Past Events

2015 OALA Ski Day Friday, February 20, 2015 Alpine Ski Club 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Students and Faculty:  Please join the OALA for a fun day with OALA members, sponsors, clients and friends.  Ski, snowboard, snowshoe or just take the time to relax.  Come see one of Ontario's finest resorts designed by fellow OALA members.   Register before February 1st to recieve the early bird rate. More information can be located on the OALA website

The Landscape Architecture Programs Present: Integrated-Media Workshop:  4-Day Unique Hand-with-Digital Cross Training for Landscape Architecture Students with Instructor: Mansoor Ma

SEDRD hosts Grad Program Information Night. The School of Environmental Design and Rural Development will host a Graduate Program Information Night on Wednesday, February 11th, 2015 from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. in the Landscape Architecture Building Lobby (LA Pit).

Capacity Development & Extension - MSc Thesis Defense Thesis Title:  “Women’s Participation in Community Radio in Bangladesh” by Mahmuda Anwar Friday, February 6, 2015 10:00 a.m. Landscape Architecture Building, Room 127 Examination Committee: Helen Hambly Odame, Advisor Jana Janakiram, Committee Member Glen Filson, Chair of Exam All are welcome to attend.

Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture presentation by: David J. Reid, (FCSLA) Principal, Landscape Architect, Environmental Planning and Design Practice Leader Golder Associates Ltd., Nanaimo, British Columbia Sustainable Landscape Architecture:  Practices at t"he Bleeding Edges" Wednesday, February 4, 2015 Pizza lunch and Lecture at:  11:45 am in Landscape Architecture, Room 125

The Landscape Architecture Programs present the lunch hour lecture by our Alumnus, Mansoor Ma. Presentation: Effective Design Communication Skills for Landscape Architecture: Tools and Techniques Location: LA 125 Date: Monday, January 26th Time: 11:30 pizza, lecture 11:45

Rural Studies Speaker Series Community Well-Being Monitoring in Ontario’s ‘Ring of Fire’ by Dr. Ben Bradshaw Date: January 23, 2014 Time: 3-5 pm Location: LA 143

Landscape Architecture Programs / School of Environmental Design and Rural Development OALA Guest Lecture Series presents: John Riley Chief Science Advisor to the Nature Conservancy of Canada and author of "The Once and Future Great Lakes Country"

PhD in Rural Studies - Thesis Defense by Simon Berge Thesis:  "Co-operatives as Alternative Distribution Systems for Local Food and Community Development" Date:  Friday, January 9, 2015 Time:  10:30 am Location:  OAC Dean's Office Boardroom, Johnston Hall, Room 104 EXAMINATION COMMITTEE: Wayne Caldwell, Advisor Karen Landman, SEDRD, Committee Member Betsy Donald, Queens University, (External Examiner) Fred Pries, Dept. of Management, (Internal Examiner) Al Lauzon, Chair

PhD Rural Studies - Thesis Defense by Dario Cidro Thesis:  "A comparative analysis of performance and impacts of decentralized agricultural extension:    The case of Eastern Samar and Leyte Provinces, Philippines" Date:  Friday, December 19, 2014 Time:  10:30 a.m Location:  Landscape Architecture Building, Room 127