Past Events

SEDRD has three Undergraduate Research Assistantships available for Summer 2016:   1. Conserving Heritage Landscapes by Design 2. Trees and Shrubs for Cemetery Design 3. Ultra-High Speed Rural Broadband for SW Ontario   Full postings are available at:   https://www.uoguelph.ca/registrar/studentfinance/ura/jobs/departments/edrd   The application period is January 18th to February 10th, 2016.  

Ph.D. Rural Studies Colloquium Presents: Dr. Jennifer Sumner Friday, February 26, 2016 2:00 - 3:00 pm Landscape Architecture, Room 143 "Cultivating Alliances in Rural and Urban Communities:  The Local Organic Food Co-ops Network"

Ph.D. Rural Studies Colloquium Presents: Dr. Anahita Khazaei Friday, February 5, 2016 2:00 - 3:00 pm Landscape Architecture, Room 143

SKETCH-UP & 3D Rendering Lecture and Workshop LECTURE Details: Date: Wednesday, February 3rd 11:30 am -12:20 pm Room LA 125 SketchUp started as a casual 3d software which eventually become one of the mainstream 3d modeling software. Together with other plugins, it can be a very important design communication and visualization tool, from grading, sun-shade studies, "What-If" for design decisions, to final presentation, just to name a few.

Landscape Architecture - MLA Master's Examination The final examination for Stephanie Shantz will be held on Friday, January 29, 2016 at 11:00 am in Room 143 of the Landscape Architecture building.  The thesis is "Environmental a‎nd Social Conservation Via Strategic Land Cover Reconfiguration, Yields Beneficial Results for Water Quality and Farmers".   Advisor:  Robert Corry; Advisory Committee Member:  Jim Taylor; Chair of Exam:  Robert Brown. All welcome to attend.

The first Winter 2016 SEDRD Graduate Student event will be the highly awesome snowman building competition, from 12:30 to 1:30 pm in the LA Courtyard with hot chocolate and sweet treats to follow in LA room 143. There will be prizes awarded for two snowman categories: the most creative and the most impressive! All RPD, MLA, CDE and PhD students welcome!

On Wednesday, January 13th, 2016 the College of Business and Economics is hosting guest speaker Dr. Heather Mair from the University of Waterloo.  Dr. Mair's seminar is entitled "Tourism as Pedagogy?"   Dr. Mair's seminar is scheduled from 3:30 - 5:00pm in MACS 129. Please note Dr. Mair is currently spending her sabbatical in SEDRD and is housed in LA 144. Also Dr. Mair is a graduate of the Rural Studies PhD program.   Abstract:  

Landscape Architecture Programs - School of Environmental Design and Rural Development presents: Landscape Architecture 50th Anniversary Lecture Series: Natalie Walliser, CSLA, SALA Landscape Architect and Planner University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan  "The Road Less Traveled"   Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at 11:45 am Landscape Architecture, Room 125

Rural Planning and Development - MSc Thesis Defense by Nafisa Sarwath Title:  “An Institutional Analysis of Ontario’s Endangered Species Act:  Investigating the Implementaion Challenges” Tuesday, January 12, 2016 1:30 p.m. Landscape Architecture Building, Room 143 Examination Committee: John FitzSimons, Chair John FitzGibbon, Co-Advisor Karen Landman, Co-Advisor All are welcome to attend.

Landscape Architecture - MLA Master's Examination The final examination for Alasandro Bartolo will be held on Friday, January 8th, 2016 at 12:00 noon in Room 125 of the Landscape Architecture building.  The thesis is "Resorts as Cities:  Assessing Blue Mountain Resort Using Lynch's City Design Theory".  Advisor:  Sean Kelly Advisory Committee Member:  Cecelia Paine Chair of Exam:  Larry Harder All welcome to attend.