Past Events

Ourlaine Pashley, a Master of Science in Rural Planning and Development student, will defend their thesis research titled “The Becoming of an Ontario Shared Rural Vision: A New Narrative from Rural Ontarians”. A brief description of the research is listed below: 

Yanjun Liang, a Master of Science in Rural Planning and Development student, will defend their thesis research titled “Adapting the Impoverishment Risks and Reconstruction Model to Climate-Induced Planned Relocation in Coastal Communities: A Case Study in Seine Bight, Belize”. A brief description of their thesis research is listed below:  

Sampoorna Bhattacharya, a Master of Science in Rural Planning and Development student, will defend their thesis research titled “Heritage-led Planning for Rural Community Resilience: Terrace Landscapes in Peru”. A brief description of their thesis research is listed below: 

Alberic Marginet, a Master of Science in Rural Planning and Development student, will defend their thesis research titled “Urban is the New Rural: Performance Measurements for Urban Agriculture”. A brief description of their thesis research is listed below: 

Donna Sheppard, a doctoral candidate in Rural Studies - School of Environmental Design and Rural Development will defend her thesis on “ Improving community-based natural resource management practice in West Africa:  Mapping changing spiritual values within belief-based conservation networks in Ghana and Liberia”.

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Landscape Architecture MLA Master's Thesis Examination Dominique Madill, a master of landscape architecture candidate in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend her thesis on "Plant and Wind Relationships of Motion". Examination Committee: Brendan Stewart, Advisor, SEDRD Martin Holland, Co-Advisor, SEDRD Karen Landman, Examination Member, SEDRD Robert Corry, Chair of Examination, SEDRD All welcome to attend the defence presentation.

Tracey Harvey, a doctoral candidate in Rural Studies - School of Environmental Design and Rural Development will defend her thesis on “ Weed, Greed and the Need for Reconciliation:  Cannabis Legalization and the Case of the Rural Kootenay, BC Region”

Fall 2021 GTA positions have now been posted. The deadline for applications is August 18, 2021.

The Rural Planning and Development program is hosting a virtual town hall meeting with all current RPD students on August 11, 2021 from 12.00-1.00 pm EST. The meeting is an opportunity to check-in, receive program updates, discuss upcoming opportunities, celebrate achievements, and ask your questions. Instructions for joining the discussion are available on Courselink and will be circulated via email in advance of the meeting

Kim Davids Mandar, a master student in Capacity Development and Extension in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend her thesis on “ How does Intercultural Competence (IC) Manifest within the Community Network of MT Space".