Past Events

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Capacity Development & Extension Program M.Sc. Thesis Defense by Faria Rashid "Women’s use of ICTs in community radio: A case study from Bangladesh" will be held on: Wednesday, August 2, 2017 1:00 pm Landscape Architecture Building, Room 133 Examination Committee: Helen Hambly, Advisor John FitzSimons, Advisory Committee John FitzGibbon, Graduate Faculty Sheri Longboat, Exam Chair All are welcome to attend.

Ph.D. in Rural Studies QUALIFYING EXAM SEMINAR by Rachana Devkota Tuesday, August 1, 2017 2:00 p.m. Landscape Architecture -  Room 133 "The Relevance of a Gender Transformative Approach for the Agricultural Innovation System in Nepal"

The Fall 2017 Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTA) positions have now been posted. The deadline for applications is July 21st, 2017. In order to be considered for a position, you must apply online at www.uoguelph.ca/sessional_ta/ You must be logged into the site in order to apply for the positions. Instructions are on the home page. You must use your uoguelph.ca email account or you will not be able to apply. Do not create a new account.

PhD in Rural Studies - School of Environmental Design and Rural Development Thesis Defence by Nael Thaher "Leveraging Intellectual Property Management for Crop Biotechnology Innovation" will be held on Monday, June 26, 2017 at 9:30 am Rozanski Hall, Room 106

Date: June 25 - July 8, 2017 Location: Barcelona, Spain

The summer convocation ceremonies for students in the Rural Planning and Development, Capacity Development and Extension and Rural Studies programs within the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development will be held on Friday, June 16, 2017 and 2:00 pm at War Memorial Hall.   We hope all SEDRD graduates are looking forward to returning to Guelph for this ceremony.  For more information regarding convocation please visit the Convocation Website.

The summer convocation ceremonies for students of the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture and Master of Landscape Architecture will be held on Thursday, June 15, 2017 at 7:00 pm at War Memorial Hall.  We hope all SEDRD graduates are looking forward to returning to Guelph for this ceremony.  For more information regarding convocation please visit the Convocation Website

Meet book editors Professors Karen Landman & Ashlee Consolo on Tuesday May 30 at 7 pm in the Bookshelf bookstore at 41 Quebec Street, Guelph, Ontario.

Landscape Architecture - MLA Master's Examination The final examination for Daniel Ruffo will be held on Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 2:30 pm in Room 143 of the Landscape Architecture building. The thesis is "Resiliency and Community Development:  A Landscape Framework". Advisor: Cecelia Paine, SEDRD Advisory Committee Member: Sean Kelly, SEDRD Examination Committee Member: Sheri Longboat, SEDRD Chair of Exam: Robert Corry, SEDRD All welcome to attend.

Ph.D. in Rural Studies - Qualifying Exam Seminar by Renee Le Roux Goretsky Thursday, May 25, 2017 11:00 a.m. Landscape Architecture Room 143 “Social Justice for Rural Indigenous Peoples in Water Governance” Examination Committee: Sheri Longboat, SEDRD, Advisor John FitzGibbon, SEDRD, Advisory Committee Member Tad McIlwraith, Sociology and Anthropology, Graduate Faculty Kim Anderson, FARE, Graduate Faculty Karen Landman, SEDRD, Exam Chair All welcome to attend.