Past Events

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.  

Ph.D. in Rural Studies – Thesis Defense by Mark Juhasz Friday, January, 24, 2014 1:00 P.M. Rozanski Hall, Room 106 TITLE:  “Agri-Environmental Management in Southern Ontario:  Enhanced Program Participation Through Better Understanding of Dairy Farmer’s Social Dynamics” Examination Committee: Al Lauzon, Chair Harry Cummings, Co-Advisor Glen Filson, Co-Advisor Douglas Jackson-Smith, Utah State Univ. (External examiner) Jeji Varghese, Sociology & Anthropology (Internal examiner)

James Tuer of JWT Architecture, Landscape Architecture + Planning will be offering a Graphic Workshop on Friday, 24 January, 2014 for those students requiring 'basic skills' development to enhance their graphic work.  He will provide a graphic styles presentation, demonstrations of line drawing fundamentals, working with colour, and drawing types, and will engage participants in 3 skill development exercises throughout the day.

Landscape Architecture Program - OALA Guest Lecture Series presents: James W. Tuer, AIA, MAIBC, BCSLA, CSLA, NCARB Principal, JWT Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Planning "Bridging Architecture and Landscape Architecture - Observations from a Small Firm" Thursday, January 23, 2014 12:00 to 1:00 pm Room 125, Landscape Architecture Pizza at 11:45 am