Canadian Design Schools
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Being in the same program as NegativeSpace, I agree on a lot of things he said. I think York/Sheridan is probably the best program in Ontario, if not in Canada. I find that a lot of the projects are VERY restricted but then for each course, they throw in a very open kinda project where you can approach the problem anyway you see fit. Ratio to Open to Restrictive projects is very much leaning towards restrictive but Me and NegativeSpace both are still in our 2nd year. A lot of 3rd and 4th yrs tell me that they have pretty open projects that they can mold around any way u want.
One of my friend goes to OCAD for 3D design, and HATES their administration there. She likes her program tho and is getting comfortable in it day by day. But because OCAD is a much smaller school than York, it has a very shitty administration and to get things "fixed" (like changing a course, etc.) takes a long time. I am quite impressed by their faculty and sat in one of the 3D lectures for Structure and Forces and the guy just blew me away.
If you hav some $$$, maybe you should look into some other countries, somewhere exotic in europe. I sometimes wish went to a school in Europe or US as Canadian schools havnt impressed me that much. Maybe for my masters I will.
Do check out the York/Sheridan grad show btw, hopefully they will have good work there.
Oh and btw... if you're into York/Sheridan... its PRETTY hard to get a good weekday sleep during the 4 years... so good luck :)