Past Events

On Tuesday, September 17th the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects will be visiting the school, providing an overview of what the organization does and why it’s valuable to get involved, plus, they will be providing a free lunch!

Please feel free to join us for the Fall 2019 SEDRD Speaker Series with Dr. Ryan Gibson discussing “Embedded Wealth in Place: The Nexus of Liveable Communities and Philanthropy.”  No registration is required.  Please feel free to bring your lunch.   You can also listen and join the discussion via video on Zoom.  

Orientation Schedule • Fall 2019 - School of Environmental Design & Rural Development (SEDRD) for Landscape Architecture | Rural Planning and Development  | Capacity Development and Extension  | Rural Studies 9:30—10:00 am      Landscape Architecture Student Society (LASS): for landscape architecture students.     Information provided on the LASS student association—goals, plans, activities, fees, etc.         Location:   LA 125.

Please join us in celebrating the retirement of Professor John FitzGibbon from Rural Planning and Development program in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development. Please RSVP to Lorena Barker by Friday, August 16th.  

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Landscape Architecture MLA Master's Thesis Examination Megan Blay, a master of landscape architecture candidate in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend her thesis on "A Wellness Design Framework for High-rise Housing". Nathan Perkins, Advisor, SEDRD Nadia Amoroso, Co-Advisor, SEDRD Martin Holland,  Advisory Committee Member, SEDRD Sean Kelly, Chair of Examination Committee, SEDRD All welcome to attend.

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Rural Planning and Development M.Sc. Thesis Examination Isabelle Ouellette, a master student in Rural Planning and Development in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend her thesis on "Barriers to Implementing Multi-Modal Transportation Strategies in Two New Brunswick Case Studies:  An Exploratory Research" Wayne Caldwell, Advisor, SEDRD Ryan Gibson, Advisory Committee, OMAFRA Sean Kelly, Examination Committee, SEDRD Leith Deacon, Exam Chair, SEDRD

Please join us in celebrating the retirement of Cheryl FitzGibbon from the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development. Please RSVP to Christina Voll at sedrd.clerk@uoguelph.ca.    

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Rural Planning and Development M.Sc. Thesis Examination Timothy Hunting, a master student in Rural Planning and Development in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend his thesis on "Local Trail development along Rural Canada's share of the Great Trail". Ryan Gibson, Advisor, SEDRD Wayne Caldwell, Advisory Committee Member, SEDRD

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Ph.D. in Rural Studies QUALIFYING EXAM SEMINAR by Ashleigh Weeden "Exploring Opportunities to Apply Place-Based Approaches to Regional Innovation Systems Theory"    Examination Committee: Ryan Gibson, Advisor, SEDRD Wayne Caldwell, Graduate Faculty, SEDRD Martin Holland, Graduate Faculty, SEDRD Philip Loring, Geography, CSAHS Graduate Faculty |Karen Landman, SEDRD, Exam Chair    All are welcome to attend.

PhD in Rural Studies  - School of Environmental Design and Rural Development PhD Thesis Defence by Kiran Bhattarai "Contested Water Resources:  Collaborative Empowerment for Social and Environmental Justice".