Dr. Khondokar Kabir receives the prestigious Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
Congratulations to Dr.
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Book Publication by Two SEDRD Professors bring together a Collection of Notable Illustrations from the Experts
This past year, Drs Nadia Amoroso and Martin J. Holland, Associate Professors in Landscape Architecture within the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, released a new book publication titled Representing Landscapes: One Hundred Years of Visual Communication.
Design for the Future
Dr. Karen Landman hosted Dr. Rudi van Etteger, Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning, at Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands. Dr van Etteger presented a talk this fall to the MLA1 students in their Landscape Resource Analysis course on the Dutch Room for the River program, which is focused on the safety and spatial quality of the Dutch riverine areas, and he also participated in discussion with MLA2 Research Methods students. Dr.
Conference announcement: The Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education
The School of Environmental Design and Rural Development and Ontario Agricultural College will be hosting the international conference of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education (AIAEE) in Guelph, April 26–29, 2023. Established in 1984, AIAEE is a leading international professional organization for agricultural and extension educators who share a common goal of strengthening agricultural and extension education programs and institutions worldwide.
CELA 2023 Conference Logo Competition Won by BLA student Shayla Spalding
Congratulations to Bachelor of Landscape Architecture student, Shayla Spalding who won the graphic design competition for the 2023 Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture annual conference.
Image above: CELA graphic image created by BLA student, Shayla Spalding.
Prof. Donald Reid publishes new book “Social Progress and the Authoritarian Challenge to Democracy”
Social Progress and the Authoritarian Challenge to Democracy by Donald G. Reid and published by Routledge, examines the authoritarian challenge to present-day democracy through a framing of social progress theory and the idea of the social contract.
plazaPOPS receives SSHRC and FedDev funding for new round of pilots!
plazaPOPS, a collaborative research initiative that enhances the public realm through publicly accessible pop-up installations within the privately owned parking lots of commercial strip-malls, has received two significant new grants!
PhD Candidate Ashleigh Weeden starts 2022 with a spate of publications addressing key challenges in contemporary rural development policy and practice
The first half of 2022 has seen a number of publications by Rural Studies PhD Candidate Ashleigh Weeden. These research contributions cover a range of current challenges facing rural communities written largely through the lens of exploring what “the right to be rural” means for contemporary rural development and policy. From explorations of pandemic-driven displacements to the challenges of modeling rural connectivity policies, Ashleigh has worked with colleagues across the province and across Canada to produce the following publications:
New Research Project: Municipal Capacity Related to Rural and Agri-food Issues
This summer, Dr. Wayne Caldwell and graduate students Natasha Gaudio Harrison, Shanley Weston, and Regan Zink will be continuing research that examines municipal capacity as it relates to rural and agri-food issues in Ontario.
Putting Capacity Development and Extension (CDE) Skills to Work
Heather White (BSc Env, ’02 and MSc CDE candidate) has been brought onto the Soils at Guelph team as the new Knowledge Mobilization and Community Coordinator.