Upcoming Events

The first Fall 2020 SEDRD Speaker Series event will take place on Wednesday, September 23rd from 12.00-1.00 pm EDT. We are excited to have Angela Penagos from the Latin American Centre for Rural Development (RIMISP) join us and discuss “The Transformation of the Rural Territories: A Challenge for Latin American Institutions”. The Speaker Series event will take place via Zoom. ...

The Centre for International Programs (CIP) - Education Abroad Advisor, Mike Lafleur; and BLA Program Counsellor, Melinda Vanryn will be discussing the exchange opportunities in Winter, Summer and Fall of 2022. To apply for exchange (or other study aboard opportunities), you need to attend a required CIP Information Session. The CIP office runs these through out the semester, but a specific BLA meeting has been arranged that will focus on the BLA exchange opportunities.  Past BLA participants will...

The Rural Planning and Development program is accepting applications for the Master of Planning program to start in January 2021. The Master of Planning is a one-year degree program intended for students with a completed undergraduate degree and 4-5 years of planning and development experience. The program consists of both required and elective courses and concludes with a major research paper. The program may be used as part of the Prior Learning Assessment route to accreditation with the Professional Standards...

University of Guelph - Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture Series presents: Shannon Nichol,  FASLA and Co-founder and Principal of Gustafson Guthrie Nichol (GGN) Ltd. Lecture on "Drawing Common Ground" Shannon Nichol is a founding partner of Gustafson Guthrie Nichol. Her recent and current projects include India Basin Shoreline Park in San Francisco, the...

University of Guelph - Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture Series presents: Paul Cureton, Senior Lecturer in Design at Imagination Lancaster, Lancaster University, UK. Lecture on "Design Futures:  Visualization, Mapping & Strategies" Paul Cureton is a Senior Lecturer in Design at Imagination Lancaster and member of the Data Science...

University of Guelph - Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture Series presents: Colleen Mercer Clarke, MSc, MLA, PhD, FCSLA, APALA Chair, CSLA Committee on Climate Adaptation Lecture on “The Value of Nature in a Changing World” Colleen Mercer Clarke, FCSLA, APALA is both an ecologist (marine and coasts) and a landscape architect with a varied career that has spanned planning and design, research, teaching and writing. Colleen has over 45 years of...