Ataharul Chowdhury is an assistant professor in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development in Capacity Development and Extension who researches communities in resource-poor and remote areas. Watch a short video clip about Ataharul [1], produced by the Ontario Agricultural College.
Learn more about Ataharul Chowdhury’s research by visiting his people profile [2] on the SEDRD website.
The School of Environmental Design and Rural Development (SEDRD) brings together major academic fields concerned with creating strong communities, in Canada and around the world. The four highly respected programs in SEDRD share many common goals but approach them in different and complementary ways. This model reflects the imperatives in building authentic communities where planners, landscape architects, communicators, and citizens all play important interdependent roles in community strength.