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Fall festival celebrates design at OCAD U

The inaugural Fall Design Festival showcases the creativity and innovation of the Faculty of Design through exhibitions, screenings, panels and collaborative projects.

October 2, 2025

Creativity as the catalyst for climate action

Five artists tested our relationships to nature at the inaugural Creative Climate Residency, hosted by OCAD U’s Global Centre for Climate Action.

October 1, 2025

Student wins $30,000 art award

OCAD U first-year student Juliana Saavedra Patino wins international art prize for powerful self-portrait

October 1, 2025

2025-26 BMO Sustainable Futures Faculty Fellows

We're excited to introduce the 2025-26 cohort of BMO Sustainable Futures Faculty Fellows, whose work embodies the critical role art and design play in addressing the climate crisis.

September 29, 2025

OCAD U mourns passing of longtime leader

Peter Fraser worked for the University for 40 years and was the longest-serving member of the University’s management team.

September 29, 2025

Animation students and alums highlighted at Ottawa International Animation Festival

Three OCAD U community members present experimental visions to international audiences at one of the world’s leading animation events.

September 23, 2025

Events and exhibitions happening at OCAD U

Installation at the Canada Malting Silos

Nuit Blanche: Dissolving Boundaries

October 4, 2025 12 a.m. - October 5, 2025 11:59 p.m.

Off Campus

On the night of Oct.

Event

OCAD U Gallery Crawl 2025

October 18, 2025 12 p.m. - 3 p.m.

The Great Hall

Join the 6th Annual OCAD U Gallery Crawl!
Artists, designers and curators share the stories behind their creative process on free guided tours of OCAD U’s multiple galleries.

Exhibition

UNRAVELLING: AN ILLUSTRATION RISOGRAPH EXHIBITION

October 8, 2025 12 a.m. - October 20, 2025 11:59 p.m.

Ada Slaight Student Gallery

ILLUSTRATION STUDENT BASED RISOGRAPH EXHIBITION

Exhibition

Catalog of Impermanence

October 9, 2025 12 a.m. - November 4, 2025 11:59 p.m.

Ignite Gallery

Nicholas Crombach, Hana Hozhabr Pour, Bager Kaya, Alex Power

Exhibition

Photo of a room with wooden interiors. There are shelfs with decorative things on them. There is a table and a couple of chairs in the next room, which also has a wall to wall window.

Transforming Birthspace: A Global Colloquium

October 24, 2025 12 a.m. - November 10, 2025 11:59 p.m.

Open Space Gallery

A gathering of interdisciplinary, international experts. A global movement towards healthier, more supportive environments for childbirth.

Exhibition

Artwork by Rosalie Favell: Left: Rosalie Favell, Terri, Facing the Cameria, NIGIG Residency Toronto, 2016, photograph, dimensions variable. Image courtesy of the artist. Right: Rosalie Favell, Tom, Facing the Cameria, NIGIG Residency Toronto, 2016, photograph, dimensions variable. Image courtesy of the artist.

Rosalie Favell: Facing the Camera: TSÍ TKARÒN:TO

May 1, 2025 12 a.m. - November 30, 2025 11:59 p.m.

Onsite Gallery (RHD)

Facing the Camera: TSÍ TKARÒN:TO is presented in conjunction with Onsite Gallery’s touring exhibition Rosalie Favell | Belonging (1982–2024) and is a 2025 Core Program with the CONTACT Photography Festival.

Exhibition

Artwork by Rosalie Favell: Rosalie Favell, My first day of assimulation, 1996 (remastered 2024) from the series From An Early Age. Image courtesy of the artist.

Rosalie Favell | Belonging (1982-2024)

June 18, 2025 12 a.m. - December 6, 2025 11:59 p.m.

Onsite Gallery (RHD)

Belonging is the first retrospective of renowned Red River Metis artist Rosalie Favell, showcasing a powerful curated selection of her lens-based works from 1982 to 2024.

Exhibition