OASIS SKATEBOARD FACTORY

Why be bored in school? Go to a Skateboard School!

This Toronto District School Board alternative school design program, where students earn high school credits by creating their own brand and running a skateboard business / professional design studio, now offers even more SK8 Entrepreneurship Opportunities & New Courses including SK8 & Art Co-ops, INDIGENOUS SK8 Studies, Physical Arts & Mindful Living...

OASIS SKATEBOARD FACTORY (OSF) "ON THE GRIND": TDSB's ART & ENTREPRENEURSHIP O.G.s since 2006!

*Drop-in Info Sessions are held every Wednesday at 9AM in the OSF Classroom (Room 3, 707 Dundas St. W.) during the school year...APPLY NOW!!!

Upcoming Events & Announcements

OSF COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETINGS & EVENTS for 2019/20 All Parents, Students, Community Partners and OSF Supporters are invited to participate in the OSF Community Council. The OSF Community Council’s mandate is to provide a safety net to support our students and to enrich their experience of success in the school and community. *** Meeting #1 at 7PM at OSF Open House: Thursday October 17, 6-8pm in the OSF Classroom (Room 3, 707 Dundas St. W.) *** Meeting #2: Tuesday November 5 at Roarockit 880 Millwood 7-9pm, Meeting #3: Tuesday December 10 at Roarockit 880 Millwood 7-9pm, Sem 1 Pop-Up Shop: Friday January 24, 7-9PM at Anomaly 46 Spadina Suite 200 Meeting #4: Tuesday February 11 at Roarockit 880 Millwood 7-9pm, Meeting #5: Tuesday March 10 at Roarockit 880 Millwood 7-9pm, 10 Year Skateboard Show Opening Reception: Wednesday April 8, 7-9PM at Gladstone Hotel Sponsored by Roarockit Meeting #6: Tuesday May 5 at Roarockit 880 Millwood 7-9pm alt9 Art Show Reception & Pop Up Shop: Thursday May 28, 7-9PM at Xpace Cultural Centre 303 Landsdowne GRADUATION BBQ / Sem 2 Pop Up Shop & Community Celebration: Friday June 12, 6-8PM at Anomaly 46 Spadina Suite 200
OSF is actively looking for Creative Youth to join our Student Design Team! *All hour-long, drop-in INFORMATION SESSIONS take place on Wednesdays at 9:00AM sharp in Room 3, Scadding Court Community Centre, 707 Dundas St. West at Bathurst during the school year during scheduled classes (no sessions during exam periods). (Note: Due to space and time constraints, latecomers will have to return for the next scheduled session during the school year) --- Contact Craig at 416-393-0845 or craig.morrison@tdsb.on.ca
Picture You in the Crew: Student Criteria for Application to join the OSF Student Design Team: ---Looking to be a part of a TDSB alternative school that does only real-world projects? ---Stoked about visual arts, design, street art and skateboard culture? ---Able to learn/work independently and participate as a contributing team member in a community setting? ---16+ years of age? ---Note: Spaces are available for young women in OSF programs promoting women in skateboarding/graffiti. APPLY NOW!!!
Fall 2012 Announcement: OSF Teachers have put in a proposal to the TDSB to create a new alternative school. The OSF Storefront School is proposed as a new alternative school based on the success of the Oasis Skateboard Factory reengagement program that will continue to help students explore the connections between Creativity and Entrepreneurship by running our SK8 & Street Art Design Services as a Social Enterprise in a storefront featuring a retail space, gallery and workshop. If you can support us in making our proposal a reality, please contact us!

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Now Registering Students!

Bored of Education?...

Skateboard of Education!!!

As of September 2009, Room 3 in the Scadding Court Community Centre will house the Oasis Skateboard Factory reengagement program.

As the first school site in the TDSB and the world fully dedicated to offering all subjects with a skateboard design and street art focus, the Oasis Skateboard Factory helps students earn Gr. 9-12 compulsory & elective high-school credits by running an entrepreneurial business where they learn hands-on to build skateboards, design original custom graphics, work with local artists and community collaborators, market and display their work and have the opportunity to receive an honorarium.

For more info or to apply, call the OSF Classroom at 416-393-0845 of drop in to one of our Info Sessions held every Wednesday at 9AM in the classroom during the school year.

craig.morrison@tdsb.on.ca

Working with Sponsors & Clients

After creating a portfolio of their own personal designs and mastering the skills required to successfully make their own skateboards, students then look for community or local business partners to sponsor or purchase other skateboards. Students negotiate the design of a street or longboard style board with their sponsor/client and display the results at a local gallery. Students receive an honorarium for their work from the money raised and students participate in a photo opportunity with the sponsor/client when they deliver the finished deck.

Sponsors & Clients of the Oasis Skateboard Factory are supporting at-risk youth to stay in school, earn credits and develop transferable creative, employment and entrepreneurial skills.

Some of our Past Skateboard Sponsors/Clients & Artist Collaboration Boards...

Adrenaline Tattoo & Body Piercing
Art Gallery of Ontario
Atlantic Restaurant
Blessings in a Backpack
Cardinal Skateshop
CJ's Skateboard Park & School
Clay & Paper Theatre
CODE TDOT
Ericsson
Flatface Fingerboards
Function 13
Glory Hole Doughnuts
Grapefruit Moon Cafe
Grind House Cafe
HarbourKIDS (Harbourfront Centre)
Hines Coffee
Hockley Valley Honey
Ideal Coffee
Idle No More
Individual Commissions
Infralink
Lizzie at Speakeasy Tattoo
Longboard Living
Longboarding for Peace
Magic Pony Gallery
Manic Coffee
Mark Titchner
Memorial R.I.P. Boards/Ghost Boards
Model Citizen
Murray's Sandwiches
Music Program @ Oasis
Now Magazine
O's Clothes
Olde World Drywall
Parent Action on Drugs
Playdead Cult
Porchetta Sandwiches
Ride Away Bikes
ROCK (Erin Zimerman)
Rosario Marchese's Office (MPP): Repeal Bill 115
RUNT (Alex Currie)
Sadie's Diner
Sam James Coffee Bar
Saving Gigi Cafe
Show & Tell Gallery
Slick Slack Editting
SLURG (Germany)
SOY (James Gardiner)
The Baitshop
The Beguiling
The Gem
The Henhouse (Bar/Cafe)
The Jonah Group
Toronto Design Offsite Festival
Toronto Police Services
Triangle Program
Village Butcher
William Jamieson Tribal Arts

OSF Community Council 2019-2020

Co-Chairs: Ted Hunter & Norah Jackson, ted@roarockit.com,

norah@roarockit.com, 416-938-4588 (Roarockit Skateboard Company)

Parent/Guardian Rep: Jill Aoki-Barrett, jillaoki@hotmail.com, 416-948-2009

Teacher Advisor & OSF Founding Teacher: Craig Morrison,

craig.morrison@tdsb.on.ca, OSF Classroom: 416-393-0845, Cell: 416-888-0640

OSF Innovations Rep: Lauren Hortie,

lauren.hortie@tdsb.on.ca, Cell: 416-587-2011

OSF INDIG SK8 Community Advisor: TBA

Student Leadership Positions:

Student Council Rep: TBA

Studio Assistant: Michael Hume

Student Nutrition Program Coordinator: Makoto Aoki-Barrett

OSF SK8 Team Manager: Michael Hume

Other Positions: TBA

OSF COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETINGS & EVENTS for 2019/20

All Parents, Students, Community Partners and OSF Supporters are invited to participate in the OSF Community Council. The OSF Community Council’s mandate is to provide a safety net to support our students and to enrich their experience of success in the school and community.

*** Meeting #1 at 7PM at OSF Open House: Thursday October 17, 6-8pm in the OSF Classroom (Room 3, 707 Dundas St. W.) ***

Meeting #2: Tuesday November 5 at Roarockit 880 Millwood 7-9pm,

Meeting #3: Tuesday December 10 at Roarockit 880 Millwood 7-9pm,

Sem 1 Pop-Up Shop: Friday January 24, 7-9PM at Anomaly 46 Spadina Suite 200

Meeting #4: Tuesday February 11 at Roarockit 880 Millwood 7-9pm,

Meeting #5: Tuesday March 10 at Roarockit 880 Millwood 7-9pm,

10 Year Skateboard Show Opening Reception: Wednesday April 8, 7-9PM at Gladstone Hotel Sponsored by Roarockit

Meeting #6: Tuesday May 5 at Roarockit 880 Millwood 7-9pm

alt9 Art Show Reception & Pop Up Shop: Thursday May 28, 7-9PM at Xpace Cultural Centre 303 Landsdowne

GRADUATION BBQ / Sem 2 Pop Up Shop & Community Celebration: Friday June 12, 6-8PM at Anomaly 46 Spadina Suite 200

OASIS SKATEBOARD FACTORY

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Collab deck by one of our new students and a graduate: @zulduhskate x @zim_skateboards

@monique.aura , one of our core collaborators on our OSF INDIG SK8 program sharing some beadwork in anticipation of an upcoming student collab for our SK8 Futurisms show @gladstonehotel presented by @roarockit

1+1=3 with OCADU’s Steve Quinlan for our SK8 Futurisms project

OSF @impactskateclub

Monday, February 17, 2020

Reminder to students to bring signed permission forms and meet tomorrow Tuesday at 1PM @impactskateclub for a skate session (swipe for details - bring your deck, wear skate shoes, helmets and boards available on site)

Students skating solidarity with Wetʼsuwetʼen today

Thursday, February 13, 2020

Reminder to students that we’ll gather Tuesday at 1PM @impactskateclub for a skate session (see below for details - wear skate shoes!)

Working on extended brand identity and meeting our Sem 2 Mentors today @anomaly

Starting another semester of our OSF X @anomaly Business Program with a brief from Pat to our crew of designers for a student designed “board room” redesign of the Toronto office’s expanded space

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Getting ready to spray self-portrait stencils @gothsnextdoormerch

Alexandra Iorgu @naturaiorgu collaborating with @jokesmith777 and the class on some skateboard sculptures for our upcoming SK8 Futurisms show

We love it when Jan our OSF G-ma fuels a busy studio day with tasty treats!

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

@mistersoy was one of our very first board collaborators over a decade ago: Artist talk today in preparation for a SK8 Futurism collab with @graciousgrunge6ix

OSF Broken-Board Self-Portrait Stencils in process...

Wow! Ryan just posted a pic from OSF early years of a project we did in his first @longboard_living space featuring our very first high school grad over a decade ago!

Friday, February 7, 2020

An in-depth artist talk on working in Illustration/ Games / Comics by Shel Khan @portablecity , one of our collaborating artists for our upcoming SK8 Futurisms show

@gothsnextdoormerch brainstorming a deck for our SK8 Futurisms show with our yearly collaborator artist (& drummer from Sloan) Andrew Scott @andrewwgscott

Artist talk by our longtime collaborator Amanda B @thecraftyconcubine as she prepares to work on a new deck with @spider_spit for our SK8 Futurisms show

Please come out and be part of our safety net to support our students and create new opportunities for youth to experience success: OSF COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING TUES. FEB. 11, 7-9PM @ 880 Millwood Rd. hosted by Roarockit

@allister.a.lee talk on storytelling through design and branding today: Stoked to see his collab with our student @hanahaki_pink this semester for our SK8 Futurisms show!

Monday, February 3, 2020

Starting Sem 2 with a classic OSF project: Stencil Portraits on broken boards in process...

Ted from @roarockit and OSF Leadership Students doing a board building 101 workshop for our new students today...

80s skate punk videos to start a Monday morning at our skate school...investigating SK8 origin stories in relation to youth and the city towards this semester’s theme of SK8 Futurisms.