Past Events

The SEDRD Graduate Student Society (GSS) will have the first Fall 2023 meeting on Monday, September 18, 2023at 11:00 AM in the LA Building, room 143.

The Gateway Centre for Excellence in Rural Health presents an online webinar titled "Cultivating Memories: A Community Gardening Project.” The lecture features Sage Milne, Ruby Debrouwer (Harbour Hill Suites), Betty Hendricks (Goderich and District Horticultural Society), and Michele Young (Retired Registered Nurse and Master Gardener). The webinar is free to join, please register on the Gateway website. 

Orientation to the Capacity Development and Extension program for incoming graduate students.  

Orientation to the Master of Landscape Architecture program for incoming graduate students.  

Orientation to the Rural Planning and Development program for incoming graduate students.  

At noon, the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development (SEDRD) will be hosting a free lunch for all new SEDRD Graduate and Undergraduate Students (BLA, MLA, RPD and CDE). 

Before lunch, there will be a brief introduction for all new students by faculty and staff in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development (BLA, MLA, RPD, CDE).  

The Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (BLA) degree program meeting (meeting of major) for new BLA students will be held on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, at 10:00 am.   

This is an opportunity for new BLA students to meet members of the Landscape Architecture Student Society.  Find out about the LASS organization and how to get involved.  There will also be a question-and-answer period and "tips and tricks" to help get settled in the program.

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development – Capacity Development and Extension Uduak Edet, a master student in Capacity Development and Extension within the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend their thesis on "The Influence of Information Disorder on Climate Change Adaptation Practices of Farmers in Lagos State, Nigeria.”