List of OCAD University people

OCAD University, an art and design post-secondary university in Toronto, holds an association with a number of individuals, including alumni, faculty, and staff.

Alumni

• Madeline Ashby — science fiction writer
• Myfanwy Ashmore – conceptual artist
• Barbara Astman – artist, photographer
• Yank Azman – actor
• Rebecca Belmore – artist
• David Blackwood – artist
• Shary Boyle – sculpture, painting, drawing, performance
• Benjamin Brown – architect
• Jubal Brown – video artist
• Nina Bunjevac – cartoonist
• George Bures Miller – installation artist
• Jack Bush – abstract expressionist painter, member of the Painters Eleven
• Meryn Cadell – writer, performance artist
• Franklin Carmichael – painter, member of the Group of Seven
• Robin Cass – filmmaker, producer
• Aimee Chan – graphic designer, Miss Hong Kong 2006, actress
• Candy Chang – former actress, multiple pageant winner
• Agnes Chow - former social activist
• Olivia Chow – politician, 66th Mayor of Toronto
• Holly Coulis – artist, painter
• Greta Dale – muralist
• Cathy Daley – artist, educator
• Ken Danby – artist, painter
• Jan Derbyshire – comedian, playwright
• Bonnie Devine – artist
• George Dunning – artist, illustrator
• Wallace Edwards – illustrator
• Frank Faubert – politician, final Mayor of Scarborough
• Ed Furness – comic book artist, painter
• Gregory Gallant – comic book artist, writer
• Max Gimblett – artist
• Katherine Gray – artist
• Emanuel Hahn – sculptor, coin designer
• Rachel Hayward – actress
• Wade Hemsworth – songwriter
• Dorothy Henriques-Wells – painter
• J. C. Heywood – master printmaker and painter
• April Hickox – photographer, artist, academic
• Peter Ho – singer, producer, actor, model
• Cleeve Horne – painter, sculptor
• James Archibald Houston – artist, children's author
• Barbara Howard – artist, wood engraver
• Eli Ilan – sculptor
• Michael Ironside – actor, director
• Clark Johnson – actor, director
• Tracey Johnston-Aldworth – entrepreneur, environmentalist
• Carlos del Junco – musician
• Garry Kennedy – conceptual artist
• Arounna Khounnoraj – artist, teacher, and author
• Brian Kipping – artist, musician
• Maya Kulenovic – painter
• William Kurelek – artist, writer
• Monte Kwinter – politician
• Martha Ladly – designer, musician
• Artis Lane – sculptor, painter
• Robert Lougheed – artist
• Irene Loughlin – performance artist, writer
• Wayne Lum – sculptor, commercial artist
• Charmaine Lurch – artist, educator
• Mary Florence MacDonald – curator
• Duncan Macpherson – cartoonist
• Michael Martchenko – illustrator
• Jean Mathieson – animator
• Bruce Mau – designer, writer
• Sanaz Mazinani – artist
• Doris McCarthy – landscape artist
• Manly E. MacDonald – artist
• Christine McGlade – digital designer, television producer
• Ross McLaren – artist, filmmaker
• Claire Mowat – writer
• Will Munro – artist
• Walter Tandy Murch – painter
• Shelley Niro – painter, installation artist, filmmaker
• Mary Margaret O'Hara – musician, actress
• Lucille Oille – sculptor, illustrator
• Kim Ondaatje – painter, photographer, filmmaker
• Edie Parker – sculptor
• Harley Parker – painter
• Lee Patterson – actor
• Kelly Richardson – video artist, photographer
• Mazo de la Roche – writer
• William Ronald – painter, founder of the Painters Eleven
• Klaus Schoenfeld – comic book artist, graphic illustrator
• Karl Schroeder – science fiction writer
• Floria Sigismondi – photographer, director
• Anne Simpson – poet, novelist
• Michael Snow – installation artist, filmmaker
• Rudolf Stussi – painter
• Angela Su – artist
• Rick Switzer – sculptor
• Paul Szep – cartoonist
• Gary Taxali – artist, illustrator
• Ty Templeton – comic book artist, musician, actor
• Rirkrit Tiravanija – installation artist
• Camille Turner – performance artist
• Maurice Vellekoop – artist, illustrator
• Lea Vivot – sculptor
• Jan Wade – artist
• George A. Walker – book artist
• Simon Wilcox – musician
• Richard Williams – animator
• Dick Wilson – actor
• Elizabeth Wyn Wood – sculptor
• Jaret Vadera – artist
• Noreen Young – producer, puppeteer
• Yovska – drag performer

Faculty

Faculty and staff of OCAD University and its predecessors have included

• Roy Ascott
• Barbara Astman
• Aba Bayefsky
• Bill Buxton
• Nicole Collins
• William Cruikshank
• Carl Dair
• Cathy Daley
• Bonnie Devine
• Allan Fleming
• Richard Fung
• Ian Carr-Harris
• Robert Harris
• Johanna Householder
• Burton Kramer
• Martha Ladly
• Min Sook Lee
• Arthur Lismer
• J. E. H. MacDonald
• Jock Macdonald
• Thomas Mower Martin
• Ashok Mathur
• Christine McGlade
• Christiane Pflug
• George Agnew Reid
• Lisa Steele
• Maurice Vellekoop
• George A. Walker
• Norman White
• Muriel Wood

Chancellors

• Rosalie Sharp (2004-2007)
• James K. Bartleman (2007-2010)
• Catherine Delaney (2010-2017)
• Salah Bachir (2017-2021)
• Jamie Watt (2022–present)

Administration

Principals

• George Agnew Reid (1912-1928) ^{[1] [2]}
• J. E. H. MacDonald (1928-1932) ^{[3] [2]}
• Fred S. Haines (1932-1951) ^{[3] [2]}
• Lawrence A. C. Panton (1951-1954) ^{[4] [5]}
• Sydney Hollinger Watson (1955-1970) ^[6]

Presidents

• Roy Ascott (1971-1972)
• Clifford Pitt (1972-1975)
• Paul Duncan Fleck (1975-1982)
• Norman Blasdell Hathaway (1983-1987) ^[7]
• Timothy Porteous (1988-1995)
• Alan Barkley (1995-1998)
• Catherine Henderson (1998-2000)
• Ron Shuebrook (2000-2005)
• Sara Diamond (2005-2020)
• Ana Serrano (2020–present)

References

1. "Reid, George Agnew National Historic Person".
2. Payne, Daniel. "A mirror of curriculum: Art libraries and studio-based education: The OCAD University experience (1876 -2016)" (PDF). OCAD University Library. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
3. "History". www.ocadu.ca. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
4. "L.A.C. Panton | Fine Art Collector | Paintings, Prints for Sale & Wanted".
5. "Panton, Lawrence A. C."
6. "Sydney Hollinger Watson | the Sampson-Matthews Prints".
7. Taylor, Kate (18 June 2021). "Artist Norman Hathaway's design firm produced iconic images". The Globe and Mail.