Board & Staff

Since 2000, Bob is a Principal and Landscape Architect with Scatliff + Miller + Murray (SMM) having played a significant role in many CSLA Award winning projects including Waterfront Drive (2006), The Plaza @ The Forks (2007), East Side Road Revegetation (2015), and the Wascana Landscape + Irrigation Master Plan (2018), Bob is a graduate of the University of Manitoba’s Master of Landscape Architecture program in 2002. In addition to Bob's active role in the Manitoba landscape he is the managing partner of the SMM Regina office since 2014 and has led significant assignments across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Northern Ontario. For the society, Bob has served as MALA President (2012-14), CSLA Director (MALA Representative 2014-2016), co-chaired the 2016 CSLA Congress in Winnipeg, and was a Director of the LACF from 2017 to 2023, where he also served as the LACF diversity champion. In 2019, Bob was inducted into the CSLA College of Fellows. In addition to his work with the Society, Bob is an active volunteer in Winnipeg and completed his term as president of Manitoba Music in 2022. 
 

Catherine is a Registered Landscape Architect and a Registered Professional Planner. In a career spanning more than four decades, she has been at the forefront of her disciplines, building relationships, integrating GIS applications, and preparing plans and designs that have enhanced communities and the environment. 

Her current work is with Urban Systems, an interdisciplinary firm of 600 with 15 offices in Western Canada. She previously spent 28 years as principal of Catherine Berris Associates Inc. (CBA), an award-winning boutique firm in Vancouver. Her project experience spans community and site planning for Indigenous communities, municipalities, and land developments; community engagement; parks, recreation, culture, and trails planning and design; nature-based design solutions; urban forest strategies; coastal planning; and cemetery planning and design. 

Catherine is also engaged in community service and mentoring.  She is currently on the Professional Governance Act Working Group for the BCSLA, supporting BC landscape architects in becoming a regulated profession. She provides leadership and mentoring to Urban Systems’ 24-person landscape architecture practice. In 1999, she was honored by being appointed a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects.

Joanne has found landscape architecture to be a guiding light in her life, providing endless interest, delight and fulfillment throughout her years of practice. 

Joanne is a full member of the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects, CSLA & IFLA and has worked in the industry fo 40 + years, most recently, the Municipal Public sector for 30+ years in various roles as a Landscape Architect at the City of Ottawa. Joanne’s focus included traditional Landscape Architecture, Recreation Planning, Park Design and Capital Development & Renewal, and has enjoyed award-winning works such as Project Management for the Gloucester Growth Areas Recreation Master Plan  and Staff Landscape Architect for the Sandy Hill Flood Control and Park Rehabilitation as well as implementing park improvements for many hundreds of sites in the City. 

Joanne believes in the value of volunteering and has contributed significant time to many groups, most pertinently, governance with professional associations including the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects. Joanne ended an extended term 2007-2017 on the Executive of OALA at the March AGM and has contributed as Councillor and Chair and member on many committees. Joanne was also pleased to serve as the Board Representative for the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects; as Chair of the OALA Honours Awards and Protocol Committee; as a juror and chair for the CSLA Awards and on the roster for the Landscape Architecture Accreditation Council; the OALA Discipline Committee; the joint OALA/CSLA membership review committees; and the Editorial Board for Landscapes|Paysages and Chair of the book review committee.

Matthew Mills, MCIP, APALA, CSLA is a landscape architect and planner based in beautiful St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. Upon graduating from the University of Guelph’s MLA program, Matthew worked briefly in Ottawa before, as many Newfoundlanders do, deciding to return home. Since then, he and his partner have built an award-winning firm, Mills & Wright Landscape Architecture, which specializes in working with municipal and private sector clients on a range of project scales including tourism plans, recreation amenities, trail systems, and municipal parks. 

Matthew has been an advocate for the profession in Atlantic Canada through his involvement with APALA, having recently served a 7-year term on the Board which included two years as President. During this time, Matthew established an ongoing partnership with the Newfoundland and Labrador Architects Association on a successful Lecture Series, which has welcomed Landscape Architects from all over North America and has been instrumental in increasing awareness of the profession. He also played a key role in advancing several important APALA Board initiatives including introducing the LARE path to membership, forming the Communications Committee, and launching the APALA Awards of Excellence program. 

Matthew is a firm believer that the collaborative nature, diverse skillset and expertise, commitment to the environment, and remarkable innovation of Canadian landscape architects will lead the way in addressing the complex challenges being faced by society today.

Since joining Niagara Parks in 2016 as Senior Director and member of the executive team Steve has been responsible for planning, environmental stewardship, culture interpretation across all Niagara Parks properties and historic sites. Steve oversees the development policy and planning strategy to delivery on Niagara Parks mandate of environmental and cultural stewardship for the Niagara River corridor. Some of the more recent initiatives include the establishment of coastal wetland sites along the upper Niagara River, a new public realm plan at the brink of the falls and the Heritage adaptive reuse of the 1905 Hydroelectric power station.

Prior to Niagara Parks Steve was with City of Hamilton responsible for Park Planning and implementation of open space capital projects and managing Forestry and Horticulture division. Steve has worked on a wide range of projects including master plans, Heritage restoration sites, coastal wetland rehabilitation, waterfront development, transportation, storm water management systems and visual impact assessments and provided expert witness testimony at the Environmental Review Tribunal. Steve is a  registered Landscape Architect with the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects since 2000 and currently serving on its governing council as the association’s past president. Steve graduated with a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Guelph and with a Bachelor of Earth Science from the University of Waterloo. In 2016 Steve received the OALA Public Practice award.

Ms. Margaret Ferguson obtained a diploma in Landscape Architectural Technology from Ryerson in 1980 and a diploma in Restoration of Natural Systems from the University of Victoria in 2011. She was accepted as a member of the NWTALA and the CSLA in 1991 and the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals (CAHP) in 1994.

Margaret was a founding member of the NWTALA and has served continuously on the board since its inception. She has taken an active role in many areas of the association including her participation in the drafting of key documents and promotion. She repesented the NWTALA on the CSLA Board of Directors, including representation on the President’s Council from 2012-present. Margaret was a board member and the CAHP National Membership Chair  from 2006-2009.

In 1984, Margaret moved to Frobisher Bay (now Iqaluit) and became the first resident landscape architect in the eastern arctic. She travelled extensively throughout the region as a project officer with the Government of the NWT focusing on advancing responsible site development practices while managing construction projects.

In 1991, she moved to Yellowknife where she was engaged by the territorial government and then opened a consultancy that specialized in park master planning, interpretive and heritage resource design, and, community land use planning studies. Since 2004, Margaret has been a partner with Gaea Consulting Ltd. while continuing studies in ecological and restoration principles and techniques.

Tracey Hesse holds a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts (1994) from Concordia University and a master’s degree in Design (Landscape Option) from the University of Montreal (2000). She acquired practical experience in both design and execution early in her career, working as a landscape contractor in her own company for eight years. Today, she has over 20 years experience in landscape architecture in the public and private sectors. She has worked for EDAW, an international landscaping firm based in the United-States, in Atlanta, GA and several larger landscape architecture firms in Montreal. From 2015 to 2022, she was an associate at HETA (Hodgins & Associates), a firm specializing in residential, commercial, and institutional projects.

In 2009 and 2010, she worked as an administrative assistant for the AAPQ. This opportunity allowed her to familiarize herself with the daily operations of the Association. Subsequently, she was part of the Admissions Committee until 2019. In addition to serving on her provincial board, Tracey is involved in other activities within the association, including the congress planning committee. 

Tracey is known for her excellent drawing skills and landscape designs. She is proficient in plant selection for residential and urban projects. In 2015, she was awarded 1st Ex-aequo Prize and the Prix Coup de cœur in the category of small garden spaces from the APPQ (Association des paysagistes professionnels du Québec) for her collaboration for Le filigree. More recently, in 2022, her collaboration with Cohlmeyer Architecture for the Montauk Sofa flagship store in Montreal received a Platinum certification in the 15^th edition of Les Grands Prix du Design as well as the Milan Havlin Award from the APPQ.

One of Tracey’s first jobs was working for a tropical plant wholesaler. This experience was put to good use, as in 2023, her collaboration with Affleck de la Riva architects for the restauration of the Westmount Conservatory was awarded a Platinum Certification as well as a Gold Certification for heritage enhancement in the 16^th edition of Les Grands Prix du Design. 

Tracey is currently working at KAP, a firm specializing in public and municipal projects based in Laval, Québec.

Born and raised in Atlantic Canada, Cameron was introduced to the landscape industry at an early age by way of the landscape maintenance sector.  After completing a university degree in New Brunswick, he learned of the profession of landscape architecture from a friend and decided to pursue a BLA at the University of Guelph, graduating in 2005. He currently resides in Canada's far north in the City of Iqaluit.  There,he has held progressive roles in municipal and territorial government.  Cameron has been a NuALA board member and CSLA board director since 2011. He enjoys spending his time with family, travelling and being in the great outdoors.
 

Devin is a Partner and Director of Landscape Architecture at Fathom Studio, an interdisciplinary firm based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Devin is known for his expertise in public space design including the creation and enhancement of parks, waterfronts, streetscapes, educational campuses, and urban mixed-use developments. He has overseen many of Atlantic Canada’s most celebrated downtown redevelopment projects, including Halifax’s Argyle & Grafton Shared Streetscapes, and Queen’s Marque waterfront district. Devin's numerous project awards, including the National Urban Design Awards (2022), Canadian Society of Landscape Architects National Award of Excellence (2018), International Downtown Association Downtown Achievement Awards (2018), and several excellence awards from the Atlantic Provinces Association of Landscape Architects, Halifax Urban Design Awards, and the Atlantic Planners Institute. 

In 2023, Devin's firm was honored with the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada’s Emerging Practice Award. This prestigious recognition was specifically attributed to the studio's distinctive, inclusive, and interdisciplinary design approach that emphasizes the critical interconnectedness and interdependence between the design of buildings and outdoor spaces.

Devin earned his Master of Landscape Architecture degree and Bachelor of Environmental Design from the University of Manitoba. Currently, he holds the position of Past-President at the Atlantic Provinces Association of Landscape Architects, actively contributing to the organization since 2017. Devin is deeply committed to elevating practice standards and advancing the professional profile of Landscape Architecture.