Ontario College of Art & Design
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OCAD University is Canada's largest and oldest educational institution for art and design. It is located in Toronto
, Ontario
, Canada
on McCaul Street beside the Art Gallery of Ontario
. OCAD U offers courses through the Faculties of Art, Design, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and alternative programs.
radically challenged the pedagogy and curriculum structure of the College.
In 2008, OCAD president Sara Diamond changed the pedagogy after the institution became a university. She emphasized academics over studio time and required full time instructors to hold an advanced degree. There was some controversy as two faculty resigned over the changes.
, of Alsop Architects, in a joint venture with Toronto-based Robbie/Young + Wright Architects Inc. It consists of a box four storeys off the ground supported by a series of multi-coloured pillars at different angles and is often described as a tabletop. The $42.5 million expansion and redevelopment has received numerous awards, including the first-ever Royal Institute of British Architects Worldwide Award, the award of excellence in the "Building in Context" category at the Toronto Architecture and Urban Design Awards, and was deemed the most outstanding technical project overall in the 2005 Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards.
(BFA), a Bachelor of Design
(BDes), an Interdisciplinary Master's in Art Media and Design (MA, MFA or MDes), a Master of Fine Arts in Criticism and Curatorial Practice (MFA), a Master of Design in Strategic Foresight and Innovation (MDes), an Executive Master of Design in Advertising (EMDes), a Master of Design in Inclusive Design (MDes), and a Graduate Program in Digital Futures (Graduate Diploma and MA, MDes, MFA).
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
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on McCaul Street beside the Art Gallery of Ontario
Art Gallery of Ontario
Under the direction of its CEO Matthew Teitelbaum, the AGO embarked on a $254 million redevelopment plan by architect Frank Gehry in 2004, called Transformation AGO. The new addition would require demolition of the 1992 Post-Modernist wing by Barton Myers and Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg...
. OCAD U offers courses through the Faculties of Art, Design, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and alternative programs.
Curriculum
In 1969-70, Roy AscottRoy Ascott
Roy Ascott is a British artist and theorist, who works with cybernetics and telematics. He is President of the Planetary Collegium.- Biography :...
radically challenged the pedagogy and curriculum structure of the College.
In 2008, OCAD president Sara Diamond changed the pedagogy after the institution became a university. She emphasized academics over studio time and required full time instructors to hold an advanced degree. There was some controversy as two faculty resigned over the changes.
Sharp Centre for Design
In 2004 work was completed on a new expansion. The "Sharp Centre for Design", designed by architect Will AlsopWill Alsop
Will Allen Alsop, OBE RA is a British architect based in London. He is responsible for several distinctive and controversial modernist buildings, most in the United Kingdom. Alsop's buildings are usually distinguished by their use of bright colour and unusual forms...
, of Alsop Architects, in a joint venture with Toronto-based Robbie/Young + Wright Architects Inc. It consists of a box four storeys off the ground supported by a series of multi-coloured pillars at different angles and is often described as a tabletop. The $42.5 million expansion and redevelopment has received numerous awards, including the first-ever Royal Institute of British Architects Worldwide Award, the award of excellence in the "Building in Context" category at the Toronto Architecture and Urban Design Awards, and was deemed the most outstanding technical project overall in the 2005 Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards.
Name changes
OCAD U has had a number of names over time.- Ontario School of Art, 1876–86 founded by the Ontario Society of Artists to provide professional training in art.
- Toronto Art School, 1886–90
- Central Ontario School of Art and Industrial Design, 1890–1912
- Ontario College of Art (OCA), 1912–96
- Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD), 1996–2010
- OCAD University, 2010–present
Academic degrees
The school combines a studio-based education with liberal studies, which is recognized with a Bachelor of Fine ArtsBachelor of Fine Arts
In the United States and Canada, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. In some countries such a degree is called a Bachelor of Creative Arts or BCA...
(BFA), a Bachelor of Design
Bachelor of Design
A Bachelor of Design degree is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts three or four years. It is an arts-centered degree that is a counterpart to the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree...
(BDes), an Interdisciplinary Master's in Art Media and Design (MA, MFA or MDes), a Master of Fine Arts in Criticism and Curatorial Practice (MFA), a Master of Design in Strategic Foresight and Innovation (MDes), an Executive Master of Design in Advertising (EMDes), a Master of Design in Inclusive Design (MDes), and a Graduate Program in Digital Futures (Graduate Diploma and MA, MDes, MFA).
Student gallery
OCAD also runs a student gallery, located at 285 Dundas St. West, east of Dundas and McCaul. The exhibitions on display are specially curated and feature submitted works by students at the school.Notable faculty members
Faculty and staff of OCAD University have included- Barbara AstmanBarbara AstmanBarbara Astman, RCA, is a Canadian artist who specializes in a hybrid of photography and new media; often using her own body as object and subject, merging art and technology.-Early life:...
- Bill BuxtonBill BuxtonWilliam Arthur Stewart "Bill" Buxton is a Canadian computer scientist and designer. He is currently a Principal researcher at Microsoft Research...
- Ian Carr-HarrisIan Carr-HarrisIan Carr-Harris is a Canadian artist living in Toronto. In addition to exhibiting internationally, Carr-Harris is a professor at the Ontario College of Art & Design.-Life:...
- Martha LadlyMartha LadlyMartha Ladly, AOCA RGD MCSD is a Canadian academic, designer and musician. She is currently Associate Professor of interaction design, at OCAD University. Ladly has also had a long career as a musician and achieved international fame as part of Canadian New Wave band Martha & the Muffins...
- Arthur LismerArthur LismerArthur Lismer, CC was an English-born Canadian painter and member of the Group of Seven.-Early life:At age 13 he apprenticed at a photo-engraving company. He was awarded a scholarship, and used this time to take evening classes at the Sheffield School of Arts from 1898 until 1905...
- J. E. H. MacDonaldJ. E. H. MacDonaldJames Edward Hervey MacDonald was a member of the famous Group of Seven Canadian artists. He is the father of Thoreau MacDonald.-Life:...
- Jock MacdonaldJock MacdonaldJock Macdonald was a member of Painters Eleven , whose goal was to promote abstract art in Canada.-Early life:He was born in May 1897 in Thurso, Scotland...
- Allan FlemingAllan FlemingAllan Fleming was a Canadian graphic designer best known for having created the Allan Fleming was a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[graphic designer]] best known for having created the...
- Richard FungRichard FungRichard Fung is a video artist who currently lives and works in Toronto, Ontario. He was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and is openly gay.-Work:Fung's work investigates themes of queer sexuality, postcolonialism and issues of diaspora and family...
- Lisa SteeleLisa SteeleLisa Steele is a Canadian artist, a pioneer in video art, educator, curator and co-founder of V tape in Toronto. Born in the United States, Steele moved to Canada in 1968 and is now a Canadian citizen...
- George ReidGeorge ReidGeorge Reid may refer to:*George Reid , American Revolutionary War general*Sir George Reid *Sir George Reid , Prime Minister of Australia...
- Maurice VellekoopMaurice VellekoopMaurice Vellekoop is a Canadian artist and illustrator. His work has appeared in publications such as Drawn and Quarterly, Time, GQ, Vogue, Cosmopolitan and Wallpaper, as well as in the books ABC Book: A Homoerotic Primer, Sex Tips from a Dominatrix, Mensroom Reader and Vellevision.Vellekoop...
- Norman WhiteNorman WhiteNorman White is a Texas-born Canadian New Media artist and pioneer of using electronics and robotics in art.-Life:White grew up in and around Boston, Massachusetts, and obtained his B.A. in Biology from Harvard University in 1959...
Notable alumni
- Peggy AdamPeggy AdamPeggy Adam is a French comic book artist and illustrator. She studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Saint-Étienne, at the OCAD University in Toronto, and at the ESI in Angoulême....
- French comic bookComic bookA comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
artist, illustrator - Myfanwy AshmoreMyfanwy AshmoreMyfanwy Ashmore is a Canadian artist who has been involved in information art, new media art, video art, interactive art, internet art since 1995...
- conceptual artist - Barbara AstmanBarbara AstmanBarbara Astman, RCA, is a Canadian artist who specializes in a hybrid of photography and new media; often using her own body as object and subject, merging art and technology.-Early life:...
RCA - artist, photographer - Yank AzmanYank Azman-Early life:Azman was born in a displaced persons camp in Bad Wörishofen, Germany to Cesia , a sales clerk and Kuba Zajfman, a tailor and furrier, Holocaust survivors from Chmielnik, Poland...
- actor - David BlackwoodDavid BlackwoodDavid Lloyd Blackwood, CM, O.Ont is a Canadian artist.Blackwood is known chiefly for his intaglio prints, often depicting dramatic historical scenes of Newfoundland outport life and industry, such as shipwrecks, seal hunting, iceberg encounters, and resettlement...
- Canadian artist - George Bures MillerGeorge Bures MillerGeorge Bures Miller is a Canadian artist noted for his collaborative works with wife Janet Cardiff. Miller and Cardiff represented Canada at the 2001 Venice Biennale...
- installation artist - Jack BushJack BushJack Bush was a Canadian abstract expressionist painter, born in Toronto, Ontario in 1909 and he died there 24 January 1977...
- abstract expressionist painter, member of the Painters Eleven - Meryn CadellMeryn CadellMeryn Cadell is a Canadian writer and performance artist. He is an assistant professor of song lyrics and libretto writing in the Creative Writing Program at University of British Columbia.Cadell is a transsexual man who transitioned in 2003...
- writer, performance artist - Franklin CarmichaelFranklin CarmichaelFranklin Carmichael was a Canadian artist. He was the youngest original member of the Group of Seven.-Biography:The youngest of the Group of Seven, Franklin Carmichael was born in 1890. His father was a carriage maker...
- painter, member of the Group of Seven - Robin CassRobin CassRobin Cass is a Canadian film and television producer. His projects include the feature films High Life, Falling Angels, and Lilies...
- filmmaker, producer - Aimee ChanAimee ChanAimee Chan or Aimee Chan Yan Mei , born on 1 April 1981 in Toronto. She was Miss Hong Kong 2006.-Biography:Aimee was born in Toronto, Canada. Her parents were born in Hong Kong. She began her modeling career at the age of 16. She attended Woodbridge College Secondary School in Woodbridge, Ontario...
- graphic designer, Miss Hong Kong 2006, actress - Brian Donnelly (artist)Brian Donnelly (artist)Brian Donnelly born in St. Catharines, Ontario, is a Toronto-based, contemporary figurative painter whose works have been featured in exhibitions throughout Canada, as well as in Australia, France, Luxembourg, and the United States...
- painter - George DunningGeorge DunningGeorge Garnett Dunning was a Canadian film maker and animator. He is best known for animating and directing the 1968 Beatles' film Yellow Submarine.-Biography:...
- artist, illustrator - Wallace EdwardsWallace EdwardsWallace Edwards is a Canadian children's illustrator who won the 2002 Governor General's Award for his book Alphabeasts. He is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art....
- illustrator - Frank FaubertFrank FaubertFrank J. Faubert was a Canadian provincial and municipal politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1987 to 1990, and was the final Mayor of Scarborough before its amalgamation into the City of Toronto...
- politician, final Mayor of Scarborough - Ed FurnessEd FurnessEd Furness was a Canadian comic book artist associated with the "Canadian Whites", Canadian comic books published during World War II.Furness, originally from the United Kingdom, grew up in Toronto...
- comic book artist - Gregory Gallant - comic book artist, writer
- Max GimblettMax GimblettMax Gimblett is one of New Zealand's most internationally prominent and successful living artists. He is well known for his paintings, sculpture, ink drawings, works on paper, and artist’s books.-Life and work:...
- artist - Emanuel HahnEmanuel HahnEmanuel Otto Hahn was a German-born Canadian sculptor and coin designer. He taught and later married Elizabeth Wyn Wood. He co-founded and was the first president of the Sculptors' Society of Canada....
- sculptor, coin designer - Rachel HaywardRachel HaywardRachel Hayward is a Canadian actress. Born and raised in Toronto, Rachel began pursuing a serious acting career in her early twenties. As a child and teen, she was involved in modeling and commercials but always thought she would become a doctor. She graduated from the Ontario College of Art,...
- actress - Wade HemsworthWade HemsworthAlbert Wade Hemsworth was a Canadian folk singer and songwriter. Although he was not a prolific composer, having written only about 20 songs during his entire career, several of his songs — most notably "The Wild Goose", "The Black Fly Song" and "The Log Driver's Waltz" — are among the most...
- songwriter - Peter HoPeter HoPeter Ho Jun-tung is an American-Taiwanese singer and actor. Ho was born in Los Angeles, California, and raised in Taiwan and Canada...
- singer, producer, actor, model - Cleeve HorneCleeve HorneArthur Edward Cleeve Horne, OC, O.Ont, RCA, OSA, SSC, CPA was a Canadian portrait painter and sculptor.-Career:...
- painter, sculptor - James Archibald Houston - artist, children's author
- Barbara Howard, RCABarbara Howard, RCAHelen Barbara Howard, RCA was a Canadian painter, wood engraver, draughtsperson, bookbinder and designer who produced work consistently throughout her life, from her graduation in 1951 from the Ontario College of Art until her unexpected death in 2002.Her work is represented in many permanent...
- Canadian artist and wood engraver - Eli IlanEli Ilan-Biography:Eli Ilan was born in Winnipeg, Canada. He enrolled in a premedical curriculum at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and immigrated to Israel in 1948. He then studied pre-historic archaeology and physical anthropology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1956, he...
- sculptor - Michael IronsideMichael IronsideMichael Ironside is a Canadian-born actor. He has also worked as a voice actor, producer, film director, and screenwriter in movie and television series in various Canadian and American productions. He is best known for playing villains and "tough guy" heroes, though he has also portrayed...
- actor, director - Clark JohnsonClark JohnsonClark Johnson , sometimes credited as Clark 'Slappy' Jackson, Clarque Johnson, and J. Clark Johnson, is an American actor and director who has worked in both television and film.-Early years:...
- actor, director - Carlos del JuncoCarlos del JuncoCarlos del Junco is a renowned Cuban-Canadian harmonica musician.Mr. del Junco immigrated with his family when he was one year old. He started to play the harmonica at 14 years old. He graduated from college with honors at the Ontario College of Art majoring in sculpture.He specializes in...
- musician - Garry KennedyGarry KennedyGarry Neill Kennedy, CM is a Canadian conceptual artist living in Halifax, Nova Scotia.Kennedy studied at the Ontario College of Art, the University at Buffalo and the University of Ohio. In 1967, at the age of 32, he was appointed president of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, the...
- conceptual artist - Christopher KierChristopher KierChristopher Kier is an encaustic painter who graduated from the Ontario College of Art in 1987. He is represented by the Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art in Calgary, Alberta....
- encaustic painter - Maya KulenovicMaya KulenovicMaya Kulenovic is a Canadian artist and painter.She lives and works in Toronto, Canada...
- painter - William KurelekWilliam KurelekWilliam Kurelek, CM was a Canadian artist and writer. His work was influenced by his childhood on the prairies, his Ukrainian-Canadian roots and his Roman Catholicism.- Life :...
- artist, writer - Monte KwinterMonte KwinterMonte Kwinter is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1985, was a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson from 1985 to 1990, and was re-appointed to a cabinet position when the Liberals returned to power under Dalton...
- politician - Martha LadlyMartha LadlyMartha Ladly, AOCA RGD MCSD is a Canadian academic, designer and musician. She is currently Associate Professor of interaction design, at OCAD University. Ladly has also had a long career as a musician and achieved international fame as part of Canadian New Wave band Martha & the Muffins...
- designer, musician - Robert LougheedRobert LougheedRobert Lougheed was an artist who has specialized in images of the American West.He was born in and raised on a farm in Massey, Ontario, Canada. He became an illustrator for mail-order catalogues and for the Toronto Star, but studied in his spare time at the Ontario College of Art and then at the...
- Canadian artist - Irene LoughlinIrene LoughlinIrene Loughlin is a Canadian performance artist and writer.Loughlin was born in Hamilton, Ontario. She has studied at the Ontario College of Art and Simon Fraser University, and has attended the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design studio program in Tribeca, New York...
- performance artist, writer - Wayne LumWayne LumWayne Lum was a 3-D sculptor and commercial artist. Born in Toronto in 1943 to first generation Chinese-Canadian grocers, Lum studied art at the Ontario College of Art and Design...
- sculptor, commercial artist - Duncan MacphersonDuncan MacphersonDuncan Ian Macpherson, CM was a Canadian editorial cartoonist. He drew for the Montreal Standard and for Maclean's he illustrated the writings of Gregory Clark and Robert Thomas Allen...
- cartoonist - Michael MartchenkoMichael MartchenkoMichael Martchenko is a Canadian illustrator best known for illustrating many of the stories of Robert Munsch.Born in France, he moved to Canada when he was seven, where he graduated from the Ontario College of Art...
- illustrator, illustrated Robert Munsch stories - Jean MathiesonJean MathiesonJean Mathieson is listed in Colombo's Canadian References as Canada’s first independent, commercial, non National Film Board, woman animator. She switched from the University of Toronto to The Ontario College of Art where in four years she earned her A.O.C.A. After graduation she trained as an...
- animator - Doris McCarthyDoris McCarthyDoris McCarthy, CM, O.Ont was a Canadian artist specializing in abstracted landscapes.Born in Calgary, Alberta, McCarthy attended the Ontario College of Art from , where she was awarded various scholarships and prizes...
- landscape artist - Ross McLaren - artist, filmmaker
- Claire MowatClaire Mowat-Personal life:Mowat was born and educated in Toronto, Ontario. She graduated from Havergal College and the Ontario College of Art & Design as a Graphic designer and is married to author Farley Mowat...
- writer - Walter Tandy MurchWalter Tandy MurchWalter Tandy Murch was a painter whose still life paintings of machine parts, brick fragments, clocks, broken dolls, hovering light bulbs and glowing lemons are an unusual combination of realism and abstraction...
- painter - Mary Margaret O'HaraMary Margaret O'HaraMary Margaret O'Hara is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actress, who has been hailed as one of the greatest cult heroines in rock music despite having released very few of her own recordings. She is best known for the critically acclaimed album Miss America, released in 1988.-Early stages:O'Hara...
- musician, actress - Lucille OilleLucille OilleLucille Oille was a sculptor, wood engraver and book illustrator born in Toronto, Canada. She studied with Emanuel Hahn at the Ontario College of Art and then attended the Royal College of Art in London, England....
- sculptor, illustrator - Kim OndaatjeKim OndaatjeKim Ondaatje is a Canadian painter, photographer, and documentary filmmaker.-Biography:Born in Toronto, Ontario, Ondaatje studied at the Ontario College of Art and McGill University. She completed a M.A. in Canadian Literature at Queen's University, while on a teaching fellowship...
- painter, photographer, filmmaker - Oscar OrensteinOscar OrensteinOscar Orenstein was a Canadian politician and artist. He studied art at the Ontario College of Art, The American Artists School in New York City, and elsewhere. During World War II he designed sets for the Canadian Army.Orenstein has exhibited his work in New York City, Montreal and Toronto...
- politician, artist - Harley ParkerHarley ParkerHarley Parker was a Canadian artist, designer, curator, professor and scholar - a frequent collaborator with fellow Canadian and communications theorist Marshall McLuhan....
- painter - Lee PattersonLee PattersonLee Patterson was a Canadian film and television actor.After attending Ontario College of Art, Patterson moved to England, where he specialized in playing virile American types in British films...
- actor - James PicardJames PicardJames Picard is a Canadian artist, teacher and humanitarian, born January 25, 1964 in Burlington, Ontario. He is known for his diversity in styles and mediums in painting and sculpture; and for being extremely prolific....
- painter, teacher, humanitarian - Kelly RichardsonKelly RichardsonKelly Richardson is an artist whose media-based practice focuses on the idea of mixed realities; part 'real', part fantasy.-Early life and education:...
- video artist, photographer - William RonaldWilliam RonaldWilliam Ronald, R.C.A. William Ronald, R.C.A. (August 13, 1926 – February 9, 1998) William Ronald, R.C.A. (August 13, 1926 – February 9, 1998) (born William Ronald Smith, was an important Canadian painter, best known as the founder of the influential Canadian abstract art group...
- painter, founder of the Painters Eleven - Floria SigismondiFloria SigismondiFloria Sigismondi is an Italian, naturalised Canadian, photographer and director.Apart from her art exhibitions, she is best known for writing and directing The Runaways, starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning...
- photographer, director - Anne SimpsonAnne Simpson-Career:Simpson received her B.A. and M.A. degrees from Queen’s University, and she also graduated in Fine Arts from OCAD University . Subsequently, she worked as a CUSO volunteer English teacher for two years in Nigeria. She teaches part-time at St...
- poet, novelist - Michael SnowMichael SnowMichael Snow, CC is a Canadian artist working in painting, sculpture, video, films, photography, holography, drawing, books and music.-Life:...
- installation artist, filmmaker - Rudolf StussiRudolf StussiRudolf Stussi is a Swiss-born artist who came to Canada in 1967 to attend Carlton University.-Biography:Stussi studied and taught at the Ontario College of Art, graduating in 1978. From 1988 to 1991 he was president of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour .Rudolf was involved in...
- painter - Rick SwitzerRick SwitzerThe artist Rick Switzer is a sculptor born in Oshawa, Ontario.-Life and work:Switzer graduated from Ontario College of Art in 1972, majoring in Sculpture. Switzer works in bronze although his repertoire also includes works in other materials including wood...
- sculptor - Paul SzepPaul SzepPaul Michael Szep is a celebrated political cartoonist. He was the chief editorial cartoonist at the Boston Globe from 1967–2001 and has been syndicated to hundreds of newspapers worldwide. He won the Pulitzer Prize twice for Editorial Cartooning in 1974 and 1977. Szep also won the prestigious...
- cartoonist - Rirkrit TiravanijaRirkrit TiravanijaRirkrit Tiravanija is a contemporary artist residing in New York. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1961. His installations often take the form of stages or rooms for sharing meals, cooking, reading or playing music; architecture or structures for living and socializing are a core element...
- installation artist - Maurice VellekoopMaurice VellekoopMaurice Vellekoop is a Canadian artist and illustrator. His work has appeared in publications such as Drawn and Quarterly, Time, GQ, Vogue, Cosmopolitan and Wallpaper, as well as in the books ABC Book: A Homoerotic Primer, Sex Tips from a Dominatrix, Mensroom Reader and Vellevision.Vellekoop...
- artist, illustrator - Lea VivotLea VivotCategory:1954 birthsCategory:Living peopleCategory:Canadian sculptorsCategory:Contemporary sculptorsCategory:20th-century sculptorsCategory:21st-century sculptorsCategory:Czech sculptorsCategory:Czech expatriatesCategory:Canadian women artists...
- sculptor - Simon WilcoxSimon Wilcox-Early life:Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Wilcox is the daughter of multi-media artist Sadia Sadia and Canadian rock musician David Wilcox. She is also the great niece of Canadian political scientist John Meisel. At the age of three, she was placed with a female friend of the family in...
- musician - Dick WilsonDick WilsonDick Wilson, born Riccardo DiGuglielmo , was a British-born American character actor who played the role of finicky grocery store manager Mr...
- actor - Elizabeth Wyn WoodElizabeth Wyn WoodElizabeth Wyn Wood was a Canadian sculptor, born in Orillia, Ontario, Canada.Wood studied sculpture at the Ontario College of Art and at the Art Students League of New York...
- sculptor - Noreen YoungNoreen YoungNoreen Isabel Young, CM is a Canadian producer and puppeteer, and is still actively involved in the puppeteering business through her corporation, Noreen Young Productions....
- producer, puppeteer
See also
- List of Ontario Universities
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- Canadian government scientific research organizationsCanadian government scientific research organizationsExpenditures by federal and provincial organizations on scientific research and development accounted for about 10% of all such spending in Canada in 2006...
- Canadian university scientific research organizationsCanadian university scientific research organizationsExpenditures by Canadian universities on scientific research and development accounted for about 40% of all spending on scientific research and development in Canada in 2006....
- Canadian industrial research and development organizationsCanadian industrial research and development organizationsExpenditures by Canadian corporations on research and development accounted for about 50% of all spending on scientific research and development in Canada in 2007....