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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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)

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)