CSLA News
2022 CSLA-APALA Congress Webinar Series
Join us for the continuation of the 2022 CSLA-APALA Congress fall webinar series in just a few weeks. This webinar series follows our Congress programming earlier this year and will expand on our theme: Inspiration.
Our fall webinar series will consist of 8 webinars taking place between September 2022 and January 2023. See the full list of webinars and speakers.
If you are interested in joining us and gaining some continuing education credits, you can still register for the Congress at the link below. Your registration will include access to all of the Congress recordings from the June, 2022, event, including keynote speakers, technical sessions and more.
Submit your Suggestions of Significant Cultural Landscapes
Note: the workshop planned for September 20th, 2022, has been cancelled and will be re-scheduled at a later date.
The CSLA’s Committee on Cultural Landscapes and Legacy wishes to create an online collection of significant cultural landscapes across Canada.
The key objectives of this project are to:
- List and celebrate notable cultural landscapes in all their variety which have resonated within the professional community and country over time and, advocate for their awareness and protection
- Explore ways to mark these sites and acknowledge their significance via a mixed-media platform (with data, imagery, audio visual and other research elements available via a web portal)
Ultimately, the goal of this project is to create a collection of 25 places that exemplify the wide range of cultural landscape treasures across Canada by 2024.
Are there sites which you think should be included in CSLA’s database of cultural landscapes?
Which of your region’s significant historic places should be recognized by the CSLA?
You can submit your suggestions of cultural landscapes that you would like to see in the final collection here (SUBMISSIONS CLOSE ON OCTOBER 15, 2022)
JEDI Operational Plan Workshop
On September 27 from 1 to 3 pm ET we invite all members and components, CSLA and LACF leadership (Board, committees, task forces) to discuss the proposed JEDI operational plan during a workshop.
The Capillary Consulting Team has delivered the action plan, which you can read here in preparation for the workshop.
LAAC Confers 6-Year Accreditation to the University of Guelph BLA Program
September, 2022 - The CSLA's Landscape Architecture Accreditation Council of the CSLA granted the University of Guelph, Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (BLA) program a full six-year
accreditation following an accreditation review undertaken earlier this year. The LAAC would like to thank the members of the visiting team for their evaluation, reporting and recommendations of the program. They are: Margot Long, Edward Versteeg, and Bev Windjack.
Call for Volunteers: Co-Chairs for the (CSLA’s) Landscape Architecture Accreditation Council
Are you interested in the accreditation of Canada’s landscape architecture programs? Would you like to contribute to the highest standards of education by co-chairing a CSLA Council?
If so, you may wish to apply to Co-Chair the LAAC.
How do I apply?
Please send Michelle Legault, CSLA Executive Director, your CV at executive-director@csla-aapc.ca by October 12th, 2022.
Call for Volunteers: Chair and Committee Members for the CSLA Awards of Excellence Program
Are you interested in helping lead, develop and monitor the CSLA Awards of Excellence Program?
If so, you may wish to submit your candidacy for either the Chair of the Program or as a member of the committee which oversees the program’s administration.
Deadline: October 12, 2022
Member News
In memoriam: Rodger Todhunter, OALA, CSLA
In memoriam: Jean-Jacques Binoux
Read more about Jean-Jacques here
Alan Duncan Memorial
To the dear friends of my brother Alan Slater Duncan,
October 2nd will mark one year since Alan's passing. Covid made it difficult to plan a celebration of life for Alan, but now we have been able to plan the celebration for October 15th. We will meet at the base lodge near his cabin on Cypress mountain before 1:00 pm. At 1 o'clock, a piper will lead a procession up to the site he had chosen for the scattering of his ashes. At the cabin we will have a celebration with treats and "copious amounts of cheap champagne "per his wishes. I think this will probably go from 1:00 pm until 4:00 pm. We will start losing light after that, even with the lantern procession, so bring a flashlight too.
Please be aware that this is about a 15 minute climb up to the base lodge, and another 15 up the trail to the cabin. It may be quite strenuous. Please wear durable footwear and layers suitable for the weather.
For those that cannot make it, we are going to try to record as much as possible to post on this Facebook page and elsewhere. Please RSVP if you can make it so we can have an idea of how much food to put out. You can call or text Peter Duncan at cell (416) 930-5111 or email pdunca2464@rogers.com. (no n on duncan).
Peter Duncan
Eha Naylor OALA, Elected as Alumni Governor with U of T's Governing Council
Congratulations to Eha Naylor for being elected as an Alumni Governor of the Governing Council of the University of Toronto. Her three year term - July 1st, 2022 - June 30th, 2025 - will help guide and support the university's projects and administration including financial, a variety of sustaining projects, and the ever changing delivery of education and knowledge
A leader in Dillon Consulting Limited’s national landscape architecture and community planning practice for over 40 years, she has earned numerous awards recognizing her expertise in environmental and site design for both public and private sectors. In 2000, she was named a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, and received the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects Award in 2012, and the OALA Pinnacle Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2014.
IFLA News
Meet the New Members of IFLA's Executive Committee
IFLA is delighted to announce its members have elected 5 new officers as part of the IFLA Executive Committee:
- IFLA President - Bruno Marques
- IFLA Treasurer - Hermann Georg Gunnlaugsson
- Chair of Communications and External Relations (CER) Committee - Kharbal Kaltho
- Chair of Education and Academic Affairs (EAA) Committee - Julian Raxworthy
- Chair of Professional Policy and Practice (PPP) Committee - Indra Purs
Global Survey of the Profession
IFLA is launching in partnership with the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB), a survey of practice with the aims of better understanding the practice of landscape architecture around the globe.
By identifying similarities and differences in practice regionally and by country, the project seeks to expand the role, definition, and mobility of the landscape architect as well as understand how changes in practice, such as the response climate change, have forced the profession to evolve.
Deadline: November 6th 2022.
IFLA Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe Award 2022 Recipient: Adriaan Geuze
Landscape Architect Adriaan Geuze from the Netherlands is the 2022 recipient of the Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe Award
The IFLA President, James Hayter, announced the IFLA Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe Award 2022 winner during the 58th IFLA World Congress in Gwangju, Korea during an Award Ceremony that took place on August 31, 2022.
The jury unanimously agreed that "Adriaan Geuze is one of the most significant landscape architects in the world today." Through the broad range of built projects worldwide, his firm's works have achieved a balance of concept and practice that have changed the relationship between cities, nature, and people, and creatively transformed the relationship between urban life and urban ecology. Adriaan Geuze’s outstanding contributions to the promotion of the profession in conceptual and practical respects represent the best values of the IFLA world community.
LACF News
2023 LACF Annual Grant Program: Call for Submissions
Design, Speculate, Postulate, Question, Research, Theorize, Explore
This year, the Annual Grants Jury is calling for projects that push beyond the boundaries of everyday practice.
The jury is open to submissions exploring new design theories, speculations about new landscape interventions, questioning the current norms of practice, and arguing for new areas of research and professional development, as well as submissions seeking to expand the traditional areas of landscape research.
Deadline: November 18, 2022
Learn more about eligibility, submission guidelines, and evaluation criteria here
Students! Apply for our Upcoming 2022 Regional Scholarships
We are now accepting applications for the following regional scholarships.
- Atlantic Provinces: Peter Klynstra Memorial Scholarship (Due Sept 30)
- Atlantic Provinces: Atlantic Landscape / Dalhousie Scholarship (Due Sept 30)
- Saskatchewan: SALA Academic Award (Due Sept 30)
- Alberta: Andre Schwabenbauer Scholarship / NAIT (Due Oct 30)
Learn more about each of these scholarships and how to submit your application by clicking the links above.
Announcing the Recipient of the Canadian Landscape Charter, University of Calgary, LACF Scholarship: Madiha Mehdi
Read more about Madiha Mehdi, her interests, and achievements.
Invest in the Profession by Donating to LACF
Make a donation to LACF today to help provide critical financial support for LACF programs and initiatives aimed at creating a more sustainable, equitable, and resilient future for all. Help us empower future leaders and innovative researchers in the profession of landscape architecture.
Our grant recipients have been making waves with the results of their LACF funded projects, such as Common Space Coalition, who have created an online resource for landscape architects to connect with grassroots activists and community leaders called Co-Design Now! This directory helps landscape architects capitalize on the grassroots work that is already being done in the communities they serve, and incorporate it into the design process for highly resilient, multi-generational, sensitive, and enduring Canadian landscape architecture. Check it out!
Learn more about how your contributions can make a difference, and how to make your donation
Other News
Congratulations to Jane Wolff, recipient of the 2022 Margolese Prize
The Margolese Prize will be celebrated with a presentation and panel discussion at the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre on UBC campus in Vancouver on October 3, 2022 at 6pm.
Forging ahead during the pandemic: How selected service industries bounced back in 2021
In 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, several service industries in Canada suffered large financial setbacks despite government support programs. The pandemic led to many changes in the Canadian economy, including remote work and new ways of reaching customers and producing services. Using administrative data, such as goods and services tax (GST) revenue, this study assesses how the recovery began to unfold in selected service industries in 2021, even as supply chain disruptions, labour shortages, skill gaps and inflationary pressures intensified.
Government of Canada accepting applications to the Natural Infrastructure Fund (NEW DEADLINE)
Nature, like infrastructure, makes our communities more livable — green places that are beautiful, healthier, and more sustainable and resilient.
Announced in June 2021, the $200 million Natural Infrastructure Fund supports projects that use natural or hybrid approaches to protect the natural environment, support healthy and resilient communities, and contribute to economic growth and jobs.
The program is now open and accepting applications until September 27, 2022 at 3:00 pm (EDT).
MLA 50th Anniversary - Invitation To Join The Homecoming Gathering on Friday September 23rd at 5pm
We invite students, alumni, teachers, support staff, and friends to join us in celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) program and the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Manitoba.
Events will be held during the academic year of 2022-2023 and include the homecoming gathering, community planting, invited speakers, alumni exhibitions and fundraising for a 50th Anniversary Scholarship.
The graduate program in Landscape Architecture at the University of Manitoba was Canada's first of its kind. It resulted from the vision of the late Dean of Architecture, John A. Russell. Its establishment was facilitated by the appointment of Alexander Rattray as Head of the program in July 1969. The initial three-year graduate course of study was offered through the University's Natural Resource Institute in 1970. The Master of Landscape Architecture program was formally accepted by the Province of Manitoba in 1972.
More information on all MLA 50th anniversary events throughout the academic year.
The Inflation Reduction Act Prioritizes Landscape Architecture Solutions to the Climate Crisis