Upcoming Events

University of Guelph - Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture Series presents: Noémie Lafaurie-Debany and Javier Gonzalez-Campana Principals at Balmori Associates, New York, NY Lecture title TBA (more details will be available shortly)....

University of Guelph - Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture Series presents: Professors Anna Thurmayr & Dietmar Straub, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Manitoba and Founders of Straub Thurmayr Landscape Architects  Lecture title...

The Rural Planning and Development program is hosting a virtual town hall meeting with all current RPD students on November 24, 2021 from 12.00-1.00 pm EST. The meeting is an opportunity to check-in, receive program updates, discuss upcoming opportunities, celebrate achievements, and ask your questions. Instructions for joining the discussion will be circulated via email in advance of the meeting. Please contact Lorena Barker (rpd@uoguelph.ca) if you did not receive the instructions to join. 

The Rural Planning and Development graduate program at the University of Guelph is hosting an online open house for all prospective students on Thursday November 25th from 5:30 – 6:30 pm (EST). At this event, you can expect the following: Meet faculty and current students Learn about the Master of Science in Rural Planning and Development and...

Angela Asuncion, a Master of Science in Rural Planning and Development student, will defend their thesis research titled “Building Agency in a Landscape of Extraction: The Global Politics of Canadian Transnational Mining, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Local Communities in the Philippines”. A brief description of their thesis research is listed below: As the world’s dominant actor, the Canadian mining industry...