Sara Diamond, President of the Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) and celebrated artist and new media designer, has joined the Board of Directors of the Optical Regional Advanced Network of Ontario (ORANO).

"We are thrilled to have someone of Sara's calibre join us," says Board Chair Maxim Jean-Louis, President and CEO of Contact North/Contact Nord. "Sara will bring a fresh and unique perspective, and I'm personally very pleased that she will be part of our governance team as we move forward," he said.

Diamond, who joined OCAD as President in 2005, has also most recently been among the catalysts behind ground-breaking collaborations. She has spearheaded the Digital Futures Initiative, which is a key part of her transformational agenda for OCAD. DFI is a cross-disciplinary program that links knowledge in art and design to emerging digital forms and technologies. OCAD is also a partner in the Consortium on New Media, Culture, and Entertainment R&D in the Toronto Region (CONCERT), which supports the advancement of a regional innovation network to build R&D capacity within the entertainment and creative sector.

"We've had the privilege of working with Sara and collaborating with OCAD on several initiatives," says Phil Baker, ORION President/CEO. "She is fully engaged in leveraging the benefits of new technologies to drive research and innovation in the arts, design and new media, and is a leading advocate of applying design technology to business and industry."

Unanimously recommended by the Council of Ontario Universities to represent Ontario universities, Diamond joins senior representatives of Ontario's research and education and business communities on the board of ORANO.

Read the official announcement at: www.orion.on.ca/news.


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