Oasis Arts & Social Change Program: May 2013

Friday, May 10, 2013

Disparity Our Strength Opens at the SoHo!

Visit the SoHo Hotel Lobby Gallery from May 9-June 14th for a chance to see Oasis ASC work on display! A big thanks to our partners/mentors at OCADU for giving Oasis students a professional platform to display their creativity and talent.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Oasis ASC SoHo Lobby Gallery Show Installation!!

A few dedicated students work with OCADU staff to install a show of Oasis ASC work at the SoHo Lobby Gallery. Check back for photos from the opening!

Visit
https://www.facebook.com/SohoLobbyGallery
..for more information.

Oasis Students Get A Taste of History

As a finale to our history unit on the Great Depression, students cooked a historical lunch on a budget.... rabbit stew! What could be cheaper than a creature from your backyard? Don't worry, there was also a contemporary budget vegetarian option of cheap pasta and sauce.

Friday, May 3, 2013

Oasis Alternative

Arts & Social Change Program

Information Day Sessions

1:00pm to 2:30pm

Friday May 3, 2013

Friday May 17^th, 2013

Friday May 31^st, 2013

Friday June 14^th, 2013

Information After School Sessions

4:00pm to 5:30pm

Tuesday May 21^st, 2013

Tuesday June 18^th, 2013

Walk-in Personal Interviews August 26^th to August 30^th, Noon-2pm

Are you interested in the Arts? Social Justice? Need core credits? Want a co-operative job experience?

The Arts and Social Change Program offers students aged 16-18 years a second chance and fresh approach to earn grade 9, 10 and 11 credits. The staff provides an integrated arts approach to learning with an emphasis on equity and social justice. Through the support of teachers, local artists, and on-going community partnerships, students have the opportunity to profile their social justice arts based work outside of the school and in the Toronto arts community.

Course Offerings are based on the following themes for the 2013-2014 school year

Urban Arts

Social Change

Health in Motion

Ethical Science

Students must bring a credit counseling summary to the information session

3^rd Floor, 20 Brant Street (1 block West of Spadina, North of King) 416-393-9830

. If possible, please fax credit counseling summaries before attending to 416.393.8280 attention; Joe

Oasis Prepares for a Big Gallery Show!

Oasis ASC students are working on the final stages of their upcoming show at the SoHo Hotel Lobby Gallery. We also made some cool t-shirts while we were at it.

ASC Staff: A Small but MIghty Team

Anita Court is our fabulolus Office Administrator. She knows a lot about a lot and it's her job to know. Students and staff alike look to Anita as a confidante and problem solver for anything from getting the bathroom key from a locked bathroom to finding a band-aid for a cut to taking care of a busted printer to putting together the Superintentdent's package and tracking attendance. Anita is the glue that binds the three satellite locations of Oasis.
Jane Fonseca is the Guidance/Phys Ed and Science teacher. She has been working at Oasis for the last six years. She went to school at York University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in the Specialized Honours degree in Kinesiology and Health Science. She also received her Massage Therapy Diploma and at one time was a Registered Massage Therapist (no jokes or massages please). She completed her initial teacher education at York University, Parkdale campus with a focus on Equity and Social Justice. She is always up for a friendly challenge…game on!
Joseph Ghassibe is our fearless leader, CL of Oasis. He has worked in mainstream schools in Australia and Canada. He has worked in alternative programs and other alternative schools. Oasis is, by far, his favourite :-) We are a community, a family and a home. He is proud to be here!
Martin Van de Ven - Our Music and Math Guru has a Masters in composition from U of T and took calculus for entertainment during his undergrad. He has spent much of his adult life as a freelance clarinettist, composer and musical director. Working for local theatre companies such as Jumblies Theatre he has created many works for mixed ensembles composed of amateur, professional and untrained musicians. Recent compositions include a 5 part work for the Toronto Children's Chorus. He performs with Toronto based Balkan/Klezmer band “Beyond the Pale”. He loves helping people find their inner musician, as an added bonus, at OASIS he gets to do the same with Math. Before signing up with OASIS Martin was the Jazz teacher at Earl Haig secondary.