Past Events

An important meeting for third year BLA students considering applying for Professional Internship in 2015. Wednesday, September 24, 2014 12:30 - 1:30 pm LA Pit Nate Perkins, Internship Coordinator and Melinda Vanryn, BLA Counsellor will present information regarding professional internship (LARC*4620 Internship in Landscape Architecture) for interested BLA students (MLAs are welcome to attend).

The Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Class of '89 will be holding its 25th Anniversary Reunion on Friday, September 19th, 2014 starting at 2:30 pm in the LA Pit. Students are welcome to come and chat with Alumni at the reception.  This is a good opportunity for students to network with alumni.  There will be a broad representation of Alumni from all Ontario!   For more information please contact Professor Sean Kelly at skelly03@uoguelph.ca or Professor Karen Landman at klandman@uoguelph.ca (members of the Class of '89).  

Attention all OAC students, staff, faculty and alumni: mark your calendars! OAC staff, students and faculty - you're invited to the Ontario Agricultural College's 140th anniversary celebration. Join us for a glass of Aggie Spirit beer, snacks and live music on Johnston Green.  

Rural Planning and Development Program Guest Lecture "Presidential Reflections:  The Scene and the Unseen.  Reflecting on 38 Years of Planning Practice Including Some Thoughts on British Columbia's Agricultural Land Reserve". By Michael Gordon, President of CIP Senior Planner, City of Vancouver Monday, September 29th 10:00 - 11:00 am The Pit, Landscape Architecture Building

Capacity Development & Extension Program, M.Sc. Thesis Defense by Erika Zarate Title:  The Slow Revealing of Change: Decision Making Processes in Grassroots Collectives as Stories and Fractals of Adult Learning and Personal, Social and Ecological Change will be held on: Friday, September 12, 2014 12:30 P.M. Landscape Architecture Building, Room 127 Al Lauzon, Advisor Lesley Woods, Advisory Committee Member Helen Hambly Odame, Chair of Exam All welcome to attend.

Presentation by: Elsa Vasseur, Ph.D. from College d'Alfred, University of Guelph. She will speak about her research/teaching interests and perspectives. Friday, September 12, 2014 Location:  LA, Room 143 Time:  11:00 am - 12:30 pm (followed by a pizza lunch) Open to faculty and students.

Orientation for all new undergraduate and graduate students within the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development will take place on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014 in the Landscape Architecture building.  More details to follow shortly.

Capacity Development & Extension MSc Thesis Defense by Joel Aitken Wednesday, August 27, 2014 10:00 A.M. Landscape Architecture Room 143 TITLE:  Ethno-Cultural Vegetable Value Chain Structure and Supply Characteristics in Ontario Examination Committee: Glen Filson, Advisor Isabelle Lesschaeve, Committee Member Karen Landman, Chair All are welcome to attend.

Landscape Architecture - MLA Master's Examination  The final examination for Sarah Osborne will be held via Skype on Monday, August 25, 2014 at 1:30 pm in Room 133 of the Landscape Architecture building. The thesis is "Defining and Designing the Literary Landscape Sites of Lucy Maud Montgomery. Advisor:  Cecelia Paine Advisory Committee Member:  Jessica Tivy Chair of Exam:  Karen Landman All welcome to attend.

Capacity Development & Extension MSc Thesis Defense by Bahktawar Khan Thursday, August 21, 2014 1:00 P.M. Landscape Architecture Room 143 TITLE:  A Place for Youth to Come and Become:  A Mixed Methods Study of How Fusion Facilitaes Youth Development Examination Committee: Al Lauzon, Advisor Nathan Perkins, Committee Member John FitzSimons, Chair All are welcome to attend.