Hi everyone!
I just spent 4 month in Toronto, at Ocad university which is the largest art, design and media university in Canada.
Ocad had a really wide selection of an interesting courses, so I got a bit greedy by taking 5 instead of the 4, which was the recommendation.
Now I know better. I recommend taking just the 4 courses, because they all are very time consuming and the teachers expect you to work a lot, all the time.
Choose wisely, you don’t want to spent your whole exchange doing nothing but school work!
I would also recommend taking the figure drawing and painting classes,(If you are interested in painting and drawing, of course.) those two were my favourites and I learned the most from them.
But regardless the busy schedule with the school, I did managed to travel a bit! I went to see Niagara falls, it’s only two and half hours away with a bus from Toronto.
Totally worth it, even though it can feel like a tourist trap during the summer seasons, at least you can do it in one day!
During my study break I went to Montreal, Ottawa and Quebec, which was a great experience, especially in Montreal and Quebec you could feel the difference, people spoke mostly French and it was a bit smaller city and the nature felt a lot closer.
I felt that in Ocad, or in Toronto in general people were pretty busy. The public transportation wasn’t great, and it was really expensive so if you can, try to find place close to the school. But then again, also finding the apartment can be tricky and expensive for sure.
I had a lot of fun during my exchange, and I hope I can visit Canada someday again!
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