Committee Activities and Initiatives
Since its founding in early 2021, the Cultural Landscapes and Legacy Committee has:
- Provided advice to the CSLA Board on the endorsement of the proposed designation of the Scarboro Subdivision (originally called Sunalta Addition) in Calgary, Alberta as a significant cultural heritage landscape.
- Addressed the issue of the Ontario Place redevelopment in a letter.
- Provided support for The Niagara Foundation's position on the proposed redevelopment of the Rand Estate in Niagara-on-the-Lake. UPDATE: October 2024, the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) has recently released its decision, requiring the project to be redesigned. To read more about the OLT's decision visit the Save Our Rand Estate (SORE) website here.
- Provided support for the restoration of Centennial Garden in Ottawa's Rockcliffe Park in January 2024. UPDATE: May, 2024, Government of Canada designates Rockliffe Park Historic District as a national historic site
About the Committee on Cultural Landscapes and Legacy
In the Fall of 2020, the Committee on Cultural Landscapes and Legacy was established by the Board of the CSLA and, since then, the Committee has established refined its mandate and scope, and established the following objectives:
- Build awareness about the importance of legacy to the profession
- Establish a national database of landscape assets, identifying those cultural landscapes and landscape architects that merit celebration
- Provide research resources and build awareness within the profession and the broader community
- Employ tools so to advocate for threatened cultural landscapes on a national basis through political engagement and public awareness
- Showcase, through various means, landscapes of cultural interest from across the country and/or bodies of work to a broader public and professional audience
Committee Members
John Zvonar (Chair), Desirée Valadares, Carolyn Woodland, Doriena Hassett, Hope Parnham (Ex-Officio), Carl Bray, Meaghan Hunter (Board Champion)
Landscape Architecture in Canada Video Series Presented by Ron Williams
This series of five videos celebrating the history of landscape architecture in Canada was launched in celebration of the CSLA's 90th anniversary.