Congratulations to landscape architecture students Julia Taucer in the Master of landscape architecture program; and Andrea Graham in the Bachelor of landscape architecture program who are the recipients of the André Schwabenbauer award for 2016.
The Winter 2017 SEDRD Graduate Teaching Assistantship (GTA) positions have now been posted. The deadline for applications is November 22nd, 2016. In order to be considered for a position, you must apply online at www.uoguelph.ca/sessional_ta/.
The following landscape architecture undergraduate sessional lecturer position has been posted for Winter 2017 (this course is co-instructed). Candidates should apply directly through the website (www.uoguelph.ca/sessional_ta). Applications are due by November 23rd, 2016.
LARC*3050*01 - Landscape Architecture I
Heather Schibli’s Master of Landscape Architecture thesis research was presented at the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation annual 2016 conference in October; this year’s theme was Building Vibrant Rural Futures: Mobilizing Knowledge and Informing Policy. For her thesis, Heather had investigated Bioregional Design for Multiple Aggregate Extraction Site Rehabilitation in the Oak Ridges Moraine.
In May, 2015, Professor Larry Harder, a faculty member in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, participated in a workshop called the "E-scape Workshop", supported by the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) in Bar Elias, Lebanon. Organized by Dr.
Master of Landscape Architecture students Elizabeth Birks, Matthew Cooper and Michal Laszczuk participated in the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario's NextGen 5th Annual Design Charrette. This year, the design focus was on the Wellington Destructor, a former garbage incinerator located near Fort York in Toronto. Built in 1925 and abandoned since the 1960s, this post-industrial site offered a wonderful opportunity for design investigation for adaptive reuse.
The Ontario Agricultural College project entitled "A Day in the Life" features the life and research of OAC graduate students. View the profile of Tatiana Zakharova, a graduate student in the Master of Landscape Architecture program in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development.
MLA graduate student, Tatiana Zakharova
Congratulations to Michal Laszczuk, a University of Guelph master’s student in landscape architecture who has received the Mackenzie King Open Scholarship.
The Ontario Agricultural College project entitled "A Day in the Life" features the life and research of OAC graduate students. View the profile of Michal Laszczuk, a graduate student in the Master of Landscape Architecture program in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development.
Professor's Sean Kelly and Karen Landman attended the LAF Summit on Landscape Architecture and the Future in Philadelphia, June 10-11, 2016. The Summit marked the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Concern written by Ian McHarg and 5 other leading landscape architects in 1966, which brought attention to environmental crises and identified landscape architecture as critical to solving these crises.