Why be bored in school? Go to a Skateboard School! This Toronto District School Board alternative school design program helps students earn high school credits and graduate by creating their own brand and running a skateboard business / professional design studio. OASIS SKATEBOARD FACTORY (OSF) "ON THE GRIND": TDSB's ART & ENTREPRENEURSHIP O.G.s since 2006!

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

OSF Course List 2015/16



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The real OSF Rat King says farewell for the summer: Happy holidays to our 12th student design team...come back as lifelong OSF VIPs and we can't wait to see our returning Leadership students in September!




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Our wonderful Trustee produced these school bookmarks designed by an OSF student!


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Thank you to all the folks who donated the awesome swag for OSF grad awards this year: Concrete Wave, Longboard Living, Sam James Coffee Bar, Champstiles Wood Burning, Blue Tile Lounge, Kid Icarus, Spacing, Exile, The Beguiling, Comet, Kevin Lyons, Bustin Boards, Le Collektor, Deserres, Anti Vice Juicery


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This OSF winner of our sustainability unit graphic design contest will be designing the graphic for a professional production board with Bamboo Skateboards, California, this summer!!!


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Congratulations to an OSF student who will be returning to us in the fall after running her own summer screenprinting business awarded a Summer Company grant from Youth Employment Services (YES)


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Board Prototype for clients LAZYPANTS


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TDSB’s Oasis Skateboard Factory is a 2015 winner of @evasinitiatives Awards For Ending Youth Homelessness

Read more: http://bit.ly/1PyBAda
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Epic end of the year OSF grad event hosted by the wonderful folks at Roarockit: Boards & BBQ 6!



























Check out all the photos on our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/OasisSkateboardFactory?ref=hl#!/OasisSkateboardFactory/photos/pcb.666042580163134/666042103496515/?type=1&theater

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Some of our proud parents...




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11 high school students graduated from OSF Friday night! (Grad portraits to be posted soon...)






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OSF Rat King subliminal cheese tray by the Roarockit crew ready for our grad!!!


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OSF YOUTH ARE REVOLTING Teen Dream Zine $5


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Setting up our Grad art show and sale at Roarockit...


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As OSF shuts down for the summer at Scadding Court Community Centre, our pool gets filled with fish for kids to go Urban Fishing!


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Cutting out boards on the last few school days left...


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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Last info session to apply to OSF before the summer to start in September is Wednesday June 17 at 9am (all applications due June 19 for followup interviews)

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Monday, June 8, 2015

Reminder to Students: Bring branded products to your last mentor session at Anomaly on Tuesday. Zine is due Wednesday. All other work and projects for clients due Thursday. On Friday, the last day of school, we meet in classroom then go set up our event at Roarockit in preparation for "Boards & BBQ 6" grad art show/sale from 6-8pm that night.

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Sunday, June 7, 2015

This last week of school finishes with Friday's BOARDS & BBQ 6 community event, show & sale, awards ceremony and OSF student graduation...hope to see you there!


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To see all the photos of "OSF infests NYC" work & play, go to our Facebook page:




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OSF with legend Rodney Smith in front of SHUT NYC


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OSF x Ted Hunter skateboard sculpture permanently installed at Stoked's gallery in DUMBO, Brooklyn








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OSF Teaser: three colourway collab with Kevin Lyons coming soon...










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OSF 25 foot skateboard wall sculpture: permanent installation in Soho at ANOMALY NYC











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