Past Events

We are pleased to invite you to the 22nd Annual MLA Conference! Friday, March 21, 2014 9:00 - 5:00 pm Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, downtown Guelph Every year for the past 22 years, the MLA students organize a conference to communicate the third year's thesis research to the public. This year, 14 students will present their work on a wide range of topics, including:

OALA Guest Lecture Series Presents: John K. Szcepaniak, BLA, OALA, CSLA Landscape Architect "Inspiration to Reality" Thursday, March 20 @ noon LA 125 Pizza Lunch at 11:45

Invitation to a Public SSHRC Regional Event Tackling A Wicked Problem:  Digital Development in Rural Ontario Tuesday, March 18, 4-6PM @ Innovation Guelph 111 Farquhar Street - 3rd Floor Guelph, Ontario

The SEDRD student Book Awards will be held on Monday. March 17, 2014 from noon - 1:00 pm in the Pit. Lunch is provided.

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS' GRAPHIC WORKSHOP with James Tuer, BCSLA, CSLA, AIA, MAIBC, NCARB Friday, March 7, 2014 Workshop is day-long!  (9:00am – 4:30pm approx) Room LA143 Workshop cost is $25.00 Lunch to be provided Register through Joanne Gillis, Room LA 103 (payment required at time of registration - cash or cheque). **Space limited to 25 participants**

Do you care about how your city will be developed? Please help inform future city planners about the issues of developing in existing neighbourhoods. What A Focus Group discussing how the Gordon Street Corridor can best accommodate development pressures over the next several decades. When Thursday, March 6, 2014 from  6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Where University of Guelph in the Landscape Architecture building. The closest/most accessible parking lot located East of the Gryphon Centre Arena.

Landscape Architecture Program - OALA Guest Lecture Series presents: DAVID OLESON Principal, Oleson Worland Architects (OWA), Toronto "Post-Industrial Landscapes" Date:  Monday, February 24, 2014 Time:  Lecture at Noon Location:  LA 125 Pizza lunch at 11:45 am.

Capacity Development & Extension MSc Thesis Defense by Wilson Halder Thursday, February 13, 2014 9:30 A.M. Landscape Architecture Room 133 TITLE:  Information, communication and innovation ecological approaches to broadband enabled technologies and their implications for Wellington County's social and economic development. Examination Committee: John Devlin, Chair Helen Hambly Odame, Advisor John FitzSimons, Committee Member Laxmi Pant, Committee Member All are welcome to attend.

LARC 3050 - Landscape Architecture I class presents: "A Story About A Place" Downtown Guelph Sense of Place Film Festival Come watch as the LARC*3050 "Landscape Architecture I" students present their short films about sense of place in Downtown Guelph When: Wednesday February 12, 1:30 pm Where: LA Building Pit Who: All welcome to attend Food: Free Popcorn! For more information please contact Professor Larry Harder at lharder@uoguelph.ca

Landscape Architecture - MLA Thesis Examination The final examination for Jeffrey Barrett will be held via Webinar on Friday, February 7, 2014 at 1:00 pm in Room 133 of the Landscape Architecture building.  The thesis is "Towards Net Zero:  An Evaluation of Building Orientation in the Reduction of Energy Load Requirements".  Advisor:  Sean Kelly; Advisory Committee Member:  Bob Brown; Chair of Exam:  Larry Harder.