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RPD Celebrates World Town Planning Day
November 8 is World Town Planning Day! Planners and communities all over the world come together to celebrate how good planning improves the lives of people and benefits society at large, creating places to live, work, and play together. World Town Planning Day serves as a call to action to create inclusive, resilient spaces that meet the diverse needs of present and future generations. World Town Planning Day is celebrated in 30 countries on four continents each November.
SEDRD and Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health Sign New Memorandum of Understanding
The School of Environmental Design and Rural Development renewed its partnership with the Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health on October 30, 2024. The new five year memorandum of understanding continues to promote opportunities for research, evaluation, and knowledge mobilization among students and faculty members in the School and across the university.
Food Security, Workforce Development, and Recognizing International Trained Planners - SEDRD Represented in the Latest Issue of Y Magazine
SEDRD graduate students and faculty are well represented in the latest issue of Y Magazine from the Ontario Professional Planners Institute. This issue of Y Magazine contains three contributions from SEDRD graduate students and faculty:
Rural Research Summaries from the North Atlantic Forum
Researchers, policymakers and practitioners recently gathered in Letterfrack, Ireland for the 2024 North Atlantic Forum. The Forum focused on sustainable livelihoods and sought to engage new ideas in rural development, policy practice, and the social economy.
Rural Realities of Attracting and Retaining Workers - Perspectives from Seaforth, Ontario
On 18 September 2024, five SEDRD graduate students set out to collect information from business owners in Seaforth, Ontario, to better understand the realities of attracting and retaining employees.
Preserving Ontario’s Agricultural Land: Strategies for Sustainable Growth
Farmland preservation is critical to the future of rural Ontario. The Connecting the Dots initiative is excited to share the first Rural Research Summary—Farmland Preservation and Urban Expansion in Ontario. This summary sheds light on the challenges and strategies associated with balancing farmland preservation amidst growing urban development pressures, providing implications and practical recommendations for policymakers, planners, and community stakeholders.
UofG and TMU Students Team Up to Win the “C40 Reinventing Cities” Toronto Competition
A team of University of Guelph and Toronto Metropolitan University students recently won the C40 Reinventing Cities competition for Toronto.
Ryan De Jong awarded the ASLA Student Honor Award in the Research Category.
Congratulations to Ryan De Jong, a Master of Landscape Architecture graduate (MLA 2024) who was awarded an American Society of Landscape Architects Student Honor Award in the research category based on his thesis work entitled "Leveraging the Potential of Spontaneous Pavement Vegetation."