Past Events

Landscape Architecture Programs - School of Environmental Design and Rural Development presents: Landscape Architecture 50th Anniversary Lecture Series: Chris Grosset, FCSLA, NuALA Aarluk Consulting Inc.  Ottawa, Ontario & Iqaluit, Nunavut "culture:al/as_landscape @rctic" Monday, November 9, 2015 at 11:45 am Landscape Architecture, Room 125

Integrated-Media Workshop for Landscape Architecture Students The Landscape Architecture Programs Present: 2015 Integrated-Media Workshop:  A 3+2 Day Intensive In-class Hand-with-Digital Cross Training for Landscape Architecture Students with Instructor: Mansoor Ma

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development Capacity Development and Extension Guest Lecture Presented by the R2B2 Project Mark Wolfe "Alberta Digital Futures:  A Rural Broadband Seminar" Monday, October 26, 2015 3:00 - 5:00 pm Landscape Architecture, Room 143 We will be welcoming Mark Wolfe to campus for a special presentation on his work in Alberta and abroad with rural broadband initiatives.  For more information, please contact Helen Hambly at hhambly@uoguelph.ca All welcome to attend.  

Landscape Architecture Programs - School of Environmental Design and Rural Development presents: OALA Guest Lecture Series: Larissa Larsen Associate Professor, Urban & Regional Planning & Natural Resources University of Michigan "Counter-acting Environmental Challenges While Promoting Urban Density" Monday, October 26, 2015 at 11:30 am Landscape Architecture Pit

On October 24th, the Ontario Association of Landscape Archtects (OALA) will be running their annual Halloween themed Curling Bonspiel again at the Guelph Curling Club. The event will begin at 4:00 pm and we are coming off our most successful curling event last year which sold out. Ticket price is $25/person (e-mail Ross Clark at coordinator@oala.ca with your team member names) and the price includes your ice fee and a dinner. Tickets are limited, so book early to avoid disappointment!

Interested in learning more about Graduate Studies at Guelph?  Join us for Graduate Studies Preview Day on Saturday, October 24, 2015 from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm at the University Centre, University of Guelph. Meet with faculty and current graduate students within the Master of Landscape Architecture program, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development. Learn more about Guelph's graduate programs, research opportunities, admission process, scholarships and financial services.  

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development Ph.D Rural Studies Colloquium Series "It’s Not All Fun and Games!"  A Conversation Between Leisure Studies and Rural Studies Guest Speaker:  Dr. Heather Mair Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo Department of Recreation and Leisure  Friday, October 23rd, 2015 3:00-4:30pm Landscape Architecture Room 143 All welcome to attend.

Cornelia Hahn Oberlander will receive an Honorary Doctorate degree at the University of Guelph Fall Convocation on Saturday, October 17th, 2015.

University of Guelph - Canadian Obesity Network Guest Speaker Event featuring Dr. Tony Winson, Professor in Sociology and Anthropoloy at the University of Guelph who will be discussing “The Industrial Diet in Three Meals (And Some Remedies)”  Tuesday, October 6th 5:30 – 7:30 pm in the Landscape Architecture Pit  Appetizers, Refreshments and Networking to follow This event has been sponsored by the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development 

Ph.D. in Rural Studies - Qualifying Exam by Kiran Bhattarai Tuesday, October 6, 2015 1:30 P.M. Landscape Architecture Room 140 “Legitimacy Gap in Inter-basin Water Transfer:  Case Studies of Drinking Water Provisioning in Developed, Emerging and Developing Countries” Examination Committee: John FitzGibbon, SEDRD, Advisor Al Lauzon, SEDRD, Committee Member Harry Cummings, SEDRD, Examination Committee Hugh Whiteley, Engineering, Examination Committee Nathan Perkins, SEDRD, Chair of Exam