The Student Wellness Centre teamed up with the Student Union to host a Pizza Party and Info Fair for International Students!

Drop-in at any time during the event to chat with some student groups, learn about International Student services, and get some free pizza.

There will also be the chance to win a giftcard or a prize bag from Above Ground Art Supplies! Don't miss out, make sure to register for the event using the Google Form in by November 16th.

Date: Wednesday, November 17th
Time: 1:30-3:30 pm
Location: Lobby of the main building at 100 McCaul

Welcome Squad: Field Trip to Toronto’s Evergreen Brickworks
presented by Campus Life Welcome Squad

Audience: all OCAD U students welcome

Join the Welcome Squad for an adventurous group walk through the historic Brickworks in the Don Valley. This location is wheelchair accessible, contains public washrooms, and water fountain. Multiple terrains of walking trail are available, such as gravel and pavement. Participants can choose their own level of hiking challenge, from casual stroll to uphill climb. As a team, we will work together to build active outdoor skills and share our creative inspiration!

Saturday, November 6
10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
 
Please dress weather-appropriate for physical activity and bring water/snacks. Some lightweight art supplies are recommended as well.

Meet us at 10 a.m. at OCAD U’s Butterfield Park (100 McCaul Street) and we will take Toronto transit* together as a group (approximately 40 minutes travel time to 550 Bayview Avenue). Event will last 2 hours, but students are welcome to remain as long as they please.

RSVP/register to participate: https://forms.office.com/r/Q1Lxm810HU
Please contact Welcome Squad member Jackie (jacklyn.forgie@ocadu.ca) with questions.

About Brickworks: www.evergreen.ca/evergreen-brick-works

*Transit fare required

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OCAD U strives to provide inclusive, accessible facilities, spaces, and events, with opportunities for everyone in the community to engage fully. To confidentially request an accommodation for this activity, contact Brent E. James in OCAD U’s Campus Life office at bjames@ocadu.ca

Welcome Squad: Diya Painting!
Presented by Campus Life Fall Welcome Squad
Supported by Office of Diversity, Equity & Sustainability Initiatives (ODESI)

Audience: all OCAD U students

Diwali, the festival of lights, is right around the corner! All students are invited to come paint and decorate a diya* that you can take home, jam to some Bollywood music, learn about Diwali and make some new friends! Desi treats will be available!

Wednesday, November 3
Anytime between 1 to 4 p.m.
Main lobby, 100 McCaul Street

Diyas will be provided (as will art supplies—but feel free to bring your own).

Due to limited seating (and diyas), RSVP is required: https://forms.office.com/r/v6pgEnbgci

Mask-wearing and social distancing protocols will be in place.

* A Diya is an oil lamp usually made from clay, native to the Indian subcontinent and often used in Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain and Zoroastrian religious festivals such as Diwali.

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OCAD U strives to provide inclusive, accessible facilities, spaces, and events, with opportunities for everyone in the community to engage fully. To confidentially request an accommodation for this activity, contact Brent E. James in OCAD U’s Campus Life office at bjames@ocadu.ca

Welcome Squad: Halloween Party
presented by Campus Life Welcome Squad

Audience: all OCAD U students welcome

Saturday, October 30
6 to 7:30 p.m.
Pop in anytime!
Platform: Microsoft Teams

All OCAD U witches, wizards, ghouls, and goblins are invited to dress up and join Welcome Squad members Veronica and Mia for a fun night full of spooking adventure: virtual tricks, games, Halloween trivia and draw-a-jack-o-lantern challenge (https://sketch.io/sketchpad).

Join the event: https://bit.ly/3bgikA9

Welcome Squad: Pumpkin Painting!
presented by Campus Life Fall Welcome Squad

Audience: all OCAD U students welcome

Join us for some in-person Halloween fun! Come in costume if you like and meet some fellow students. Express your creativity by painting a mini pumpkin that you can take home!

Friday, October 29
3 to 4 p.m.
Free

Mini pumpkins will be provided. A limited supply of paints and supplies will be available, but you are encouraged to bring your own. Due to limited seating, RSVP is required.

OCAD U strives to provide inclusive, accessible facilities, spaces, and events, with opportunities for everyone in the community to engage fully. To confidentially request an accommodation for this activity, contact Brent E. James in OCAD U’s Campus Life office at bjames@ocadu.ca

RSVP/register: https://forms.office.com/r/9KPGZb6Msz
Mask-wearing and social distancing protocols will be in place.

Photography: please be advised that OCAD U-hosted events may be documented through photography and video. These images may be used by the University for promotional, advertising, and educational purposes.

By participating in our events, both on-campus and off-site, you consent to allowing OCAD U to document and use your images and likeness. However, if you do not want to be photographed or included in video, please don’t hesitate to let us know when you arrive at the event.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Navigating Identity in the Asian Diaspora

AZN Artists Collective (AAC) is thrilled to have the opportunity to host our very first exhibition at OCAD U in the Ada Slaight Gallery space. AAC would love for you to join us in the making of our exhibition, and we invite current members of the collective and non-members to apply (with consideration of the qualifications). We ask that participants submit one piece of work or a series that relates to our theme: navigating identity in the Asian diaspora. We would love to know your perspective,  experiences, and your past or present views on what it like to navigate identity as a person belonging to the Asian Diaspora. Existing pieces or proposals for new works are acceptable submissions. Please indicate on your application if your work has specific installation requirements or if you need special accommodations. The artworks will be selected by a jury, and the successful applicants will be contacted.

Note: the AAC is in full compliance with OCAD University’s COVID-19 protocols, gallery capacity is TBD.

Submission deadline: 11:59 p.m., November 30, 2021

How To Apply: Please fill out the form attached to this link
https://bit.ly/3lOwkHa

Requirements:
-Current OCAD Student
-Member of Asian Diaspora
-Headshot and Artist Bio

Compensation: there will unfortunately be no compensation as this is an unpaid opportunity.

Timeline:
November 30: Submission Deadline
December 1 to 6: Assessment Process
December 6: Notification of Results
January 17: Opening Day
January 26: Closing Night

About AZN Artists Collective:
AZN Artists Collective (AAC) is a community to get together to talk about social issues, identity work; Pan-Asian political/social justice oriented while sharing a common passion of the design and fine arts. Although the AAC mainly caters to the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community, we are committed to engaging and welcoming those who identify as Black, Indigenous, People(s) of Colour (BIPOC); Two-spirited, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, Pansexual (2SLGBTQ+); and Deaf Persons, Persons with Disabilities and Persons Living with Mental Illness.

For information about this and other student-run groups at OCAD U, visit https://www.ocadu.ca/services/campus-life/student-groups

Please join us for the virtual book launch event for Curating Lively Objects: Exhibitions Beyond Disciplines, on October 28th, 5pm to 7pm EDT, hosted by OCAD University’s Faculty of Arts and Science and School of Graduate Studies, in partnership with Onsite Gallery.
 
Co-edited by Caroline Seck Langill and Lizzie Muller, Curating Lively Objects explores the role of things as catalysts in imagining futures beyond disciplines for museums and exhibitions. Contributing writers describe how their curatorial collaborations with diverse objects, from rocks to robots, generate new ways of organizing and sharing knowledge.
 
Bringing together leading artists and curators from Australia and Canada, Curating Lively Objects addresses object liveliness from a range of entwined perspectives, including new materialism, decolonial thinking, Indigenous epistemologies, environmentalism, feminist critique and digital aesthetics. Foregrounding practice-based curatorial scholarship, the book focuses on rigorous reflexive accounts of how curating is done. It contributes to global topics in curatorial research, including time and memory beyond and before disciplinarity; the relationship between human and non-human across different ontologies; and the interaction between Indigenous knowledge and disciplinary expertise in interpreting museum collections.
 
Caroline Langill and Lizzie Muller will be joined in conversation by Ryan Rice, Lisa Myers, Randy Lee Cutler, Tess Allas, Lucas Ihlein, and Sarah Cook.
 
REGISTER HERE

Become a Task/Time Management Guru with To Do’s

The goal of this workshop is to equip you with strategies, paired with the appropriate technology, to more effectively manage your time and prioritize tasks using targeted Microsoft applications.

Workshop topics will include:

• Breaking down your tasks
• Microsoft To Do’s vs. Planner
• To Do integration with Outlook, Planner and Teams
• Creating an effective time/task management workflow

When: Tuesday, October 19^th, 2:00PM-3:30PM (1.5 hours)

Where: MS Teams Meeting

Spaces are limited! Please email sas@ocadu.ca by 9am, Friday, October 15^th to reserve your spot. Once you RSVP, you will receive a MS Teams meeting link.

If you RSVP and are no longer able to attend this workshop, please let us know as soon as possible so we can offer spaces to other students.

Please email us if you have any questions, or accommodation or access requests.

Work SMARTER, not HARDER

At Session 1, learn about strategies and techniques to up your academic gains

We will be joined by D.J. Cunningham, the CEO of LEARNstyle, to share his learning journey and how he gained confidence and experienced success using assistive technology. This session will provide you with an introduction to the role assistive technology can play in your learning journey and set you up to attend our future sessions on assistive technology as it relates to specific academic tasks, such as organization and time management and idea generation.

Student Accessibility Services (SAS) is excited to invite you to the kickoff of a series of workshops we will be presenting over the Fall 2021 and Winter 2022 terms presented in partnership with LEARNstyle (https://learnstyle.com). The goal of these sessions is to introduce you to assistive technology and how it can support you in meeting your academic goals.

When: Tuesday, October 5^th, 2:00PM-3:00PM
Where: MS Teams Meeting

Email sas@ocadu.ca to RSVP. Once you RSVP you will receive a MS Teams meeting link. We look forward to having you join us!

Please email sas@ocadu.ca if you have any questions, or accommodation or access requests.

The SWC Peer Wellness Program works to de-stigmatize conversations on mental health in our community through Brave Spaces and Anti-Oppressive Programming. We will be discussing physical fitness, creating SMART Goals, strategies to increase motivation, and getting back in touch with your values. 

Led by SWC Student Navigators Andres Navas Suarez and Rei Pierre. 

Workshop Agenda
01 Workouts
02 Tips 
03 Share
04 Fuel
05 What works?
06 Experiences

Poster description: barbells used to workout with the Workshop Agenda on the right.