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LA Students receive prestigious awards at OAC Summer Convocation Awards Ceremony

Submitted by dfoolen on June 22nd, 2018 12:35 PM

Congratulations to the graduating students in landscape architecture who received the following awards at the Ontario Agriculture College convocation awards celebration held on June 13, 2018.Students receive Chanasyk Medal for Professionalism from Linda IrvineAbove photo:  The Chanasyk Medal for Professionalism was presented by Linda Irvine, OALA, FCSLA (niece to Professor Chanasyk, a forefather of Landscape Architecture at the University of Guelph) to graduating SEDRD students Amy Purvis, MLA '18 (let) and Jenny Trinh, BLA '18 (right).

Students receving CSLA Prize from Glenn O'ConnorAbove photo:  The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) Prize was presented to graduating SEDRD students, Lindsay McCain, BLA '18 (left) and Katherine Xie, MLA '18 (right) by CSLA President-Elect Glenn O'Connor, OALA, FCSLA.

Jenny Trinh, BLA '18 also was awarded one of the Class of OAC '51 Leadership Prizes; she provided the ceremony with closing remarks and a special thank you to the OAC Convocation Awards sponsors.

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