Wednesday November 22, 2006
Session 4: Final Group Discussions
(All personal concerns will be read as well and taken into consideration)

INTERVIEWS:

coming soon

Highlights:

• Lack of facilities, maintenence and space affecting education within classrooms
• Accountability of staff to students and vice versa
• Lack of staff for carrying out duties and tasks relevant to student and professional qualifications
• Ombudsperson - The only college without one; unacceptable!
  

ISSUES

ACTIVTY

PUB NIGHT: liquor lisence

SYSTEM / STRUCTURE

• Small Classrooms:  not enough facilities inside each classrooms - especially for art, needs to be smaller, more intimate
• Bell curve: more practical ethical – consistency with marking - unethical and does/should not apply to smaller - faculty unawareness of overriding with writing letter - not aware of their position, should be clear by the Board
• LAW: Ombuds person- mediator for the school -conflict resolution person
• Accountability of the staff to students: missing classes, late, staff is making students accountable, infrastructure problems: facilities, broken, don’t work, not built to code, inexcusable not being accountable
• Failure to archive all major thesis project: no organization, bad state, no person facilitating and organizing
• Key documents need revision: specify field of study, Florence, special studies
• More focus on current problems and helping
• General communication to the student body
• No OCAD rent Board
• Course descriptions are very vauge; TOO VAGUE.
• Not enough practical information
• Teacher should show their own pervious work for a better
• Education: equivalency of practical knowledge needs to be reinforced

ACCESS

• Bigger library: investment in bigger space, more staff
• Communication services to the student body’
• Fist year access to information right from the beginning
• No OCAD Rent Board, Residencies, partnering for space for residencies
• Storage space! Lockers! Artwork needs space!

EXPOSURE / SUPPORT

• Disability: not enough support
• Student sharing skills
• Support for international students
• Equal scholarship opportunities
• Not enough preperation for the art world
  

IDEAS


ACTIVITY

• More student socials: pub night, concerts
• Why isn’t there a faculty / student orientation / meet + greet
• General assembly – faculty and students: for selecting programs, teacher to describe their programs, students to describe their programs
• Monthly meetings: faculty and students for each department

SYSTEM / STRUCTURE

• Concise information for people with disabilities- more outreach
• More qualified staff for positions especially for people with disabilities
• Consolidate all institution information / communication: direct, informative requirements
• For first years: tours for each department when selecting courses / programs
• Clear breakdown of evaluation for project marks
• Hire a website staff (from students and show top projects)
• Combine art and design in first year

ACCESS

• Studio access 24 hrs during summer at least!
• More integration of art and design: students’ facilities
• Sleep, rest, and meditation: COMMON ROOM FOR SPIRITUAL/REST PRACTICE
• Access to other institution: AGO, ROM, UofT, Ryerson

EXPOSURE / SUPPORT

• More focus on AFTER OCAD: grad program, professional level
• Top student show in an exclusive gallery in Toronto (or Zurich) for Thesis
• Take pride in displaying student work