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Graduate students in the Capacity Development and Extension program are working hard to contribute to a cause that the Guelph Community has been fighting for the last few months regarding the relocation of the Pacemaker Clinic to Kitchener, Ontario.  CDE students were brought together by the Community Environmental Leadership class with a mission to seek the welfare and improve the health of hundreds of pacemaker patients, their families and of Guelph residence.

The Toronto Star highlighted an article on the research with Professor Glen Filson, Capacity Development and Extension program; SEDRD Adjunct Professor, Bamidele Adekunle; and CDE alumni, Sridharan Sethuratnam from the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development at the University of Guelph.  The research focuses on determining the demand for ethno-cultural vegetables in the Greater Toronto Area. 

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/09/23/ontario_farmers_experiment_with_world_crops.html#

The Ontario Professional Planners Institute held its AGM meeting on Thursday, September 19, 2013 in London, Ontario.  Adam Wright received the 2013 Gerald Carrothers Graduate Scholarship at this years conference.  In May of this year Adam completed his MSc in Rural Planning and Development at the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph. Adam's research at the graduate level focused on negotiated agreements and their interactions and impact on regulatory and legislative consultation processes associated with extractive resource development.

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.

The OAC Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching Award was presented to Professor John FitzGibbon on Thursday, September 19, 2013 by the OAC Alumni Association at the OAC Welcome Back BBQ event.  This award recognizes the importance of effective teaching of faculty who play a significant role in the education of OAC students.  

Professor John FitzGibbon is a Professor in the Rural Planning and Development program, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development at the 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.

SEDRD is engaged with United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s annual flagship publication known as The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA). Each year it has a thematic focus on a major topic of importance for agricultural, rural development and food security. The topic of the 2014 edition of the SOFA is “Agricultural innovation in family farming for sustainable rural development”. SOFA consultations will include a presentation to the Global Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services, the apex association for agricultural extension.

Professor Helen Hambly interviews Capacity Development and Extension MSc student, Mahmuda Anwar on conducting field research on community radio for agricultural and rural development in Bangladesh.  Full interview can be found on the Mobilizing Knowledge for Sustainable Agriculture Blogspot.

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/