News related to Landscape Architecture

Master of Landscape Architecture Students at the University of Guelph were featured in the BlackburnNews.com article entitled "Landscape Architecture Students Design Maitland River Plans". The 2nd year graduate students will be producing conceptual plans in their environmental design course with Professor Robert Corry.

http://blackburnnews.com/midwestern-ontario/midwestern-ontario-news/2013/09/26/landscape-architecture-students-designing-maitland-river-plans/

Kathleen Corey, a Master of Landscape Architecture student in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph published an article in the Spacing (Vancouver) magazine entitled "Go Play in the Street - The Power of Park(ing) Day".

Kathleen's MLA thesis is on tactical urbanism strategies and programming for parklets with a comparative study in Vancouver and San Francisco. Her Advisor is Professor Nathan Perkins.  Kathleen is also an Intern at PWL Partnership Inc. in Vancouver, BC.

Wayne Carleton, a BLA graduate, and one of Canada's premier golf course designers, is highlighted in the Globe and Mail article entitled "Saskatchewan Golf Course Helps a First Nation Stay in the Green".

See full article at:  http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/saskatchewan-golf-course-helps-a-first-nation-stay-in-the-green/article14620367/

Erika Dueck, a first year Master of Landscape Architecture student, at the University of Guelph is the national winner of the BMO 1st Art! Invitational Student Art Competition and received the $10,000 prize for her mixed media installation, The Ephemeral Mind. Erika also holds a Bachelor of Fine Art with Honours from the University of Manitoba.

The G.P. McRostie Faculty award was presented to Professor Karen Landman on Thursday, September 19, 2013 by the OAC Alumni Foundation at the OAC Welcome Back BBQ event.  This award recognizes the important of effective advising and mentoring by faculty who play a significant role in the education of OAC students.

Karen Landman is an Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture at the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph.

On 420 hectares of protected arid landscape, surrounded by starkly beautiful mountains whose ochre colours fade into the horizon, a unique botanic garden is being developed in the Sultanate of Oman. It is a globally significant and intensely challenging project that will present the native plant species of Oman as vegetation communities, showcased together in their natural habitats. The botanic garden team includes botanists, horticulturalists, ethnobotanists and senor landscape architect and BLA Alumnus, Andrew Anderson.

Jamal Nureddin, a fourth year student in the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture program has recently been featured in a news article on the Ontario Agricultural College website.

https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/news/meet-jamal-oac-student

For most students, summer is a break from attending class and studying, but just because their formal education is on hold doesn’t mean all students want to pause their learning. Working on campus is a popular and rewarding route for students who want a summer job that will expand their knowledge and equip them with career-advancing skills through experiential learning.  http://atguelph.uoguelph.ca/2013/08/summer-jobs-on-campus-provide-valuable-experience/

Steve Barnhart, MLA '95 and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, received a 2013 regional merit award from the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects.  http://atguelph.uoguelph.ca/2013/08/adjunct-prof-wins-national-landscape-award/