The School of Environmental Design and Rural Development is pleased to announce that Prof. Sean Kelly has been reappointed as Director of the school for a five-year term beginning January 1, 2022.
Angela Asuncion, second year Rural Planning and Development graduate student in SEDRD wins the prestigious Ted Symons Scholarship awarded by College of Social and Applied Sciences to support students who are doing research to help protect and preserve the environment. Angela's research focuses on exploring the behaviours of Canadian mining operations in the Philippines, shedding light on the abuse of this global industry operating at the local scale.
Congratulations to second year Master of Landscape Architecture student Tiffany Adair, winner of the University of Guelph's 2021-2022 Indigenous Graduate Scholarship – Merit. Tiffany joined the MLA program in Fall 2020. She has a Bachelor of Fine Art (Art & Design) from the University of Alberta, specializing in sculpture and printmaking, and has had a number of exhibits of her work.
The Ontario Agricultural College profiled Sonia, a third year MLA graduate in the Master of Landscape Architecture program in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development.
See the story "Meet Sonia, Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA Student)" on the OAC website.
Christine Fraser combines her passion for the game of golf and with her Master of Landscape Architecture degree and is breaking ground as one of the few women in golf course design.
Dr. Karen Landman, along with co-author Dr.
Ashleigh Weeden, PhD Candidate in Rural Studies, has published new commentary with the Centre for International Governance Innovation with co-author Dr. Wayne Kelly (Brandon University, Manitoba).
Digital drawings, created from twelve students in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development's (SEDRD) Landscape Architecture programs, are currently being exhibited at the European Cultural Centre (ECC) Exhibition, in conjunction with the Architectural Biennale in Venice, Italy. This is a prestigious international design, architecture and landscape architecture exhibition and is UoG's Landscape Architecture programs' first-time showcasing student work at this exhibition.
To help the University of Guelph community – specifically those on the Guelph campus – better understand land acknowledgements, BLA alumnus / Rural Planning and Development grad student Ryan Matheson collaborated with local Indigenous and non-Indigenous community members to create the Land Acknowledgements and Why They Matter video.
We are very pleased to welcome Zannah Matson and Afshin Ashari as new Assistant Professors in Landscape Architecture, joining SEDRD in 2021!