SEDRD will be well represented on the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation (CRRF) after three graduate students were elected to the board of directors at the November annual general meeting. Josh Barrett (PhD Candidate in Rural Studies) was elected President, and Danika Hammond (MSc in Rural Planning and Development) and Jeff Reichheld (PhD Candidate in Rural Studies) were elected as a board members for a two-year term.
Congratulations to Regan Zink, who is the recipient of the 2023-2024 Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) - Canadian Home Economics Association Fellowship. The fellowship is awarded to a candidate studying in one or more aspects in the field of Human Ecology/Home Economics/Family and Consumer Sciences, at the master’s or doctoral level.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a visible migration of urban populations into rural communities. A new research initiative is examining the migration trends taking place in Ontario and their impact on rural communities, economies, and environments.
On October 5, 2023, Vincent Fracchioni accepted an Award of Merit from the City of Brampton 2023 Urban Design Awards on behalf of his student group for their fourth-year studio project, "The Grove." Brampton has a vision to completely redevelop Steeles Avenue and Hurontario Street by 2040, turning it into a transit and community hub.
Congratulations to Margot Kopache, a third-year master of landscape architecture student who was awarded the Landscape Architecture Canada Foundation (LACF) 2023 Frederick Gage Todd National Scholarship.
Congratulations to Kristina Zalite, a master of landscape architecture alumnus who was awarded the inaugural Landscape Architecture Canada Foundation (LACF) 2023 Robert N.
Takudzwanashe Mundenga is a recent graduate of the Master of Science degree in Capacity Development and Extension program. He was featured in an OAC article and with the Office of Graduate Studies Q&A article discussing his experience at the University of Guelph and the CDE program.
During the week of July 27th, 2023, a small group of third-year Master of Landscape Architecture students had the opportunity to visit New York City as part of an experiential and climate action grant from Prof. Nadia Amoroso.
SEDRD is proud to announce that Dr. Nasir Khan has been awarded Canada’s prestigious Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship in the 2022-23 competition, worth $70,000 a year, for two years, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The School of Environmental Design and Rural Development will host its second Banting fellow out of five SSHRC Banting fellows that the University received over the last decade.
Immigration and migration are having dramatic impacts on rural communities throughout Canada. Prof. Ryan Gibson recently explored trends in Canadian immigration and their impacts on economic development, policy, and rural communities in a recent guest lecture at Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México.