PhD Candidate Nael Thaher Returns from Brazil with Unique Experience and Case Study Research in Hand
PhD in Rural Studies Candidate Nael Thaher Returns from Brazil With Unique Experience and Case Study Research in Hand
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SEDRD Participates in 2015 Latornell Symposium
Several students joined Dr. Wayne Caldwell, Interim OAC Dean and an Environmental Health Manager, Helen Doyle from York Region Public Health to present at the Latornell Symposium on November 17, 2015. The session entitled “Building Resiliency with Rural Communities to Adapt to the Impacts of Climate Change” showcased recent work from the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development concerning healthy rural community planning as well as considerations for green infrastructure in rural locales.
SEDRD Students Participate in Global Challenges Summer School
In 2014, Dr. Karen Landman was invited by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) to work with Landscape Architecture professors from around the world to create a Global Challenges University Alliance graduate summer school, which would be focused on issues related to sustainable development and climate change.
Prof. Wayne Caldwell Named Interim Dean of OAC
Wayne Caldwell, Director of the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, has been named as Interim Dean of the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) effective November 1, 2015.