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OCAD University, Toronto

OCAD University’s Sharp Centre for Design at night.
OCAD University’s Sharp Centre for Design at night. OCADNight1 · John Vetterli from Toronto, Canada · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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OCAD University began in Toronto as the Ontario School of Art in 1876, founded by the Ontario Society of Artists with 14 registered students. It was incorporated as the Ontario College of Art in 1912 and adopted the OCAD University name in 2010. The Sharp Centre for Design opened in 2004.

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The university as described on its own history page.

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OCAD University

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