# 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
* 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)
* J. E. H. MacDonald (1928-1932)
* Fred S. Haines (1932-1951)
* Lawrence A. C. Panton (1951-1954)
* Sydney Hollinger Watson (1955-1970)

### Presidents

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