Past Events

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The Rural Policy Learning Commons is hosting a free online webinar titled, "Filipino Nurses Experiences Living & Working in Rural Manitoba: The Key of Policy in Supporting Integration​” on February 23, 2021 from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT. The webinar will feature Catherine Baxter of Brandon University. A brief description of the webinar is listed below: 

The Rural Planning and Development program is hosting a virtual town hall meeting with all current RPD students on February 23 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 are available on Courselink and will be circulated via email in advance of the meeting.  

The School of Environmental Design and Rural Development has three Undergraduate Research Assistantships (URA’s) available for Summer 2021.  Please apply directly through Experience Guelph website by February 15. 1. Baker Street Public Realm Project.  Supervisor: Brendan Stewart, Assistant Professor

The School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Graduate Student Society presents a guest lecture with Ryan Godfrey on "Big Ecologies Little Spaces"

The Rural Symposium is an annual opportunity for University of Guelph graduate students to showcase their rural research to policy makers, policy analysts, and program staff from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA). The event facilitates knowledge mobilisation and network building between graduate students at the University of Guelph, researchers, and OMAFRA . This year's event will be hosted online through Zoom and will profile projects funded through the Ontario Agri-food Innovation Alliance and other OMAFRA supported research. 

University of Guelph - Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture Series presents:

The Rural Planning and Development graduate program at the University of Guelph is hosting an online open house for all prospective students on Monday February 8th from 6:00 – 7:00 pm (EST). At this event, you can expect the following:

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.

University of Guelph - Landscape Architecture Virtual Sketching Workshop Daniel Roehr, Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture at UBC "‘FIRST’ Tablet Design Thinking Drawing, Diagramming, Mapping, Animating, Photographing + Voice Over…. the Future Normal with 3D BIM Modelling in Landscape Architecture"