News

Professor Wayne Caldwell, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development has been appointed by the Minister of Municipal Affairs to the Greenbelt Council.

We are pleased to announce that Professor Nadia Amoroso in the Landscape Architecture program, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, has been awarded $50,000 from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund (CFI-JELF).

The School of Environmental Design and Rural Development (SEDRD) invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position for Assistant/Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture. 

Capacity Development and Extension graduate student, Stephanie Gariscsak presented at the fifth bi-annual Rainbow Health Ontario Conference on March 21, 2018 in Sudbury, Ontario. Stephanie’s presentation was titled “ The mental health status of LGBTQ+ youth who reside in rural Southern Ontario” wherein she presented key findings from her masters thesis research. For more details see the full RHO conference program.

BLA student Rachel Fraser represented her team at the Ontario Stone, Sand & Gravel Association's Student Design Competition awards, held at the Deerhurst Resort this year.

We are pleased to announce that Nadia Amoroso, Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, has received the 2018 Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) Award for Outstanding Communications. This award is given to an individual whose body of work “acknowledges truly outstanding, innovative and noteworthy work through communication.

Master of Landscape Architecture candidate, Elizabeth Birks has co-published two articles along with Richard Longley in the March 15-21, 2018 "Toronto Heritage Lost and Found" edition of NOW Toronto.  The content is the story behind the earliest photographs of Toronto's skyline and how they inspired modern creative projects.

Congratulations to Maurice Nelischer, Professor Emeritus, who will be inducted to the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects College of Fellows during the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects and Ontario Associates of Landscape Architects annual Conference, to be held on April 5-7, 2018 in Toronto, in recognition of outstanding contributions to the profession.  Maurice has been chosen in the category of Professional University Instructions and Direct Service to the Society.

Congratulations to two University of Guelph teams for taking first and second place in Ryerson's "Expand Your Empire" Case Competition.

The Darkhorse Developments team which consisted of five University of Guelph students from real estate and housing (BComm) and landscape architecture (BLA) took home top place finishes, including First Place Overall ($10,000 grand prize) as well as Best Financial Analysis ($1,000 prize) at this years Ryerson “Expand your Empire” Case Competition in Toronto Monday February 26, 2018 

Rana Telfah and Ashleigh Weeden, doctoral students in the Rural Studies program in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, were recently profiled as emerging rural researchers by the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation (www.crrf.ca). Each year, the Foundation devotes their winter newsletter to showcasing new and emerging rural researchers from across Canada and internationally.