Past Events

Find out information about the Capacity Development and Extension master's program and about Graduate Studies at the University of Guelph during the virtual Graduate Studies Preview Week.  The CDE session will take place on Friday, October 23 from noon - 1:00pm EST via the Teams Live Chat session.  Connect with faculty and current graduate students to get answers to your questions and learn more about the Capacity Development and Extension graduate program.  No registration required.

Find out information about the Master of Landscape Architecture program and about Graduate Studies at the University of Guelph during the virtual Graduate Studies Preview Week.  The MLA session will take place on Thursday, October 22 from noon - 1:00pm EST via the Teams Live Chat session.  Connect with faculty and current graduate students to get answers to your questions and learn more about the Landscape Architecture program.  No registration required.

We are excited to have Dr. Michelle Porter, Aboriginal Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Guelph, join the SEDRD Speaker Series to discuss “Approaching Fire: Arts-based Research and Other Crooked Methodologies”. The presentation and discussion will take place on October 21, 2020 from 12.00 - 1.00 pm EDT. This event will be held remotely. 

Capacity Development & Extension Career Pathways Speaker Series Upcoming speaker and CDE Alumnus: Aleisha Apang, Advisor, Peel Poverty Reduction Strategy

We are excited to have John Edison Ubaldo (Third World Studies Centre, the University of the Philippines) and Dominique Caouette (Université de Montréal), join the SEDRD Speaker Series to discuss “The Political Economy of Land, Natural Resources and Violence in the Philippines”. The presentation and discussion will take place on October 14, 2020 from 12.00 - 1.00 pm EDT. This event will be held remotely. 

Prof. Martin Holland and Melinda Vanryn, BLA Program Counsellor will be holding an information session for 3rd year Bachelor of Landscape Architecture students interested in the professional Internship in Landscape Architecture credit option - LARC*4620.

University of Guelph - Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture Series presents:

Ezekiel Martin,  a Master's student in Capacity Development and Extension in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend his thesis on "From the Brink:  Jamaica’s Oracabessa Bay Fish Sanctuary Processes".

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 Guest Lecture Series presents: