Past Events

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".

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Rural Planning and Development M.Sc. Thesis Examination Cameron Curran, a master student in Rural Planning and Development in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend his thesis on "Community-based Compliance Management Framework  for on Onsite Wastewater System Re-Inspection programs in the Lake Simcoe Watershed".

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Rural Planning and Development M.Sc. Thesis Examination Thuraya Elnaiem, a master student in Capacity Development and Extension in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend her thesis on "The Rose of Trust and Gender in Mobile Money Adoption in Lusaka, Zambia:  An Analysis Using the Technology Acceptance Model"

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Capacity Development and Extension M.Sc. Thesis Examination Asiful Islam, a master student in Capacity and Development Extension in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend his thesis on " Investigating the Clinical decisions making process of Physicians in rural Ontario:  The Perspectives and attitudes on Medical Cannabis."

PhD in Rural Studies - School of Environmental Design and Rural Development Thesis Defence by Valencia Gaspard "Working on keeping it together:  Exploring the lived experience of precarious employment in rural Ontario"

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Rural Planning & Development Program  M.Sc. Thesis Defence by Emily Bowerman "Reflecting Bicultural Mechanisms in Waterscape Design and Planning in Aotearoa New Zealand" Examination Committee: Sheri Longboat, Advisor, SEDRD Sean Kelly, Advisory Committee Member, SEDRD Nate Perkins, Graduate Faculty, SEDRD Nic Brunet, Exam Chair, SEDRD All welcome to attend.

PhD in Rural Studies  - School of Environmental Design and Rural Development PhD Thesis Defence by Mery Perez "Re-articulating Discourse for Indigenous and Environmental Justice:  A Study of Nicaragua’s Unidos por Bosawas Festivals".

Bold, raw and unapologetic, Brutalism is an attitude as much as a style.   The concrete builders of the 1960s believed unequivocally that modern problems could be solved with modern design. This exhibition sheds new light on Brutalism by examining its impact on the University of Guelph. The term “Brutalism” came into use in the 1950s to describe the concrete architecture emerging in the United Kingdom and Europe, including Swiss-French architect LeCorbusier’s expressive béton brut—literally meaning “raw concrete.”  

On Thursday June 20th, 2019 from 10:00am-11:00am the Great Lakes First Nations Fisheries Governance project will be hosting an online Webinar to present preliminary findings and foster discussion with our First Nations partners. The research team has been conducting interviews and analyzing the data collected for the past year and have found some interesting results.

The Rural Policy Learning Commons is hosting a free webinar titled, “The Theory, Practice and Potential of Regional Development: Key Learnings & Policy Recommendations". A brief description of the webinar is listed below: