Past Events

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 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.

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.

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 4th year Bachelor of Landscape Architecture students will be holding a public display of their final design projects for the LARC*4710 Integrative Design Studio course. These projects were supervised by Professors' Sean Kelly and Nadia Amoroso.  All are welcome to attend.

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Rural Planning & Development Program M.Sc. Thesis Defence by Emma Drake “The Leap-frog Effect in the Context of Ontario’s Greenbelt: An Analysis of Farmland Loss in the Unprotected Countryside”.    Examination Committee: Dr. Wayne Caldwell, Advisor, SEDRD Dr. John Smithers, Advisory Committee, Geography, Environment and Geomatics Dr. Dave Guyadeen, Faculty, SEDRD Dr. Nic Brunet, Exam Chair, SEDRD All welcome to attend.

The Rural Policy Learning Commons is hosting a free webinar titled, “Governance in Rural Contexts: Concepts and Challenges". The webinar will feature Brendan O’Keeffe, Francisco Navarro, and David Douglas. A brief description of the webinar is listed below:

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Rural Planning & Development Program MSc Thesis Defence by Nathaniel Garland "Stormwater Management through a Rural Lens" Exam Committee: John FitzGibbon Advisor, SEDRD Sheri Longboat, Advisory Committee, SEDRD Leith Deacon, Graduate Faculty, SEDRD Nic Brunet, Exam Chair, SEDRD Everyone is welcome.

You are invited to attend an Open House Exhibition of the work of the 2nd year Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (BLA) program.  The students have been engaged in a conceptual project in which they have focussed on Indigenous Peoples in Canada.  They have been asked to self-select a site on the University of Guelph Campus, and to a design an intervention that respectfully acknowledges and honours the Indigenous Peoples of Canada.​​

Please feel free to join the last SEDRD Speaker Series event of the academic year with Dr. Chris Fullerton (Department of Geography and Tourism Studies, Brock University) on April 3. Chris will be speaking about rural tourism initiatives taking place in the Niagara region. No registration is required, please feel free to bring your lunch!