History of the Profession

Learn more about the history of CSLA and the profession of landscape architecture in Canada. 


Landscape Architecture in Canada: A Video Series Presented by Ron Williams in Celebration of the CSLA's 90th Anniversary

An Overview of the Field and Garden City / City Beautiful / Cité-Jardin are the first two installments of this new five-part series celebrating landscape architecture in Canada. Watch it now:

Landscape Architecture in Canada by Ron Williams

This video series is based on Ron's book, Landscape Architecture in Canada, published by McGill-Queen’s University Press in 2014.

 


CSLA presidents headshots 1934-2023

Past CSLA Presidents

Learn more about the previous CSLA presidents. 


Black and white portrait of Frederick Gage Todd

Frederick Gage Todd Designated as a Person of National Historic Significance by the Government of Canada

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Black and white portrait of Humphrey CarverHumphrey Carver Reminisces about the Founding of CSLA in 1934 

Read this delightful article written by Humphrey Carver in 1994 about the founding of the CSLA in 1934 as the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects and Town Planners in 1934 by Carl Borgstrom, Humphrey Carver, Gordon CulhamHoward Dunington-Grubb, Laurie Dunington-Grubb, Edwin Kay, Helen Kippax, Frances Steinhoff, and J.V. Stensson


Changing the Face of Canada

Changing the Face of Canada: Profiles of Landscape Architects, Volumes 1 and 2, by Linda M. LeGeyt

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Audio Interviews

Linda M. LeGeyt gifted CSLA the audio files of interviews undertaken in the 1980s to complete the research for Changing the Face of Canada: Profiles of Landscape Architects. The interviews of the following landscape architects are available (click on the link to hear the recordings).

 

 

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