On July 27, 2017, Dr. Ryan Gibson was re-elected President of the Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNet). CCEDNet is a member-driven, not for-profit, charitable organization made up of community-based organizations, co-operatives, social enterprises, practitioners, active citizens, researchers, and other organizations involved in community economic development.
Despite a new water treatment plant at Six Nations, over 90% of the community continue to lack household access to safe drinking water. Professor Longboat from the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development joins other Six Nations community members and talks with CBC radio about the chronic drinking water issues at Six Nations of the Grand River territory. See CBC news article here.
Over the years, Canada has accumulated many lessons learned when it comes to developing and implementing policies in rural areas. These lessons were shared with parliamentarians on June 6, 2017 when Dr. Ryan Gibson presented to the Scottish Parliamentary Cross Party Committee on Rural Policy. The presentation reflect on Canada’s rural policies and programs, what has worked, what has not worked, and what lessons emerged from the various experiences.
Congratulations to Sarah Robinson who recently won the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) and Landscape Forms 2017 Landscape Forms Design for People Scholarship.
Professor Caldwell recently participated in a 'book launch event' at the Bookshelf on Wednesday, May 16th, 2017. Burkhard Mausberg, CEO of the Greenbelt Foundation (on the left) has released his book entitled "The Greenbelt - Protecting and Cultivating a Great Ontario Treasure". Dr.
New book edited by Prof Karen Landman & Ashlee Cunsolo entitled "Mourning Nature: Hope at the Heart of Ecological Loss and Grief". Book launch will take place Tuesday, May 30th, 2017 at 7:00 pm at the Bookshelf, 41 Quebec Street, Guelph.
Ashlee Cunsolo is director of the Labrador Institute and an adjunct professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Karen Landman is professor of landscape architecture at the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development at the University of Guelph.
A group of landscape architecture students recently took a trip down to the University of Maryland from March 23rd - 25th for the 47th annual LABash conference. LABash (originally founded in 1970 at the University of Guelph) is an annual student-planned conference for landscape architecture students and professionals in North America. This year, the University of Guelph had the second highest representation at the conference with a total of 16 students attending.
In collaboration with colleagues from around Ontario and OMAFRA, the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development's Dr. Lauzon and Rural Studies PhD student Valencia Gaspard are pursuing a project reviewing the impacts of precarious employment on the social, emotional and physical health of rural communities in Ontario. This project's outcomes will be useful in crafting rural policy and programs, mitigating the negative impact of precarious employment trends, and better understanding holistic community health.
The students of the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development at the University of Guelph announce the release of Studio Vantage ISSUE 1 - Paradox. See attachment.
What is the future role for the Government of Canada in rural infrastructure? Dr. Ryan Gibson presented to the Senate Committee on National Finance regarding rural infrastructure investment. The Senate Committee has been studying the design and delivery of the government’s infrastructure commitment, and has asked for comments to address the effects of future infrastructure investments on rural development in Canada.