Canada NewsWire Group — March 1, 2005.   The Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD), is pleased to announce that Sara Diamond is the incoming president of Canada’s largest university of art and design. Following OCAD’s recent, unprecedented physical transformation, Diamond will now lead the university through a programmatic transformation to become a world leader in graduate research and advanced education in art and design. Diamond, who will join OCAD on July 1, 2005, leaves her position at The Banff Centre, Alberta, where she is director of research and artistic director of the Banff New Media Institute. Diamond has a diverse practice. She is internationally respected as an artistic director, educator, researcher, critic, video artist, television and new media producer/director, and curator.

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