Past Events

Fanshawe Urban Design Competition - Renew the Environment

SKETCH-UP & 3D RENDERING WORKSHOP by Mansoor Ma Date and Time : February 15 to 19 - Reading Week 8:30 am to 5:00 pm daily Venue : Room LA 143 Fee : $200 / student 20 Seats Only - Please Sign Up Quckly!  Instructor : Mansoor Ma BLA (Guelph), MLA (Guelph); PhD Candidate (Adelaide)

Come out on Thursday, February 11th, 2016 to the Arboretum Centre  from 1:00-2:30pm for the afternoon session of the OAC GSC Graduate Student Colloquium! This year's theme is centred around  'Redefining the Boundaries of Agriculture in the 21st Century'.  

Landscape Architecture Programs - School of Environmental Design and Rural Development presents: Landscape Architecture 50th Anniversary Lecture Series:

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!