Past Events

The University of Guelph’s Landscape Architecture programs in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development invite LA firms and public sector organizations to attend our 2nd annual LA Career Night on January 31st at the Arboretum.  

Please feel free to join the SEDRD Speaker Series with Emma Stephens. Emma (Professor of Economics at Pitzer College and visiting scholar in SEDRD for the winter semester) will deliver a presentation titled “Research Gaps Between Agricultural Systems Analysis and Food Security”. The presentation will take place on January 30 from 12:00 - 1:00 pm in the Pit. 

PhD in Rural Studies - School of Environmental Design and Rural Development Thesis Defence by Stephen Booth "Uncommon Waters: Intercultural Conflict over the Atlantic Salmon of the Restigouche Watershed"

Free public lecture by Brendan Stewart, SEDRD Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, University Guelph. "PLANNING FOR GOLF'S DECLINE:  A talk on landscape adaptation opportunites for a dynamic region". Summary:   

Are you interested in immigration and how it impacts rural communities and regions? Interested to learning more about the theories, practices, and policies of rural immigration? If so, plan to join us on January 23rd from 12:00 – 1:00 pm in Room 140 of the Landscape Architecture Building or connect via Zoom. This gathering will be an opportunity for graduate students and faculty to network with professionals within and outside the school, to share and collaborate on various topic related to immigration.

Mansoor Ma, workshop author and instructor, will continue with his Design Workshop series for the Winter semester. Pre-Workshop Lecture: Understand this 3D modeling-design process being used in an award winning landscape architecture firm in the upcoming lecture (with FREE PIZZA @ 11:45am):

The first SEDRD Speaker Series for the winter semester is scheduled for Wednesday, January 16, 2019 from 12:00 - 1:00 pm in The LA Pit. Mery Perez (PhD Student in Rural Studies) will be sharing findings from her research titled “Music as a Discourse of Social Justice: A Case Study from Nicaragua’s Indigenous People”. All welcome to attend.

Landscape Architecture – MLA Master’s Examination Brianna Collis, a master of landscape architecture candidate in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend her thesis on "How alternative landscapes in the boreal forest impact woodland caribou using a model of animal movement, perception and memory".    Robert Corry, Advisor John Fryxell, Adivsory Committee Member Karen Landman, Examination Committee Member Sean Kelly, Chair of Examination Committee All welcome to attend.

PhD in Rural Studies - School of Environmental Design and Rural Development Thesis Defence by Paul Kraehling "Using Green Infrastructure as a Tool to Enhance Rural Land Use Planning" Examination Committee: Wayne Caldwell, SEDRD, Advisor Jane Londerville, CBE, Advisory Committee Pam Shaw, Department of Community Planning Vancouver Island University, External Examiner Nathan Perkins, SEDRD, Internal Examiner Dave Guyadeen, SEDRD Exam Chair

PhD in Rural Studies - School of Environmental Design and Rural Development Thesis Defence by Sara Epp "Assessing Resilience in Agriculture:  A Case Study of Old Order Mennonite Communities in Northern Ontario"