Check out the latest video from the University of Guelph’s Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies profiling Ashleigh Weeden! Ashleigh is a doctoral student in the Rural Studies program in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development. The video showcases Ashleigh’s doctoral research on innovation in rural communities.
The landscape architecture program hosted three sessions on May 3, 2018 as part of the OAC-sponsored Horticulture and Landscaping SHSM Training Day for secondary students and had fantastic responses throughout.
Congratulations to fourth year BLA student, Jenny Trinh on receiving the Brian D. Sullivan Leadership Award. This award was established in honour of Brian Sullivan who served as Associate Vice-President, Student Affairs from 1988 to 1999. This award is presented to a graduating student who has made significant contributions to student leadership through her/his involvement as an elected or appointed student representative at the University of Guelph.
Professor Wayne Caldwell, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development has been appointed by the Minister of Municipal Affairs to the Greenbelt Council.
We are pleased to announce that Professor Nadia Amoroso in the Landscape Architecture program, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, has been awarded $50,000 from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund (CFI-JELF).
The School of Environmental Design and Rural Development (SEDRD) invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position for Assistant/Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture.
Capacity Development and Extension graduate student, Stephanie Gariscsak presented at the fifth bi-annual Rainbow Health Ontario Conference on March 21, 2018 in Sudbury, Ontario. Stephanie’s presentation was titled “ The mental health status of LGBTQ+ youth who reside in rural Southern Ontario” wherein she presented key findings from her masters thesis research. For more details see the full RHO conference program.
BLA student Rachel Fraser represented her team at the Ontario Stone, Sand & Gravel Association's Student Design Competition awards, held at the Deerhurst Resort this year.
We are pleased to announce that Nadia Amoroso, Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, has received the 2018 Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) Award for Outstanding Communications. This award is given to an individual whose body of work “acknowledges truly outstanding, innovative and noteworthy work through communication.
Master of Landscape Architecture candidate, Elizabeth Birks has co-published two articles along with Richard Longley in the March 15-21, 2018 "Toronto Heritage Lost and Found" edition of NOW Toronto. The content is the story behind the earliest photographs of Toronto's skyline and how they inspired modern creative projects.