Sara Louise Diamond, (born 9 March 1954) is a Canadian artist, designer, researcher and academic administrator. She is President Emeritus of OCAD University, Canada.
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Biography
Sara Louise Diamond was born in the Bronx, New York City, USA in 1954. During the 60s Diamond emigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Diamond's father was the executive director of the Jewish Family and Child Services. Her mother was a professor at the University of Toronto.
In New York, Diamond was a student at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, in Manhattan. After emigrating to Toronto, Diamond attended the SEED Alternative school, which was known as a "free school", and influenced by the pedagogical philosophies of progressive educators Jean Piaget and A.S. Neill.
Diamond has an undergraduate Honours BA in Communications and History from Simon Fraser University, and a master's degree in Digital Media Theory from the University of the Arts, London.
Diamond holds a PhD in computing, information technology and engineering, from the University of East London, England, with a focus on data visualization. Diamond was the artistic director of media and visual art and director of research at the Banff Centre, where she created the Banff New Media Institute in 1995 and led it until 2005. Diamond taught at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, at Capilano College, at the California Institute for the Arts and remains an adjunct professor at UCLA.