Upcoming Events

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Capacity Development & Extension M.Sc. Thesis Defense by Paighton Smyth "Ontario Guidance Teacher-Counsellors’ Understanding of the Agri-Food Industry and Agricultural Careers" Examination Committee: Helen Hambly, Advisor, SEDRD Al Lauzon, Advisory Committee, SEDRD Sean Lyons, Graduate Faculty, Management, CBE TBA, Exam Chair

The theme of the 2019 Ontario Association of Landscape Architects conference is: BIGthinking: Watershed-Scale Landscape Perspectives.  With the Niagara Escarpment and the shores of Georgian Bay as the backdrop for this year’s Conference, we look beyond the local to the potential offered by big data, large-scale contextual analysis and foundational ideas for landscape architecture. For more details please visit the OALA website.

The Rural Policy Learning Commons is hosting a free webinar titled, “Weaving Indigenous Wellbeing, Research & Ethics: Community and Campus Perspectives in Canada”. A brief description of the webinar is listed below.

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Landscape Architecture MLA Master's Thesis Examination Kaja McDonald, a master of landscape architecture candidate in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend her thesis on "Exploring the Application of Environmental Communication Strategies in Landscape Architecture" Thursday, April 25, 2019 @ 1pm in LA 143.

The University of Guelph Landscape Architecture Alunni Association (LAAA) will be hosting a reception at the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects (OALA) 51st annual AGM and Conference.  This event will include speakers from the OALA, LAAA, UofG Ontario Agricultural College and the Landscape Architecture program faculty and students. Landscape architecture students will be rotating a variety of presentations throughout the evening.

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Landscape Architecture MLA Master's Thesis Examination Tamara Freeman, a master of landscape architecture candidate in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend her thesis on "Designing for Therapeutic Care Farms”. Karen Landman, Advisor, SEDRD Sean Kelly, Advisory Committee Member, SEDRD Nathan Perkins, Examination Committee Member, SEDRD Sheri Longboat, Chair of Examination Committee, SEDRD All welcome to attend.

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Landscape Architecture MLA Master's Examination Carleigh Pope, a master of landscape architecture candidate in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend her thesis on "Landscape Architecture for Hyper-Diverse Cities:  Renewing Toronto's Tower Housing Stock in a Time of Unprecedented Diversity".

PhD in Rural Studies  - School of Environmental Design and Rural Development Thesis Defence by Mery Perez "Music as Discourse for Indigenous and Environmental Justice:  A Study of Nicaragua’s Unidos por BOSAWAS Festivals"

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Landscape Architecture MLA Master's Thesis Examination Kira Burger, a master of landscape architecture candidate in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend her thesis on "A Designed Landscape Pattern to Increase Urban Food Security and Optimize Ecological Integrity in Ottawa, Canada"

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Landscape Architecture MLA Master's Thesis Examination Aiden Fudge, a master of landscape architecture candidate in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend his thesis on "Memory, Place & Change:  A Landscape Narrative of the Tantramar Marshes" Sean Kelly, Advisor, SEDRD Brendan Stewart, Co-Advisor, SEDRD Karen Landman, Advisory Committee Member, SEDRD Nathan Perkins, Chair of Examination Committee, SEDRD All welcome to attend.