Past Events

Rural Planning and Development Program Guest Lecture "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

Capacity Development & Extension Program, M.Sc. Thesis Defense by Erika Zarate Title:  The Slow Revealing of Change: Decision Making Processes in Grassroots Collectives as Stories and Fractals of Adult Learning and Personal, Social and Ecological Change will be held on: Friday, September 12, 2014 12:30 P.M. Landscape Architecture Building, Room 127 Al Lauzon, Advisor Lesley Woods, Advisory Committee Member Helen Hambly Odame, Chair of Exam All welcome to attend.

Presentation by: Elsa Vasseur, Ph.D. from College d'Alfred, University of Guelph. She will speak about her research/teaching interests and perspectives. Friday, September 12, 2014 Location:  LA, Room 143 Time:  11:00 am - 12:30 pm (followed by a pizza lunch) Open to faculty and students.

Orientation for all new undergraduate and graduate students within the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development will take place on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014 in the Landscape Architecture building.  More details to follow shortly.

Capacity Development & Extension MSc Thesis Defense by Joel Aitken Wednesday, August 27, 2014 10:00 A.M. Landscape Architecture Room 143 TITLE:  Ethno-Cultural Vegetable Value Chain Structure and Supply Characteristics in Ontario Examination Committee: Glen Filson, Advisor Isabelle Lesschaeve, Committee Member Karen Landman, Chair All are welcome to attend.

Landscape Architecture - MLA Master's Examination  The final examination for Sarah Osborne will be held via Skype on Monday, August 25, 2014 at 1:30 pm in Room 133 of the Landscape Architecture building. The thesis is "Defining and Designing the Literary Landscape Sites of Lucy Maud Montgomery. Advisor:  Cecelia Paine Advisory Committee Member:  Jessica Tivy Chair of Exam:  Karen Landman All welcome to attend.

Capacity Development & Extension MSc Thesis Defense by Bahktawar Khan Thursday, August 21, 2014 1:00 P.M. Landscape Architecture Room 143 TITLE:  A Place for Youth to Come and Become:  A Mixed Methods Study of How Fusion Facilitaes Youth Development Examination Committee: Al Lauzon, Advisor Nathan Perkins, Committee Member John FitzSimons, Chair All are welcome to attend.

Rural Planning & Development MSc Thesis Defense by Xiao Zhang Thursday, August 14, 2014 9:30 A.M. Landscape Architecture Room 143 TITLE: Comparative Evaluation of the Water Taking Permit and Compliance Management System in Ontario and Gansu Examination Committee: John FitzGibbon, Advisor Harry Cummings, Committee Member Nathan Perkins, Chair All are welcome to attend.

Ph.D. in Rural Studies – Thesis Defense BY:  João-Paulo (John-Paul) Sousa TITLE: "Re-working Community: Industrial Restructuring and the Challenges for Sustainable Development" TIME:    Tuesday, August 12, 2014  2:00 P.M. LOCATION:  Landscape Architecture Bldg.  Room 143 -- Examination Committee: Belinda Leach, Sociology & Anthroplogy, Advisor Vivian Shalla, Sociology & Anthroplogy, Committee Member John Holmes, Queen’s University, External Examiner John FitzGibbon, Internal Examiner Al Lauzon, Chair 

Rural Planning and Development Program - MSc Thesis Defense by Desiree Pinkney "Mobile Abattoirs in the Context of Canadian Local Food System Resiliency" Monday, July 28, 2014 2:00 P.M. Landscape Architecture Room 143 Examination Committee: Wayne Caldwell, Advisor Chris Bryant, Committee Member John FitzGibbon, Chair All are welcome to attend.