Past Events

The Rural Planning and Development graduate program at the University of Guelph is hosting an online open house for all prospective students on Monday February 8th from 6:00 – 7:00 pm (EST). At this event, you can expect the following:

The Rural Planning and Development program is accepting applications for the Master of Planning program to start in January 2021. The Master of Planning is a one-year degree program intended for students with a completed undergraduate degree and 4-5 years of planning and development experience. The program consists of both required and elective courses and concludes with a major research paper.

University of Guelph - Landscape Architecture Virtual Sketching Workshop Daniel Roehr, Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture at UBC "‘FIRST’ Tablet Design Thinking Drawing, Diagramming, Mapping, Animating, Photographing + Voice Over…. the Future Normal with 3D BIM Modelling in Landscape Architecture"

University of Guelph - Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture Series presents:

The Rural Planning and Development program is hosting a virtual town hall meeting with all current RPD students on January 26 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 will be circulated via email. If you didn’t receive the instructions, please contact Lorena Barker. 

The StudioV Journal 2019-2020 has just been released, and it looks amazing. Congratulations to all the landscape architecture students whose work was showcased, and of course to the fantastic team who were able to pull it all together despite the many obstacles that 2020 brought. 

Nic Brunet and Alex Anaviapik deliver Speaker Series talk at Wilfrid Laurier University's Cold Regions Research Centre Join us on Thursday at 2PM EST as Dr. Nicolas Brunet from the University of Guelph and Alex Anaviapik of Pond Inlet, NU deliver an engaging talk about the importance of Inuit youth engagement in scientific research in Nunavut! Details can be found at the Cold Regions Reseach Centre link.

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Landscape Architecture MLA Master's Thesis Examination Joel Sypkes, a master of landscape architecture candidate in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend his thesis on "Engaging Ecologies: A Design Framework for Resilient and Immersive Bioretention Plantings".

Orientation for new graduate students starting in Winter 2021 semester to the MSc in Rural Planning and Development (RPD) and the MPlan is scheduled for December 15, 2020 from 1.00-2.00 pm EST. Orientation will be held online. Further details and a hyperlink will be provided closer to the event date via your UofG email address.  

The Rural Planning and Development program is hosting a virtual town hall meeting with all current RPD students on December 15 from 12.00-1.00 pm EST. The meeting is an opportunity to check-in, receive program updates, discuss upcoming opportunities, celebrate achievements in the fall semester, and ask your questions. Instructions for joining the discussion will be circulated via email. If you didn’t receive the instructions, please contact Lorena Barker.