Info for
Quick links
Download our Mobile app
Icon for Apple. App Store Icon for Android. Google Play

Project Details

Our shared Durham College (DC) and Ontario Tech University (OTU) campus is a collaborative environment unlike any other, fostering innovation, enriching the student experience, and strengthening our broader community.

With this as our foundation, our Campus Master Plan (CMP) is being refreshed through a collaborative process that includes consultations with external partners such as the Region of Durham and City of Oshawa, as well as input from DC and OTU students, employees, and leadership. The result will be a thoughtful, future-focused approach that supports the distinct and shared needs of both institutions for decades of continued success.

Notable Updates

    • New spaces for learning and innovation
      • Supporting cutting-edge research, collaborative learning, and a vibrant student life with thoughtfully designed and safe spaces.
      • Inspiring creativity and driving academic success—that’s the vision behind our new academic and multi-purpose buildings.
      • Highlighting the next six potential buildings and the corresponding changes to the surrounding areas.
      • Identifying five development areas and an additional 83 acres that will become increasingly valuable and available for partnership and/or ground leases.
      • Sustainable campus for the future
        • Ensuring we invest in greener infrastructure, expand green spaces, and remain focused on energy efficiency.
        • Creating a campus that meets today’s needs while preparing for our future.
        • Keeping campus mobility in mind by moving parking to the outside of campus, getting to campus will be simpler for all.
      • Elevating community engagement
        • Establishing a welcoming, full-service campus anchor and gateway at Simcoe Street North and Conlin Road.
        • Providing a central space for students and the campus community to come together to enhance school spirit.
        • Offering new athletic facilities and modern enhancements to support our students.
        • Promoting a culture of wellness, connection, and active living across our campus.

          Guiding Principles

          • Honour Campus Origins and Traditions

            Acknowledge and reflect Indigenous heritage and other cultural and historical influences, including Windfields Farm, through cultural placemaking and future development.

          • Share Campus Resources

            Optimize resources through the sharing of land, buildings, and amenities: between the institutions; with industry and business partners; and with the broader Oshawa community.

          • Enhance Accessibility & Promote Walkability

            Extend and improve the pedestrian and roadway network to expand transportation choice, advancing safer mobility options and public transit, in balance with private vehicle use.

          • Ensure a Healthy and Safe Campus

            Foster a climate of resilience and sustainability with buildings, operations, ecological conservation, and integration that support health and well-being.

          Planning and Design Directions

          Durham College and Ontario Tech can create a more contemporary, community-oriented, and sustainable shared campus by establishing a distinct and accessible front door that signals the arrival to a mixed-use, transit-oriented, campus village and welcomes the entire academic community and its visitors.

          Design Directions:

          • Create a distinctive, welcoming shared campus gateway at the southwest corner of Simcoe Street North and Conlin Road.
          • Incorporate a full range of shops and services that, along with academic and partner office space, will catalyze a year-round community and campus anchor.
          • Develop an adjacent bus loop as part of advancing accessibility, walkability, safety, and sustainability in the campus transportation model.
          • Shift on-street and surface parking north of Conlin Road and improve its design.
          • Locate and scale new, primarily mid-rise buildings to fit the existing context, and to connect directly to the campus’ walkable open-space network.
          • Use landscaping to reinforce accessibility and walkability and to capitalize on the spectacular setting on the Oshawa Creek watershed.
          • Enhance legibility, wayfinding, and branding throughout the shared campus.
          • Demand best practices in energy-efficient, low-waste infrastructure and building performance standards that help achieve net zero energy targets by 2050.

          Read the draft Campus Master Plan