Sara Diamond

I am Dr. Sara Diamond, President of OCAD University, Canada's largest art and design university.

[Sara Diamond @OCADUPresident]

Shrishtri art and science program inludes Astro Fest, visiting artists, new media labs workshops and physical computing

[Sara Diamond @OCADUPresident]

Met with Shrishti - will build MOU for student mobility; art and science and tech research - much potential FOA alignment

[Sara Diamond @OCADUPresident]

NID-OCADU commercial partners need design-driven HCI, will provide realism of market for mobile apps., serious games

[Sara Diamond @OCADUPresident]

NID faculty and student xchange - universal and inclusive design; signage, digital, linguistic difference

[Sara Diamond @OCADUPresident]

NID focus social innovation, mobile gateway for accessible learning and democracy

[Sara Diamond @OCADUPresident]

Spectacular meeting with NID-plan for research and innovation in mobile applications for growing Indian spectrum.

[Sara Diamond @OCADUPresident]

#auccindia We had overwhelming positive response to our presentations at UGC-AIU conference-interest in partnerships with Canada.

[Sara Diamond @OCADUPresident]

#auccindia presentations on international efforts @ AIU - Australia, Canada (Peri and me), France, Scotland

[Sara Diamond @OCADUPresident]

#auccindia 'whole world moving towards EU credit transfer system', needs Senate acceptance but will be the future

[Sara Diamond @OCADUPresident]

#auccindia more: have internal support, explore beyond bring brands, understand partner culture, don't shun corporate partner

[Sara Diamond @OCADUPresident]

#auccindia AIU session on intl. Partnership and models. Their advice to India Unis is a mirror of ours - take time, weigh infrastructure

[Sara Diamond @OCADUPresident]

#auccindia need to sustain humanities and social science educ., critical part of professional degrees 4 full human psyche

[Sara Diamond @OCADUPresident]

#auccindia what takes autonomy is lack of $, no sense of regular funds, inability to hire, not overall social role-gender parity

[Sara Diamond @OCADUPresident]

#auccindia At UGC-AIU all vice-chancellors india. Discuss regulation - needed with growth of private universities, self-reg.

[Sara Diamond @OCADUPresident]

MIT Pune specializes in design for villages and poor, green design, rural habitat, ergonomics; strategic design; biomimicry. #auccindia

[Sara Diamond @OCADUPresident]

#auccindia MIT Pune grounds - regal, gardens with 1930 architecture

[Sara Diamond @OCADUPresident]

In countryside - fields with mountains in BG, produce stands, petrol, cows, National Wrestling Academy! And next - MiT! #auccindia

[Sara Diamond @OCADUPresident]

#auccindia en route to MIT Pune Design - at edge of town - scooting by truck of unhappy goats, military installations.

[Sara Diamond @OCADUPresident]

#auccindia passed College of Engineering with giant 1960s prop plane installed above entrance.

[Sara Diamond @OCADUPresident]

#auccindia Pune flowering trees line roads, modernist buildings interpolate; motor bikes, cars trucks weave 2 latin jazz on radio