Past Events

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: 

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: