Past Events

2016 Ontario Farmland Forum: Farmland Forever – Help Make it Happen! Join us for the 12th annual Ontario Farmland Forum - a unique day of networking, sharing and learning about the policy innovations and practical actions helping to make Farmland Forever a reality in Ontario. The Farmland Forum supports cross-sector dialogue about how we can work together to strengthen farmland and agricultural planning, policy development, and grassroots, permanent land protection initiatives in Ontario.

An invite to all SEDRD graduate students,   The SEDRD Graduate Student Society is going to TRIVIA at the Grad Lounge (5th floor UC) on Thursday April 7th at 7:00pm. Please join us! All are welcome to attend! PHD, CDE, MLA and RPD!   Prior to trivia the GSS will have a meeting at 6pm, also in the grad lounge. GSS meetings are open to all interested SEDRD Students. This is an opportunity to HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD. We will be discussing end of year transition details and brainstorming orientation week events.

Rural Planning and Development MSc Thesis Defense by Mangla Shandal Thursday, April 7, 2016 9:30 a.m. Landscape Architecture Room 133 Thesis Title:  "Is Post-Green Revolution Agriculture in Punjab, India a Living Example of Karl Polanyi’s Double Movement?" Examination Committee: John Devlin, Co-Advisor Sharada Srinivasan, Sociology and Anthropology, Co-Advisor Nonita Yap, Chair of Exam All are welcome to attend.

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development Presentation by Dr. Simon Berge Candidate for the Libro Professorship in Regional Economic Development for Southwestern Ontario. Title:  "A Network Approach to Regional Economic Development" Date:  Monday, April 4, 2016 Time:  10:30 - 12:00 Location:  Landscape Architecture, Room 143 All welcome and encouraged to attend.

The 4th year Bachelor of Landscape Architecture students will be holding a public display of their final design projects for the Integrative Design Studio course. Instructors:  Professors Robert Brown and Nadia Amoroso. Date:  Saturday, April 2, 2016 Time:  1:00 - 3:00 pm (with formal welcome announcements at 2:00 pm) Location:  The Bullring, University of Guelph All welcome to attend.

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development Presentation by Dr. Ryan Gibson Candidate for the Libro Professorship in Regional Economic Development for Southwestern Ontario. Title:  "Innovative Directions:  Teaching, Research, Engagement, and Knowledge Mobilization" Date:  Thursday, March 31, 2016 Time:  10:30 - 12:00 Location:  Landscape Architecture, Room 143 All welcome and encouraged to attend.  

48th Ontario Association of Landscape Architects Annual General Meeting and Conference The OALA AGM & Conference will be held on April 1st in Niagara Falls, Ontario (with events from March 31st – April 2nd). This year’s theme is Landscape Architecture and Tourism with sessions and discussions centred around this exciting topic.

We are pleased to invite you to the 25th Annual Master of Landscape Architecture Conference, University of Guelph. Join us for the Masters of Landscape Architecture Conference on Monday, March 28th, 2016. It is a day of landscape architecture thesis presentations that provide an insight into contemporary research by final semester graduate students. Every year the MLA students organize a conference to communicate the third year MLA thesis research to the public. Monday, March 28, 2016 Time;  10:00 am - 4:00 pm Lunch and Coffee provided

World Landscape Architecture Month Poster Competition - Canadian Society of Landscape Architects Each year the CSLA sponsors a poster competition, and the winning poster design is distributed across the country to our component associations, schools, members and professional offices, and to public governments and organizations.

Landscape Architecture students: The landscape architecture programs need more images to use on our website and in our promotional materials and we are turning to all of you once again for contributions and the chance to WIN one of four $50.00 UofG gift cards.