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Raffle Winners! from utmDVS Student's Society on Vimeo.

The winners of our Welcome Week Raffle are announced, in loyal devious fashion.

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CALL: The 7th Annual Toronto Urban Film Festival (TUFF)

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Submit your silent, one-minute film to TUFF, Toronto's subway film festival. The 7th annual Toronto Urban Film Festival (TUFF) returns September 6 - 16, 2013 to subway screens across Toronto. Submit your one-minute film by June 15th and skip the $20 entry fee. Final deadline is July 15, 2013. The TUFF call for submissions is open to Canadian and international filmmakers and accepts all genres of silent, one-minute film, video, and animation of interest to an urban audience. Selected films are eligible for cash prizes and awards. TUFF runs concurrent with the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). TUFF films screen at 10-minute intervals on over 300 overhead digital platform screens across the Toronto subway system and at special "Film Zones" located at key downtown stations. The audience includes over one million commuters who take the Toronto subway daily. This year's Guest Judge is Canadian indie filmmaker, Bruce McDonald, auteur of such feature films as:Highway 61 (1991), Dance Me Outside (1994), Hard Core Logo (1996), Picture Claire (2001) and Pontypool (2008). McDonald will select the top three films of the festival as well as the winner of the Naish McHugh Award for Emerging Filmmakers, a $2,500 cash award presented by the City of Toronto. He will be assisted in his selection by returning TUFF programmer, Angie Driscoll. Deadline: July 15, 2013 Free Submission: Before June 15, 2013 Paid Submission: $20 CAD after June 15, 2013 Visit the TUFF website for festival information, submission details, and to upload your film.www.torontourbanfilmfestival.com General Inquiries: info@torontourbanfilmfestival.com Press Contact: Marie Nazar: 416-762-7702 or mnazar@idirect.ca

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Pause_ming.mpg from utmDVS Student's Society on Vimeo.

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END OF ERAS // April 12th, 2013 // The Marquee, Sheridan College

HOW TO GET TO THE END AND BACK  (transit/driving directions below)

TRANSIT DIRECTIONS to The Marquee

From South Common, Mississauga:

24 (South Common Mall/Sheridan College) Oakville Bus

  From Toronto, Hamilton, or Burlington  - GO Transit Terminal:

GO Train to Oakville GO Station

24 Oakville Bus (South Common Mall/Sheridan College) to Sheridan Trafalgar Road Campus

TRANSIT DIRECTIONS from The Marquee Oakville Transit Bus #24 to South Common Mall: Last Bus @ 11:08pm Oakville Transit Bus #24 to Oakville GO: Last Bus @ 12:05am Lakeshore West Train Line from Oakville GO (Eastbound): Last Train @ 11:28pm Lakeshore West Train Line from Oakville GO (Westbound): Last Train @ 1:22am

  DRIVING DIRECTIONS to The Marquee (reverse directions to get home)

Eastbound on 403:

Merge onto 403 E

Ext 118 for Regional Road 3/Trafalgar Road

Turn right onto Trafalgar Road North

Turn left onto Sheridan Trafalgar Road Campus 

  Westbound on 403:

Highway 403 to QEW

Trafalgar Road exit

Left (North) on Trafalgar Road to Sheridan Trafalgar Road Campus

Turn right onto Sheridan Trafalgar Road Campus

  Eastbound on 407:

Merge onto Queen Elizabeth Way via ramp to Toronto

Take exit 100 for 403/407 E towards Hamilton/Brantford

Keep left onto 407

Exit 21 go Trafalgar Road/Regional Road 1 towards Oakville/Halton Hills

Turn right onto Trafalgar Road

Take right onto Sheridan Trafalgar Road Campus

  Westbound on 407:

Exit 21 onto Trafalgar Road/Regional Road 3 towards Oakville/Halton Hills

Left onto Trafalgar Road

Turn right onto Sheridan Trafalgar Road Campus

  Eastbound on 401:

Merge onto 401 E

Take Trafalgar Road/Regional Road

Exit towards Halton Hill/Georgetown/Oakville

Turn right onto Trafalgar Road

Turn right onto Sheridan Trafalgar Road Campus

  Westbound on 401:

Merge onto 401 W

Take exit 352 to merge onto 427 S

Keep right onto Queen Elizabeth Way/Hamilton

Merge onto 403 W

Exit 118 for Regional Road 3/Trafalgar Road

Turn right onto Trafalgar Road North

Turn left onto Sheridan Trafalgar Road Campus  

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END OF ERAS // April 12th, 2013 // the Marquee, Sheridan College // 7PM-12AM

Tickets Include Two Drinks + Food

sold out // Early Bird $40.00 //  Regular (March 23 - April 12) - 20 left! $45.00 // At-the-door (April 12) Or Pay + Pick-up Tickets in person:  by contacting a DVSSS Exec @ utm.dvsss@gmail.com Tickets are available for purchase online through pay pal here.

* A valid UTM/Sheridan Student I.D., Govmn't Issued Photo I.D., + End of Eras ticket will be checked at the doors on April 12 * One guest per student is allowed - you will need to sign them in, and purchase a ticket for them.  Find this event on Facebook

    HOW TO GET THERE: 

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All submissions are asked to be sent to margbyerley@rogers.com

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Hart House Art Committee is currently looking for a number of Subcommittee Chairs, Voting Members and other Executives. If you are interested, please fill in the following form. The selection process will take place in late April. Results will be announced by May 15th.

Please note that all the ASSISTANT CHAIR positions are only available to current first year students (second year in 2013-2014 academic year).

Application closes at 11:59pm on April 15th.

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S W I T C H March 9 - April 14, 2013 

Gallery Exhibition: March 9 - April 14, 2013 Opening Reception: Thursday, March 21 ~ 7 to 9 pm Exhibition Curator: Megan Press

The Living Arts Centre Resident Artists challenge viewers’ preconceptions of material practice in a wide range of media through an investigation of the presence of opposing ideas and tendencies. SWITCH is an exploration of what happens when polarities are held in creative tension with one another as art. Works featured extend viewer’s awareness of the movement between opposites as essential generative forces without which, the world would be unchanged.

Resident Artists include: Matthew Agostinis, Alex Anagnostou, Masoud Barihi, Tommy Cudmore, Maciej Dyszkiewicz, Kurt Fisher, Melodie Flook, Alyssa Getz, Natasha Gouveia, Cathy Griggs, Pat Hertzberg, Catherine Hibbits, Jolanta Jung, Noni Kaur, Karen Krupa, Amelia Levick, Michelle Lewin, Susan Qu, Ishrat Raza Suhrwardy, Paula Vandermey, James Wardhaugh and Jean Willoughby.

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TICKETS ON SALE TODAY IN ANNIE SMITH! TOMORROW IN CCIT!

GET "EM FAST

Find This even on Facebook

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End of Eras - Spring Time Travel Gala - Ticket pay and pickup rescheduled.

Ticket services, and scheduled artist lectures at Sheridan have put a damper on our preparedness. Tickets are still available for purchase online - REMEMBER EARLY BIRD END MARCH 22ND -  visit here (http://dvsss.tumblr.com/ENDofERAS)

However, ticket pickup and in person purchases will only be available March 19th (Annie Smith, Sheridan College) and 20th (CCIT Cooridor, UTM)

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End of Eras, Spring Time Travel Gala -- Tickets On Sale Now!

visit: http://dvsss.tumblr.com/ENDofERAS to purchase your tickets.  

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STUDENT FEEDBACK MATTERS!

Online Course Evaluations for all Winter courses will be available to UTM students beginning March 31st until April 14th ; check your utoronto email accounts for a personalized e-mail invitation. You can complete a course evaluation for registered Winter courses with the click of a button. Please keep in mind that instructors cannot access student information upon completion of the online course evaluations. Your personal information will be kept confidential.

  Remember, evaluation forms can also be completed using hand-held devices, in many Wi-Fi enabled locations.

  Visit: uoft.me/courseevaluations for more information.

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Ontario Centres of Excellence’s Annual Discovery conference - Student Video Competition on May 27 & 28, 2013

February 25, 2013 • Reply to Hema Prabhu

Attention young innovators: It's your chance to broadcast your new technology, innovation or start-up idea to the movers and shakers of the science and technology industry, attracting invaluable advice on how to turn your concept into a reality.

Showcase your idea in a 3-minute video, using props or whatever creative presentation techniques you can devise. Submissions will be broadcast on YouTube, our Facebook page, Ontario Centres of Excellence's Discovery website, and live at the Discovery 2013 conference at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (South Building) on May 27 & 28th. Winning submissions will receive one of three cash prizes of up to $2,500.

Don't miss your opportunity to enter! To enter the competition your entry form must be submitted and your video must be uploaded to YouTube by April 19th.   

Visit http://www.ocediscovery.com/competitions/video-competition for details.

All finalist videos will be hosted on the Ontario Centres of Excellence's Discovery YouTube Channel

Student Video presentations will be featured on 

electronic screens at the Discovery 2013 Conference.

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A group exhibition of recent works by: Anita Bir Lydia Boudreau  Emily Cadgar Frances Cordero de Bolaños Ebony Jansen Tanya Masson Kristen Parry Deana Quintela Sudarsini Seeralan Rebecca Sully Exhibition runs March 13th 2013 until March 18th 2013. Closing reception on Monday March 18th, 2013 at 6:00 pm extending to the Gladstone Hotel's Melody Bar. Featuring (Bands/performers) and food will be provided.  This event is FREE and open to the public. Cash Bar.