Past Events

Your Graduate Student Society would like to welcome you to the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development (or SEDRD for short)! And for those who are returning, welcome back! What is the SEDRD GSS?

Elisa Cooper, a master's student in Capacity Development and Extension in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend her thesis on “ Transforming Ourselves and Transforming Our Community: A Case Study of Learning Theory and Practice within Society of the Universal Learner in Bihar, India"

Master of Landscape Architecture program - Digital Design and Visualization Lecture Theodore Horr, Terrain Work

Welcome new Landscape Architecture students! We hope that you are just as excited to start the new school year as we are!  Join the Landscape Architecture Student Society (LASS) on Thursday, September 9th at 7pm (on Microsoft Teams) to meet your classmates and hang out with upper year LA co-hort students.

It is hard to believe that the Fall semester is two weeks away.  Please join us on Wednesday September 8th from 3:00 to 4:00 pm virtually for a brief orientation on the PhD program prior to the start of the school year.  You will have the opportunity to meet faculty and staff and also the opportunity to meet your fellow classmates.  Link to the meeting is shared to your UofG email address. Looking forward to virtually meeting you September 8th.    

Orientation to the Master of Landscape Architecture program is scheduled for Wednesday, September 8, 2021 from 1:30-3:00pm via Zoom videoconference.  Details are shared via your UofG email.

Welcome New Graduate students to the Masters in Rural Planning and Development Program.

Orientation to the MSc - Capacity Development and Extension program is scheduled for Wednesday, September 8, 2021 from 10:00 - noon via videoconference.  Details are shared via your UofG email.

The Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (BLA) degree program meeting for new students will be held on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at 10:30 am via Zoom.  See videoconference link on the Gryph Life website under “Meeting for Majors”

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: