Numerous awards were bestowed to landscape architecture faculty and alumni at the 2016 Ontario Association of Landscape Architects AGM and Conference at the Scotiabank Convention Centre in Niagara Falls, Ontario, on April 1, 2016.
The Ontario Association of Landscape Architects “Pinnacle Award for Landscape Architectural Excellence” was presented to Professor Cecelia Paine on April 1, 2016 at the OALA AGM and Conference at the Scotiabank Convention Centre in Niagara Falls, Ontario. This prestigious award recognizes an OALA member for their professional work. It singles out specific projects to draw attention to a body of work which demonstrates outstanding professional accomplishment.
Congratulations to Prof.
Learn more about Prof. Wayne Caldwell's research in the Rural Planning and Development program within SEDRD in this one minute video clip produced by the Ontario Agricultural College.
Each year the Canadian Evaluation Society (CES) holds a national competition for students of evaluation called the “National Student Evaluation Case Competition”. It happens in two rounds and the first round was held on February 6, 2016. In round one, 24 teams from Universities from across Canada received an evaluation problem and wrote a response to the problem.
April is World Landscape Architecture Month (WLAM). Canadian landscape architects join their colleagues internationally to celebrate the profession. One way to celebrate is showcasing landscape architect-designed spaces around the world through social media (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook etc.) by taking photos with the “Designed by a Landscape Architect” card and adding the hashtag #WLAM2016.
You can submit your WLAM photos to:
Join us for the Masters of Landscape Architecture Conference on Monday, March 28th, 2016. It is a day of landscape architecture thesis presentations that provide an insight into contemporary research by final semester graduate students.
Location: OAC Centennial Arboretum Centre (Arboretum Road, off College Ave E.)
Time: 10:00 am until 4:00 pm.
Lunch and coffee breaks provided.
All welcome
The graduate students in Rural Planning and Development's RPD*6280 - Advanced Planning Practice class ventured forth to Ontario County, New York State from March 2nd to 4th. The intent of the journey, besides staying at a really nice lakeside resort in the Finger Lakes district on the off-season, was to examine the on the ground planning practices conducted at the state, county and local municipal areas.
Sustainable Business Magazine speaks to Maurice Nelischer, Director of Sustainability and Professor Emeritus in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development at the University of Guelph, about involving the whole campus community in sustainability.
On March 15, 2016, Moura Quayle will be visiting the University of Guelph campus, giving a guest lecture on Design Leadership. Moura is the Director, Faculty of Arts | Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia.