## Breadcrumb 1. [Home](/index%2Ephp/) 2. [Overview](/index%2Ephp/about-ocad-u) 3. [Internationalization At OCAD U](/index%2Ephp/about-ocad-u/Internationalization) 4. [Internationalization Projects](/index%2Ephp/markdownify/node/236) ![](/sites/default/files/styles/header_medium_desktop/public/assets/media/Sharp%20Centre%202.png.webp?itok=h_xTC2UX) Explore - [Global Experience Project](/index%2Ephp/about-ocad-u/internationalization-ocad-u/internationalization-projects/global-experience-project-1) # Internationalization Projects Explore - [Global Experience Project](/index%2Ephp/about-ocad-u/internationalization-ocad-u/internationalization-projects/global-experience-project-1) ![](/themes/custom/ocad/img/decor/ripped-paper-whitebg.png) ### Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Collaborative Online International Learning courses or assignments are done virtually in collaboration with faculty and students at partner institution. These courses/assignments foster multicultural dialogue and experiential student collaboration. These online or blended learning initiatives are generally very student-driven, having students from each location plan and set project goals together in partners or groups. COIL + also includes a travel component. ### International Online Residency Experiences (IORE) International Online Residency Experiences are faculty-led co-curricular and include collaboration with international students abroad. Each residency is based around a shared theme or media, and students at OCAD U directly collaborate on producing collaborative work with students from one or multiple partner institutions worldwide over a 4-6 month period. Each residency aims to create a professional opportunity for participants in each of the participating global locations, such as culminating exhibitions. ### Travel Abroad Experiences This includes short and long term study abroad, field study, and service learning programs or trips. Whether for-credit or co-curricular these opportunities for international travel learning are generally faculty lead, engaging with local communities and industries worldwide. This includes thesis abroad, Design Abroad, INTAC, Career Launchers, and more. ### Faculty and Staff Mobility Through this wide-range of collaborative opportunities, we also work to support increased capacity for faculty and staff mobility. We have successfully established new exchange models with our partner institutions for periods from one week to a full term. Through this, we are able to welcome in new innovative approaches and ideas into our community, while also allowing our team members to expand their knowledge and share their expertise globally. ### Collaborative Research Working with our international networks and institutional partners, faculty and students at our university can support their research and creative practices. This includes pursuing shared funding and professional development opportunities. ![](/themes/custom/ocad/img/decor/ripped-paper-whitebg.png) rgb(0,0,0) ## Projects rgb(0,0,0) ![Creative Climate Action Residency](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-10/2528205b-a6c1-40f1-a66d-01c84f677530-untitled_5_j.jpg.webp?itok=yNRl_wgV) ### Creative Climate Action Residency From September 8 to 22, 2025, OCAD University’s Global Centre for Climate Action (GCCA) welcomed five artists for its inaugural Creative Climate Action Residency, held at the Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts on the Toronto Islands. Co-organized by Jennie Suddick, Manager, International Projects & Partnerships, and Jasmine Cardenas, International Networking Assistant, the residency invited artists, designers, and community leaders to explore how creativity can inspire meaningful climate dialogue and action. [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/creative-climate-action-residency) ![Screenshot of MS Teams](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-08/adventures-in-drawing.jpg.webp?itok=cTfjONQ-) ### Adventures in Drawing Adventures in Drawing is an international, multi-year collaboration led by Erin Finley, Faculty of Art at OCAD University, in partnership with Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM) and Far Eastern University (FEU). This cross-institutional initiative invites students to explore how drawing-based practices can foster care, communication, and creativity across cultural and geographic boundaries. [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/adventures-drawing) ![Stones against a wooden background](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-06/stonesacrosscultures.png.webp?itok=dW5dTOUZ) ### Stones Across Cultures An intercultural mail exchange and ceramic workshop [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/stones-across-cultures) ![Art exhibit](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-06/Screenshot%202025-06-25%20at%2010.33.25%E2%80%AFAM.png.webp?itok=MlLew20d) ### The Unfolding Future of Water The Unfolding Future of Water was a collaborative project that united 51 students from OCAD University (Toronto, Canada) and the University of Monterrey (Monterrey, Mexico) led by Dr. Kazmy Chi (UDEM), Nicholas Puckett, and Immony Men (OCAD) during Winter Term 2024. [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/unfolding-future-water) ![Cotton candy pink sky with clouds](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-06/9a5485c5-2972-4d94-91a9-4f3318e867ec.png.webp?itok=NnoOaXbW) ### Stories We Tell An international collaborative zine developed by OCAD U students alongside students from our global partner institutions. [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/stories-we-tell) ![Mt. Everest and surrounding area with lots of colourful flags](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-06/.png.webp?itok=TJFg5LN1) ### Design Abroad: Nepal In partnership with SASANE held in Pokhara, Nepal. [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/design-abroad-nepal) ![Banner image](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-06/ec3c6814-4901-4d97-a774-1e2977cfa47a-1_ursula_han%20%281%29.png.webp?itok=DHoshRbu) ### Experiential Photography In partnership with De La Salle-College of St Benilde held in Manila, Philippines. [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/experiential-photography) ![Group photo in Thailand](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-06/b11ff05e-f963-40fb-b982-c944daf38130-1_jpg.png.webp?itok=fuk4bVJy) ### Preservation & Perseverance In partnership with ISDSI (International Sustainable Development Studies Institute). Held in Chiang Mai, Thailand. [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/preservation-perseverance) ![Group photo in the phillipines](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-06/700e641f-0e4b-4f82-a8ef-86c953916e91-img_0400_phi.png.webp?itok=wVhQPnsT) ### Animation Histories: Cultural Bridge Between The Philippines And Canada In partnership with iAcademy, held in Manila, Philippines [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/animation-histories-cultural-bridge-between-philippines-and-canada) ![Background banner image](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-06/69122307-2bb1-47e5-982b-499f4e06472c-ipcoimg_png.png.webp?itok=GJ83k_6z) ### Analogue + Digital Materials = Sensorial The Second OCAD U x Estonian Academy of Arts - Artists-in-Residence Program. Tallin, Estonia [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/analogue-digital-materials-sensorial) ![Background banner image](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-06/35951908-ea14-475b-b7e8-e0401b59f23c-screenshot_2.png.webp?itok=bBJm8y3U) ### HOMEBOUND A collaborative international virtual exhibition curated by OCAD U students [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/homebound) ![Background banner image](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-06/c57d3194-e070-4c30-b0a1-2d3c42053e34-land__sea__s.png.webp?itok=425OyRNr) ### Land, Sky, and Sea A collaborative international virtual exhibition curated by OCAD U Shoes Off Collective student group members Ellie Corfield and Nancy Correia. [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/land-sky-and-sea) ![The continents shown in dark green dots against a light green background](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-06/cf8234a2-7429-4b2c-ba0a-4c958bb72d85-faculty_netw.png.webp?itok=CIUecJWR) ### International Faculty Network International Faculty Network [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/international-faculty-network) ![Display in a garden](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-06/8d024d56-485a-45ff-8bf4-7c0d94d7ea94-imgp9010__2_.png.webp?itok=_eyUkwWN) ### GLOBAL HYBRID QUEERATORIAL Global Experience Project [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/global-hybrid-queeratorial) ![Students viewing art in gallery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-06/4147df80-9a38-4b65-af8e-4d39e88fe930-_mg_6766_jpg.png.webp?itok=f5JF6glL) ### HONGIK X OCADU OCAD University in collaboration with Hongik University (Seoul, South Korea) [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/hongik-x-ocadu) ![House with people on the rood](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-06/d556a59b-bb54-4460-bc5f-30281ffcfbd8-img_0340__1_.png.webp?itok=L4-FA5xf) ### Defying The Margins With Christopher Cozier In Partnership with Alice Yard and OCAD U faculty member Esery Mondesir. Sponsored by The Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation (Global Experience Project). [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/defying-margins-christopher-cozier) ![Man playing a guitar in an art gallery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-06/7d0f2f47-b813-46c1-a3a6-75cd0dceda7b-img_1154_jpe.png.webp?itok=RoKy05Gx) ### Global Experience Project: Justin Randolph Thompson Sponsored by The Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation (GEP). [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/global-experience-project-justin-randolph-thompson) ![Flyer](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-06/lkk.png.webp?itok=qzS1rT_T) ### Come Together, Right Now - In Partnership with CGLAS + UAL In partnership with City & Guilds of London Art School (CGLAS) + University Arts London (UAL) [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/come-together-right-now-partnership-cglas-ual) ![Ghana Flag](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-06/jlnlnfwe.png.webp?itok=cd1uy7VT) ### ORALITY AND FUNCTION - FIELD STUDY: GHANA, WEST AFRICA Led by OCAD U faculty member Ian Keteku. [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/orality-and-function-field-study-ghana-west-africa) ![Canada & Vietnam Stage](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-06/nasdnflmawer.png.webp?itok=aPgWm8zV) ### Celebrating 50 years between Canada and Vietnam, 2023 In partnership with Consulate General of Canada in Ho Chi Minh City and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam. Curated by OCAD U alumni Tak Pham [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/celebrating-50-years-between-canada-and-vietnam-2023) ![Cooksville station group picture](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-06/ndfnwkmqwe.png.webp?itok=tPnq0L5r) ### Designing for Diversity, 2023 In partnership with ENSCI-Les Ateliers (Paris, France), with OCAD U faculty member Job Rutgers [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/designing-diversity-2023) ![asdfer](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-06/nekmlwer.jpg.webp?itok=4nUjZwUU) ### Natural Building & Carnival Architectonics - Trinidad & Tobago 2023 In Partnership with Wa Samaki Ecosystems and OCAD U faculty member Michael Lee Poy. [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/natural-building-carnival-architectonics-trinidad-tobago-2023) ![Group photo](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-06/asdfawerqwe.png.webp?itok=ezkhnQG2) ### Oaxaca, Mexico - With Anda Kubis In Partnership with Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico (UDEM) and OCAD U faculty member Anda Kubis. [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/oaxaca-mexico-anda-kubis) ![people examining something in the earth](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-06/dsofijaksdfne.jpg.webp?itok=65pPxAmA) ### PERMACULTURE DESIGN INDEPENDENT STUDY - TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2022 In Partnership with OCAD U (Michael Lee Poy) and Wa Samaki Ecosystems [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/permaculture-design-independent-study-trinidad-and-tobago-2022) ![background](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-06/backgoiaekljnrlew.jpg.webp?itok=tI-9TGnj) ### ANALOGUE + DIGITAL = SENSORIAL Presented by the Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA) in partnership with OCAD U (Tallinn, Estonia) [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/analogue-digital-sensorial) ![OCAD University's Sharp Centre for Design, with a graphic black and white facade suspended over primary colour support legs](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2024-09/placeholder.jpg.webp?itok=Y8yJNDZN) ### Gen-Z Chronicles Podcast Club [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/gen-z-chronicles-podcast-club) ![Tropical blue water](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-04/backgroundimagebeach.jpg.webp?itok=92R0P_FD) ### Decolonizing Art From Turtle Island to the Islands of the Bahamas (May 2022) Presented by the University of the Bahamas (UB) and OCAD University. [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/decolonizing-art-turtle-island-islands-bahamas-may-2022) ![View of sky looking up through a canyon](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-04/backgroundimage.jpg.webp?itok=B7LjZ5VK) ### Outside In - two-part online conference event (May 2022) [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/outside-two-part-online-conference-event-may-2022) ![Black background with white lined grid, and the words Designing for Diversity written in lavender](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-04/DesigningforDiversity.png.webp?itok=Ib_5I--P) ### Designing for Diversity (April 2022) [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/designing-diversity-april-2022) ![Grey speckled white concrete](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-04/concretebackground.jpg.webp?itok=djWqA_Gs) ### Our Histories with Objects (February 2022) OCAD University in collaboration with Hongik University (Seoul, South Korea) [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/our-histories-objects-february-2022) ![Christine Rebet talk poster](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-04/c5bdf46f-3f89-4943-803c-8660cf2fdb4e.jpg.webp?itok=HfmEf4d-) ### Artist Talk: Christine Rebet (September 2021) Hosted by iAcademy (Manila, Philippines) in partnership with OCAD University, with the support of the Consulate of France in Toronto [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/artist-talk-christine-rebet-september-2021) ![In Conversation banner image](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-04/mainbannerinconversation.jpg.webp?itok=qxMXNWUA) ### In Conversation (2021) Presented by DesignTO in partnership with OCAD University and University of the Arts London (London, UK) [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/conversation-2021) ![light blue background with white text running diagonally in the background](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-03/Intlwritingcollectivemain.png.webp?itok=glUwrJNf) ### International Writing Collective (2021) OCAD University in collaboration with Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL) (Bogotá, Colombia) [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/international-writing-collective-2021) ![painting banner](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-03/paintingbannermain.png.webp?itok=9Y8OHNZC) ### Painting: Portraiture (June 2021) OCAD University in collaboration with State University of New York at Geneseo (New York, U.S.) [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/painting-portraiture-june-2021) ![Sage colour background with words Eco-feminishm material and touch written on front](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-03/background.jpg.webp?itok=nM3IueVP) ### Eco-Feminism Material & Touch (June 2021) OCAD University in partnership with Joshibi University of Art and Design (Sagamihara, Japan) [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/eco-feminism-material-touch-june-2021) ![Narratives Through Global Space banner](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-03/1d091c4f-e2a3-4cad-8ef2-3b672fa6bb92.jpg.webp?itok=1FIQ3ByG) ### Narratives Through Global Space (June 2021) OCAD University in partnership with Mapúa University (Manila, Philippines) [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/narratives-through-global-space-june-2021) ![A globe made of different connections in yellow with the title "What Moves You?" overlayed](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-03/whatmovesyoutitle.jpg.webp?itok=vTnwkswV) ### What Moves You (March 2021) OCAD University in partnership with University of the Arts London, Camberwell Collage of Arts (London, UK) [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/what-moves-you-march-2021) ![A banner for Designing for Diversity Feb 2021 in Paris](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_medium/public/2025-03/DesigningforDiversityBanner.jpg.webp?itok=xMytGvSu) ### Designing for Diversity (February 2021) OCAD University in partnership with ENSCI Les Ateliers (Paris, France) [ Learn More ](/index%2Ephp/projects/designing-diversity-february-2021) ![](/themes/custom/ocad/img/decor/ripped-paper-whitebg.png) rgb(255,255,255) ## Past Collaborations ### INTERNATIONAL ONLINE RESIDENCY EXPERIENCES (IORE) ### Narratives Through Global Space (September 2020 to February 2021) This digital residency recognizes the profound and essential value that diversity brings to the creation, reception and circulation of creative practices and discourse. Students and alumni from OCAD U and Mapua University (Manila, Philippines) worked collaboratively, investigating narrative, archives, digital art, performance art, and experimental animation. Supported by OCAD U faculty members Julius Poncelet Manapul and Natalie Waldburger. ### Design for Diversity (February 2021) This intensive program brought together emerging designers from OCAD U and ENSI Les Ateliers (Paris, France) for a five-day virtual design workshop investigating a new role for designers as cultural connectors as they collaborated on interaction design, service design, product design and spatial design. Students were encouraged to look at the cultural diversity in both France and Canada with an optimistic, ‘designerly’ attitude: the expectation that every culture should be respected, and each culture has valuable insights to share. Led by faculty members Job Rutgers (OCAD U) and Sarngsan Na Soontorn (ENSCI-Les Ateliers). ### What Moves You? (February to March 2021) This virtual partnership brought together students from OCAD U and University of the Arts (London, UK) for six weeks to consider and explore the potential of art to be a catalyst for social change in during the pandemic. Students worked towards building a trans-Atlantic network of creative outputs and documentation from each individual’s location. Responding to a series of generative questions that prompt artistic response and deep critical discussion, students collaborated to shape a collective project. The objective is to gain global insight, identify pressing social challenges, and develop an innovative web of artistic propositions. Led by faculty members Anda Kubis (OCAD U) and Lois Rowe (University of the Arts London). ### International Writing Collective Established by OCAD U’s Catherine Black, Chair, Creative Writing, in partnership with faculty at Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Bogota, Colombia) this collective explores how we connect, create, and write across geographies, languages, and cultures in response to our global crises and individual challenges. Composed of writers enthusiastic about international collaboration, interdisciplinary production, translation, and the productive interchange of ideas, the group has a strong interest in social justice. Together, creative writing students in Bogota and Toronto work together to produce a collective creation in the form of a public online reading, a performance, and/or a publication. ### COIL COLLABORATIONS ### COIL Project: Enlace MARCO / Shelter 1:1 (Winter 2019) Led by Jana Macalik (OCAD U) and Kazmy Chi, Universidad de Monterrey (Monterrey, Mexico) Environmental Design and Interior Design Students collaborated to propose works based on the exhibition “Axiomas para la acción”(“Axioms for action”) by the artist Carlos Amorales at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey (MARCO). One project was selected to be produced and exhibited at the museum. ### INTAC (2010 to Present) Over the last decade, students and professors at eight universities around the world have engaged in meaningful international experiences as part of International Art Collaborations (INTAC) during an annual cycle of 8-month-long engagements. The current iteration of INTAC brings together six universities located in Finland, Mexico, Canada, Germany, South Korea and China. Spring 2020’s iteration culminated in an online exhibition that can be viewed at 'Plug in (s)Objects', INTACnet online virtual gallery. ### STUDENT TRAVEL EXPENSES ### Design Abroad (2013 to Present) In May of 2019, sixteen undergraduate design students worked with the residents of El Cocal, a small informal community located next to the town of Quepos, Costa Rica. The project worked with key residents in El Cocal to co-design a comprehensive waste management solution that would assist the community to reach its goals of protecting the natural environmental and sharing its beauty with its residents and visitors. This bi-annual course focuses on participatory design processes, and is led by faculty member Sarah Tranum. ### Printmaking and Publications with CENTRO, Mexico City (February 2020) Facilitated by Tony Macarena and OCAD U faculty members Shannon Gerard and Alison Judd, OCAD U fourth-year Print and Publications students and CENTRO students challenged the concept of borders. Over three days at the Mexico City campus, the group considered how to work together across them, challenge them, or ignore them. The group was also joined by OCAD U Illustration alumni Vicky To and Learning Zone Librarian Marta Chudolinska. ### INTERNATIONAL CAREER LAUNCHERS - co-presented by the Centre for Emerging Artists and Designers ### Artists-In-Residence Program in Estonia (Postponed to Spring 2022) This career launcher developed by OCAD U faculty member Nithikul Nimkulrat in partnership with Estonian Academy of Arts, EKA (Tallinn, Estonia) invited students from Material Art & Design and Digital Futures Programs to go abroad to work in analog and digital materials. Students Olivia Prior, Charlize Nhung, Khadija Aziz will undertake their residency in Spring 2022. ### Diasporic Dialogues with Black History Month Florence (February 2020) Undergraduate Criticism & Curatorial Practice student Leaf Jerlefia (Watson) participated in this International Career Launcher in Florence, Italy. They worked with OCAD U professor Andrea Fatona to collaborate with Black History Month Florence (BHMF), international curator Simone Frangi, and artists Binta Diaw, Francis Offman, Raziel Perin, and Emmanuel Yoro Gallagher to develop the first phase of a project that will see dialogue and exchange between emerging Italian artists and Black Toronto-based emerging artists and curators. Presented in partnership with Black History Month Florence and The Student Hotel Florence. ### FACULTY PROJECTS ### Decolonizing Art from Turtle Island to the Islands of the Bahamas Ada Slaight Chair of Drawing and Painting Ilene Sova and Indigenous Community Relations Advocate, Nadia McLaren are working with faculty at the University of the Bahamas to share knowledge around creating art within the context of decolonization and the creation of art for social change. In alignment with the [Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the calls to action outlined for Post-Secondary Institutions,](https://ocadu.ca/asp) this innovative study is designed to look at the complex questions of decolonial practice and to map these across two distinct national and institution contexts. Focused on contemporary art practice of research, education, and production, this project will provide a valuable vehicle for faculty to exchange ideas and to develop a broader awareness of best practices in art making within a frame of decolonization. Project goals include an exhibition of the work created in response to concepts of decolonization in a Caribbean and North American context, and the development of a COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) course shared across our partner institutions. ### Design Competencies An ongoing collaboration between London College of Communication (LCC) and OCAD U, this project seeks to create a concise overview of design competencies ¾ insights into the latest identified design-world needs and how to teach them to best prepare design students for their roles in a changing world. Curriculum and co-curricular opportunities support students in creating their unique learning and career paths. Led by Job Rutgers (OCAD U), John Fass and Mo Ling Chui (LCC) with support from CUMULUS: International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media. ### Artist Residency: Mexico's Festival Internacional Cervantino (October 2019) As the 2019 guest country at the festival, Canada featured its vibrant and diverse arts sector on the stages and streets of Guanajuato, Mexico. As a resident artist, OCAD U’s Luke Parnell worked in a rooftop studio at Casa Canada and gave an artist talk. ### Workshops in Vietnam and Philippines (Fall 2019) For the first time, OCAD U and other Canadian art and design institutions came together to deliver a series of Canadian Arts and Creative Industries Workshops in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, Vietnam and Manila, Philippines. These workshops were led by Jennie Suddi ck, Immony Mèn and Emerson Buczolits. ### DesignTO (January 2020) OCAD U facilitated guests from our partner institutions (Kazmy Chi of Universidad de Monterrey, Joel Karamath of London College of Communication, and Daniel Shin of Nottingham Trent University) to present during the DesignTO festival. The group also facilitated the workshop, [Where Do We Meet? Design led Businesses & the Business of Educating Designers,](https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/where-do-we-meet-tickets-87917919865)led by OCAD U’s Job Rutgers. This half-day workshop, held at OCAD U CO’s Design Thinking Studio at the Waterfront campus, brought together creative minds from across the design spectrum, including students, alumni and community partners. ### Panorama Creativo: A roadmap for Canadian creative industries CENTRO (Mexico City) and EduCanada invited OCAD U to participate in an ongoing faculty and staff focus group to collaborate on research in the creative sectors and industries in both Canada and Mexico. Focus includes interactive and audiovisual media, performing arts and design (graphic). ### FACULTY/STAFF EXCHANGES **Faculty members Peter Morin and Sarah Tranum visited University Arts London (Winter 2020)** **Nottingham Trent University (United Kingdom) technicians Kerry Truman and Jeremy Keeling came to OCAD U and Director, Facilities & Studio Services Nick Hooper visited Nottingham Trent, in exchange (January 2020)** ### COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS ### OCAD U and University of the Arts London in Partnership with Art Toronto and DesignTO (March 2021) OCAD U and University of the Arts London (UAL) partnered to host international studio visits for Art Toronto 2020 and to present a design speaker series with DesignTO. ### Programs at our studio in Florence, Italy (temporarily suspended due to the pandemic) A suite of non-credit courses launched in Spring 2019 opened to members of the OCAD U community and creative practitioners world-wide. Three frameworks: supporting overall studio practice, teacher training and material exploration inform masterclasses led by OCAD U faculty. In addition to using OCAD U’s studio and emphasizing our approach to contemporary practice, this program also includes a significant amount immersion in the Florentine Italian context, including the opportunity to engage with local practitioners and workshops.