff and alumni – join us for a kick-off to our 150th anniversary year. 

Are you an OCAD U undergraduate student interested in completing a placement for academic credit? Join our upcoming Experiential Learning Information Session to discover how you can gain valuable industry experience, expand your professional network, and earn credit toward your degree.

Join Alumni Relations for a morning of life drawing on campus. 

Discover the art of beadwork in our engaging Beaded Rosette Workshop facilitated by Returning to Ourselves: Rebecca Baird and Kenny Alvin Baird—A Retrospective of Art and Design by Cree Métis Siblings exhibition artist Rebecca Baird.

Join Alumni Relations for an evening of life drawing on campus. 

Learn and work on strategies at a SWC & CLT workshop series.

A student exhibition of the inaugural Artist Residency course. 

The OCAD U Sustainable Colour Lab COL LAB is a space and community for artists and designers to conduct, create and disseminate knowledge in material colour research.

Join Alumni Relations for a morning of life drawing on campus. 

Join Alumni Relations for an evening of life drawing on campus. 

“Living Frames” presents ecological animation - the research-creation of our student-faculty collective of Isaac King, Cristal Buemi, Raven Myers, Peter Samanek, Mehrak Tehrani, and Samuel Wasserman.

Bi-weekly in the Student Living Room.

Are you considering graduate-level studies? Join us on October 8th for the annual Art & Design Graduate School Fair at OCAD University to meet with representatives from top art & design universities, including OCAD University, to learn more about MFA, MDes, MA, and PhD programs throughout Canada or internationally.

Have questions about graduate school? Join us on October 7 for our Expert Panel series! This series includes two panels that will cover a variety of topics to help support you in your graduate school journey. 

Every Wednesday in the Student Living Room.

Join the OCAD U Drama Club for a free drop-in pizza lunch and eerie prop-making workshop themed around the 1920s art deco and spiritualism movements!

Every Tuesday in the Student Living Room.

Every Monday, come play board games and learn about SAS services! 

Every Monday in the Student Living Room.

A community-centred pop-up project initiated by Amy Wong that celebrates the wisdom passed down through mothers, aunties, elders, caregivers, and chosen family. 

SILO NIGHTS, curated by OCAD U, culminates with a Nuit Blanche grand finale on Oct. 3, in partnership with the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Canada and the Global Centre for Climate Action at OCAD U. 

OCAD University is participating in the all-night celebration of contemporary art, Nuit Blanche Toronto, with two events on campus and one off campus. 

Join Alumni Relations for a morning of life drawing on campus. 

SILO NIGHTS at Public Pier is curated by OCAD University as part of the Public Pier, presented by The Bentway, Harbourfront Centre, OCAD University, and Waterfront BIA. On October 2, SILO NIGHTS features the Toronto premiere of "Carnet de voyage d'une particule/Travel Diary of a Particle," projected on the Canada Malting Silos.

Every Friday in the Student Living Room.

Join Alumni Relations for an evening of life drawing on campus. 

Iranian filmmaker and OCAD U's first Fellow screens and discusses her award-winning short films and new documentary project!

A public panel bringing together artists and curators from Toronto and Gwangju to explore contemporary artistic practice, cultural exchange, and international collaboration. The discussion examines how artworks, ideas, and communities are shaped across different cultural and geographic contexts.

A Group Exhibition shows faculty research and practice from the Faculty of Art 2026 Summer Institute. Faculty Participants: soJin Chun, Philip Delisle, Judith Doyle, Erin Finley, David Griffin, Peter Hobbs, Johanna Householder, Ginette Legaré, Nooshin Mohtashami, Suzanne Morrissette, Emma Nishimura, Michelle Peraza, Nicholas Pye, Marton Robinson, Vladimir Spicanovic.

Free matcha from DavidsTea!

OCAD University Senate Meeting

SILO NIGHTS at Public Pier is curated by OCAD University as part of Public Pier, presented by The Bentway, Harbourfront Centre, OCAD University, and Waterfront BIA. On Saturday, September 26, the world premiere of "The Shape of Memory" will be projected on the Canada Malting Silos.

SILO NIGHTS at Public Pier is curated by OCAD University as part of the Public Pier, presented by The Bentway, Harbourfront Centre, OCAD University, and Waterfront BIA. On Saturday, September 26, the world premiere of an animation collaboration project will be projected on the Canada Malting Silos.