Past Events

RON WILLIAMS 2014 LECTURE AND BOOK TOUR Please join us to hear author Ron Williams, FCSLA, FRAIC, offer his insights on signature projects created during the heart of the Depression in Ontario.  Who were the individuals that shaped the landscapes around us?  What were the social and economic conditions that brought these remarkable projects to reality?

MEMBERS OF THE ONTARIO ASSOCIATION OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS (OALA) WILL BE HERE TO SPEAK AND CHAT TO STUDENTS. Tuesday, October 7, 2014 @ Noon in the Landscape Architecture Pit FREE PIZZA FOR STUDENTS IN ATTENDANCE - In the LA Pit   (Please bring your own drinks)

Landscape Architecture Programs - School of Environmental Design and Rural Development Present: The Inaugural Evidence-based Landscape Architecture Lecture by:

Capacity Development & Extension Program - SEDRD M.Sc. Thesis Defense by Cody Skinner Adapting Open: Exploring the Use of Open Data for Assessments of Local Adaptive Capacity will be held on: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 2:30 P.M. Landscape Architecture Building, Room 127 Helen Hambly, Advisor Wayne Caldwell, Committee Member Laxmi Pant, Committee Member John FitzSimons, Chair of Exam All welcome to attend.

Rural Planning and Development Guest Lecture - Michael Gordon "Presidential Reflections:  The Scene and the Unseen.  Reflecting on 38 Years of Planning Practice Including Some Thoughts on British Columbia's Agricultural Land Reserve". By Michael Gordon, President of CIP Senior Planner, City of Vancouver Monday, September 29th 10:00 - 11:00 am The Pit, Landscape Architecture Building

SEDRD Seminar presentation by Mikaêl Akimowicz, SEDRD Ph.D. Post-Doctoral fellow. "The Marsupia Project (A Multifunctional Agriculture for Sustainable Peri-Urban Areas)" Thursday, September 25, 2014 10:00 - 12:00 Location:  LA143 Mikaêl is currently working in SEDRD alongside Prof. Karen Landman and Prof. Harry Cummings on this project. Hi Everyone,

The Landscape Architecture Student Society presents: Aggie Pub Luau Wednesday, September 24, 2014 10:00 pm - 2:00 am Peter Clark Hall (basement of the UC) Tickets are $5 each at the door (or you can buy them in the LA Pit on Wednesday, Sept. 24 from 11:30-2:00 pm). As a student organization within OAC, LASS gets to host an Aggie Pub each year.  So if you are only planning to make it out to one Aggie Pub this year, make our LASS Aggie pub the one!

An important meeting for third year BLA students considering applying for Professional Internship in 2015. Wednesday, September 24, 2014 12:30 - 1:30 pm LA Pit Nate Perkins, Internship Coordinator and Melinda Vanryn, BLA Counsellor will present information regarding professional internship (LARC*4620 Internship in Landscape Architecture) for interested BLA students (MLAs are welcome to attend).

The Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Class of '89 will be holding its 25th Anniversary Reunion on Friday, September 19th, 2014 starting at 2:30 pm in the LA Pit. Students are welcome to come and chat with Alumni at the reception.  This is a good opportunity for students to network with alumni.  There will be a broad representation of Alumni from all Ontario!   For more information please contact Professor Sean Kelly at skelly03@uoguelph.ca or Professor Karen Landman at klandman@uoguelph.ca (members of the Class of '89).  

Attention all OAC students, staff, faculty and alumni: mark your calendars! OAC staff, students and faculty - you're invited to the Ontario Agricultural College's 140th anniversary celebration. Join us for a glass of Aggie Spirit beer, snacks and live music on Johnston Green.