Master of Landscape Architecture student, Karen Shlemkevich’s thesis research focuses on the presence of plants, flowers and other greenery and if it can have positive effects on the eating habits and dining experience of seniors residents in long-term care facilities.
Media news stories on this research can be found through CBC News [1] and Guelph Today [2].
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.