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PhD Candidate Ashleigh Weeden shares concerns about Starlink on CTV’s Your Morning
Ashleigh Weeden (PhD Candidate, Rural Studies) spot to CTV’s Your Morning about why StarLink is not the ideal solution to the lack of affordable, reliable broadband internet in rural Canada. During the May 5th program, Ashleigh discussed various concerns about StarLink, including cost, foreign ownership, and the proliferation of space junk.
Guelph's LA Studio Renewal Underway
The pandemic has really forced our faculty and students to be innovative with course content, to learn new ways of communicating while remotely situated, and to reimagine what a return to the Landscape Architecture building might be like.
BLA3 Students Win 2021 OSSGA Student Design Competition
During the 2020 fall semester’s design studio, the third year bachelor of landscape architecture students developed submissions for the 2021 province-wide OSSGA (Ontario Stone, Sand, and Gravel Association) student design competition. This year’s site was the CBM Codrington aggregate pit located in Northumberland County. Students proposed designs for the rehabilitation of the site upon closure.
UofG Landscape Architecture Students Win the 2020 "Come Alive Outside" Design Challenge
Congratulations to the UofG Landscape Architecture student design challenge team for winning the 2020 Come Alive Outside Design Challenge.
Planning for Rural Heritage: Rural Romp 2021
The sixth annual Rural Romp is here, with the theme of ‘Rural Heritage’! Hosted by the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development (SEDRD) at the University of Guelph, this two-part panel event will explore rural heritage conservation strategies, challenges, career pathways and research inspirations from near and far.
Weeden to keynote International Women’s Day event for The Women’s Centre of Grey Bruce
Ashleigh Weeden (PhD Candidate, Rural Studies) will be the keynote speaker at the 2021 International Women’s Day in support of the Women’s Centre of Grey Bruce. She will discuss how COVID-19 has impacted rural women and share insights into how rural communities can not only ‘build back better’ but use their place-based assets to create futures that focus on justice, equity, and equality.
BLA students develop innovative ideas for a new community in Guelph, receive praise from City staff and attention from local media
In the Fall 2020 semester, the Urban and Community Design Studio, our 4th year Bachelor of Landscape Architecture students focussed on a portion of the Clair-Maltby lands at the south end of Guelph, a secondary plan area forecast to be home to as many as 25,000 people.
Call for applications for faculty position in Landscape Architecture
The School of Environmental Design and Rural Development at the University of Guelph invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position in Landscape Architecture. The appointment(s) will be at the rank of Assistant Professor level.
Assessment of applications will begin on February 1, 2021 and will continue until a suitable candidate is found.