Upcoming Events

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Rural Planning and Development M.Sc. Thesis Examination Thuraya Elnaiem, a master student in Capacity Development and Extension in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend her thesis on "The Rose of Trust and Gender in Mobile Money Adoption in Lusaka, Zambia:  An Analysis Using the Technology Acceptance Model"

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Rural Planning and Development M.Sc. Thesis Examination Cameron Curran, a master student in Rural Planning and Development in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend his thesis on "Community-based Compliance Management Framework  for on Onsite Wastewater System Re-Inspection programs in the Lake Simcoe Watershed".

PhD in Rural Studies  - School of Environmental Design and Rural Development PhD Thesis Defence by Kiran Bhattarai "Contested Water Resources:  Collaborative Empowerment for Social and Environmental Justice".

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Ph.D. in Rural Studies QUALIFYING EXAM SEMINAR by Ashleigh Weeden "Exploring Opportunities to Apply Place-Based Approaches to Regional Innovation Systems Theory"    Examination Committee: Ryan Gibson, Advisor, SEDRD Wayne Caldwell, Graduate Faculty, SEDRD Martin Holland, Graduate Faculty, SEDRD Philip Loring, Geography, CSAHS Graduate Faculty |Karen Landman, SEDRD, Exam Chair    All are welcome to attend.

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Rural Planning and Development M.Sc. Thesis Examination Timothy Hunting, a master student in Rural Planning and Development in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend his thesis on "Local Trail development along Rural Canada's share of the Great Trail". Ryan Gibson, Advisor, SEDRD Wayne Caldwell, Advisory Committee Member, SEDRD

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Rural Planning and Development M.Sc. Thesis Examination Isabelle Ouellette, a master student in Rural Planning and Development in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend her thesis on "Barriers to Implementing Multi-Modal Transportation Strategies in Two New Brunswick Case Studies:  An Exploratory Research" Wayne Caldwell, Advisor, SEDRD Ryan Gibson, Advisory Committee, OMAFRA Sean Kelly, Examination Committee, SEDRD Leith Deacon, Exam Chair, SEDRD

Please join us in celebrating the retirement of Professor John FitzGibbon from Rural Planning and Development program in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development. Please RSVP to Lorena Barker by Friday, August 16th.  

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture Series Landscape Architecture Symposium Representing Landscapes:  Advancements in Visual Communications and Data Visualization Details to be announced. Jose Alfredo Ramirez Director of GroundLab UK, and Co-Director of Landscape Urbanism Program -  The Architectural Association, London UK Andrea Hansen-Phillips Principal of Datum Digital Studio and Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture - University of Virginia

The 2019 Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation (CRRF) Conference is all about bringing together practitioners, policy makers, community leaders, and researchers interested in rural issues.  This conference is a unique opportunity to share your own successes, learn from a diverse group of individuals, and hear the latest on issues that matter to communities and people who call rural Canada home.

The Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI) will host their annual conference from October 1-3, 2019 in Toronto. The conference will focus on understanding the challenges facing planning over the next 25 years, such as uneven growth, climate change, and technology. Each year the School coordinates opportunities for graduate students to attend the OPPI conference. Watch the list serve for more details in the early fall.