Meet Prof. Karen Landman Descriptive Transcript

Summary: Prof. Karen Landman describes her research into urban agriculture and the careers past landscape architecture graduate students have found.

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Text: :60 Second Snapshots
Meet the Profs of the Ontario Agricultural College

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Text: Prof. Karen Landman
School of Environmental Design and Rural Development
Karen: My research is generally on green infrastructure, 
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particularly these days I'm looking at urban agriculture, which is important not only 
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because it 
provides fresh healthy food in the 
urban environment particularly to the food insecure, but also offers pollinator habitat, 
biodiversity, community engagement and generally a beautiful 
environment in the urban landscape.


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Karen: Most of our past graduate students in
landscape architecture are working in design firms, private consulting. 
Some of them 
have gone on to do municipal staff work,
some of them have gone on to do a PhD, 
some of them have formed their own companies, but generally they're working 
in design consulting firms.
They've also developed side interests as a 
result of grad school such as art installation, professional writing, community 
engagement, and I think for them it's not
only about finding a good job 
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but also finding a good life.

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Text: www.uoguelph.ca/oac
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