OCAD U RBC Centre for Emerging Artists and Designers

🚀 What kind of enterprise might Toronto need 30 years from now?

Future Enterprise Lab is an 8-week program for OCAD U students and alumni exploring speculative fiction, strategic forecasting, and creative entrepreneurship.

📚 Read speculative fiction
🔮 Explore possible futures for Toronto
💡 Develop a venture concept for the world that's coming next
No business experience required.
✅ Fully funded participation
✅ Certificate of Completion
✅ Applications now open

❗️Apply by September 10, 2026.

This initiative is generously funded by the City of Toronto's Business Incubation and Commercialization Grant Program.

Application link in Bio

🟡Experiential Learning Undergrad Info Session

🗓️Date/Time: Wed. July 8, 2026, 1:30 PM- 2:30 PM EST
📍Location: Virtual (Zoom)
✅RSVP to attend: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/UZgAn0B37k (link in bio)
❗️A link to join the webinar will be sent out via email closer to the event for those who RSVP

‼️Fall Placement Application Deadline: August 04, 2026
Ready to Turn Your Creativity into Real-World Experience?
Are you an OCAD U undergraduate student interested in completing a placement for academic credit? Join our upcoming Experiential Learning Information Session to discover how you can gain valuable industry experience, expand your professional network, and earn credit toward your degree.
 
Topics covered:
• Placement Courses
• Independent Field Placements
• Application process
• Tools & Resources
• Accessing Advising
• Q&A
 
🚀 Discover how experiential learning can help transform your education into meaningful career experience. 

To learn more about Experiential Learning at OCAD U visit the RBC Centre for Emerging Artists and Designers at www.ocadu.ca/cead

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Congratulations to all new OCAD U grads! 🎓 Now what?

We want to help you put your creativity in motion!

The OCAD U commitment is a bold initiative that offers extended access to key career-related services and supports for new graduates for the first year after you receive your degree. This initiative is being realized through various collaborative efforts at OCAD U, as well as with the generous support of key external partners who share our resolve to help new OCAD U alumni get meaningful jobs, set up businesses and advance their professional practice.

Visit www.ocadu.ca/commitment (link in bio) for full details.

📣Apply for the OCAD U Design4 & DKK Brands call!

📮Open to:
✨current OCAD U undergrad students (completed 12+ credits)
✨and OCAD U Master’s level students

ℹ️Selected students will have the chance to work in a small multi-disciplinary team with the goal of addressing design challenges proposed by the employment partner.

🗓️Deadline: Sunday, April 5, 2026
💰Pay Rate: $26/hr up to 120 hours
❗️TN ID #: 20642
Visit ocadu.ca/talentnetwork and search the TN ID # to learn more and apply for this opportunity!