Past Events

The 4th biennial GIS in Education and Research Conference will be held on March 4 and 5, 2020, at Hart House, University of Toronto. The School of Environmental Design and Rural Development is supporting interested students from SEDRD, all programs to attend this conference (BLA, MLA, RPD, CDE). 

Please join University of Guelph BLA Alumnus, Amanda Berry for a Digital Brown Bag on Thursday, Feb 13, 2020. Amanada will highlight the usefulness of LandF/X, an Autocad plug-in, that provides numerous time saving features relating to creating and maintaining planting plans. The presentation will start at noon in the Pit, and please bring your own lunch. Contact:  Prof. Martin Holland

The Rural Planning and Development graduate program at the University of Guelph is hosting an open house for all prospective students on Monday February 10th. The event will be held in the Landscape Architecture building from 5:30 – 7:00 pm and pizza will be provided. At this event, you can expect the following:

University of Guelph - Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture Series presents:

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 mobilization and network building between graduate students at the University of Guelph, researchers, and OMAFRA .

The University of Guelph’s Landscape Architecture programs in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development invite Landscape Architecture firms and public sector organizations to attend our 3rd annual LA Networking Night on January 30th.  

The SEDRD Speaker Series presents: Ben Reid-Howells Ben’s talk “Beyond Resilience: Stories from the Field” explores his three-year journey from India to Scotland in which he and his partner Kumar Prashant undertook projects of peace, sustainable living and community wellbeing. This session will take place on Wednesday January 29th at 12 pm in the Landscape Architecture Pit. Pizza will be provided. All are welcome to attend! About Ben:

The School of Environmental Design and Rural Development and Global Affairs Canada invite you to the magistral presentation of Dr. Paul Winters and Dr. Thouraya Triki from IFAD – United Nations. They will be accompanied by Global Affairs representatives; Mr. Stephen Potter, Director Agriculture and Food Systems and Mr. Anatoliy Shatkovskyy, Senior Analyst. After the presentation there will be small groups meetings.

Young Conservation Professionals Talk Want to grow as a leader?  Interested in conservation and the environment? Come out to a FREE pizza lunch in the LA Pit and learn about what Young Conservation Professionals (YCP) Leadership Program has to offer you! Co-founder, Peter Mitchell will be joined by YCP alumni to share experiences from past programs. To learn more about the YCP program visit the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority website.

Ever wondered how to deliver an effective presentation or design a poster for a conference? On January 15th, a capacity building session will be held from 12:00 - 1:00 pm in the LA Pit with Shannon Brown. The session will identify best practices for designing posters, discuss how to effectively share findings, and demonstrate why plain language is critical. The session is being organized in preparation for the upcoming 2020 Rural Symposium however, anyone interested is welcome to attend the session.