Past Events

The Ontario Professional Planners Institute Conference is Ontario’s biggest planning event of the year. The 2017 conference takes place from October 3-5, 2017 at the Blue Mountain Resort, Town of the Blue Mountains, Ontario. For more information on the conference visit the OPPI website here.

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, Landscape Architecture program presents: The Evidence-Based Landscape Architecture Lecture: Dr. Frederick Steiner, Dean of the School of Design, Paley Professor, University of Pennsylvania "The Art of Plan Making" Thursday, September 28, 2017 7:00 pm University of Guelph Landscape Architecture Building, Room 204

Please join Wilfrid Laurier University Press with authors and Adjunct Professors, Glen C. Filson and Bamidele Adekunle from the University of Guelph, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development to launch their new book "Eat Local, Taste Global: How Ethnocultural Food Reaches Our Tables".  Details can be found on the Wilfrid Laurier Events Calendar.   

QUALIFYING EXAM SEMINAR by Cheryl O’Connell Monday, September 25, 2017 1:30 p.m. Landscape Architecture Room 127 “An Exploratory Study to Inform Interdisciplinary Trades Education in Support of Rural Economic Diversification: Conceptual Framework to Practice” Examination Committee: Al Lauzon, SEDRD, Advisor Lynne MacFadgen, Advisory Committee Member, Vancouver Island University Wayne Caldwell, SEDRD, Graduate Faculty John FitzGibbon, SEDRD, Graduate Faculty Nonita Yap, SEDRD, Exam Chair  

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture Series presents: Roberto Rovira, Florida International University "Temporary Permanence:  Landscapes, Ecology and Public Space" Thursday, September 21, 2017 12:15 pm Landscape Architecture Pit BYO Lunch.  Light refreshments will be served at noon.

Dates: 20-23 September 2017 Location: Nelson, BC The Different by Design – Exploring Innovation for Rural Prosperity conference explores the unique potential and many possibilities that exists in rural places. Conference themes include: workforces of tomorrow, our changing environment, creating connections, and communities of opportunity. SEDRD faculty and students will be sharing research findings and discussing new directions in rural development Further information: http://kootenays2017.crrf.ca

The Manitoba Looks North Webinar Series is a collaborative series of presentations on economic development in Northern Communities. The Webinars highlight Manitoba examples of the challenges Northern communities face, as well as the strategies some communities have used to build prosperous and stable local economies. Community Leaders will be invited to engage in self-reflection and analysis on the state of their own communities, possible paths forward, and the need for community-driven action.

Please join us on Friday, September 15th, 2017 from 2:00 - 3:00 pm to welcome the School of Environmental Design & Rural Development's newest faculty members - Nadia Amoroso, Nicolas Brunet, Martin Holland, and Brendan Stewart.  ​This is a casual opportunity to connect with SEDRD faculty - drop by anytime. Light refreshments will be served in the Landscape Architecture Pit. 

Ph.D. in Rural Studies QUALIFYING EXAM SEMINAR by Lissel Hernandez Gongora The Developmental Experience of Forest-Dependent Communities in Developing Countries Thursday, September 14, 2017 - 1:00 p.m. Landscape Architecture Room 127   Examination Committee: John Devlin, SEDRD, Advisor Nonita Yap, Advisory Committee Member, SEDRD Nicolas Brunet, SEDRD, Graduate Faculty Jeji Varghese, Sociology and Anthropology, CSAHS, Graduate Faculty Wayne Caldwell, SEDRD, Exam Chair   

Bringing new products and processes to market are essential for social and economical prosperity. In the food-processing sector, innovation is critical for the maintenance of competitiveness in a global world. As Canada continues to see a decline in food-processing when compared to other countries, the Rural Development Institute what to know more about how innovation occurs in Manitoba. We present the findings regarding major milestones in commercializing, along with characterizing key stakeholders, the barriers overcome, and importance of leadership.