Past Events

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture Series presents: Hugh Keegan, Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI). "Green Infrastructure Planning:  What is it?  Where did it come from?  Some tools and resources to assist in performing it" BYO Lunch.  Light refreshments will be served at noon.

All students in landscape architecture are invited (and strongly encouraged) to attend the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects meet and greet presentation on Thursday, October 5, 2017. This is a fabulous opportunity to meet with some of the amazing members of the OALA who will discuss Ontario's regulating body for Landscape Architects, and answer questions concerning OALA purpose, role and membership.  (Please note, you cannot be a Landscape Architect in the Province of Ontario without being a Full Member of the OALA!)

You’re Invited to OAC Careers and Cocktails Each fall the OAC AA and the Student Federation of OAC host an informal evening of networking between alumni and current students. Come share your career story and help prepare OAC students to enter the workforce. This networking opportunity allows students and alumni to engage in one-on-one conversations, group discussions and mentoring opportunities – the students are always appreciative to learn from our alumni! Light appetizers and refreshments will be provided.   Please register by emailing eventrsvp@uoguelph.ca

The Ontario Professional Planners Institute Conference is Ontario’s biggest planning event of the year. The 2017 conference takes place from October 3-5, 2017 at the Blue Mountain Resort, Town of the Blue Mountains, Ontario. For more information on the conference visit the OPPI website here.

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, Landscape Architecture program presents: The Evidence-Based Landscape Architecture Lecture: Dr. Frederick Steiner, Dean of the School of Design, Paley Professor, University of Pennsylvania "The Art of Plan Making" Thursday, September 28, 2017 7:00 pm University of Guelph Landscape Architecture Building, Room 204

Please join Wilfrid Laurier University Press with authors and Adjunct Professors, Glen C. Filson and Bamidele Adekunle from the University of Guelph, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development to launch their new book "Eat Local, Taste Global: How Ethnocultural Food Reaches Our Tables".  Details can be found on the Wilfrid Laurier Events Calendar.   

QUALIFYING EXAM SEMINAR by Cheryl O’Connell Monday, September 25, 2017 1:30 p.m. Landscape Architecture Room 127 “An Exploratory Study to Inform Interdisciplinary Trades Education in Support of Rural Economic Diversification: Conceptual Framework to Practice” Examination Committee: Al Lauzon, SEDRD, Advisor Lynne MacFadgen, Advisory Committee Member, Vancouver Island University Wayne Caldwell, SEDRD, Graduate Faculty John FitzGibbon, SEDRD, Graduate Faculty Nonita Yap, SEDRD, Exam Chair  

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture Series presents: Roberto Rovira, Florida International University "Temporary Permanence:  Landscapes, Ecology and Public Space" Thursday, September 21, 2017 12:15 pm Landscape Architecture Pit BYO Lunch.  Light refreshments will be served at noon.

Dates: 20-23 September 2017 Location: Nelson, BC The Different by Design – Exploring Innovation for Rural Prosperity conference explores the unique potential and many possibilities that exists in rural places. Conference themes include: workforces of tomorrow, our changing environment, creating connections, and communities of opportunity. SEDRD faculty and students will be sharing research findings and discussing new directions in rural development Further information: http://kootenays2017.crrf.ca

The Manitoba Looks North Webinar Series is a collaborative series of presentations on economic development in Northern Communities. The Webinars highlight Manitoba examples of the challenges Northern communities face, as well as the strategies some communities have used to build prosperous and stable local economies. Community Leaders will be invited to engage in self-reflection and analysis on the state of their own communities, possible paths forward, and the need for community-driven action.