CSLA News
2022 CSLA-APALA Congress Moves to Virtual
The CSLA and APALA are announcing that the 2022 CSLA-APALA Congress, originally scheduled to be held at the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel in June 2022, will be held virtually on Thursday, June 9th, 2022, from 1 to 4 pm ET, with a subsequent series of webinars featuring educational session speakers to run from September 2022 onwards.
CSLA Announces the 2022 Class of Fellows
The CSLA College of Fellows will welcome five new members during the Investiture Ceremony to be held May 12, 2022 in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the profession. The Investiture Ceremony will be held from 4 to 5:30 pm ET via Zoom.
Click here to see the 2022 Fellows and to find the link to the ceremony
Join us on May 5, 2022 from 2-3 pm ET for our 2022 Annual General Meeting
If you are unable to attend, please fill out the proxy form.
CSLA, CIP and RAIC announce 2022 National Urban Design Awards virtual Roundtable Discussion Event
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), in partnership with the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), will present an exciting virtual Roundtable Event celebrating the 2022 recipients of the National Urban Design Awards. The roundtable discussion will focus on the ways in which architecture, landscape architecture and planning play an integral role in the vibrancy of our built landscape.
Taking place on May 26, the event will feature a presentation of the winning projects, followed by a lively discussion moderated by Emeka Nnadi, MALA, SALA, AALA, CSLA, ASLA, LEED AP, one of the three 2022 jury members.
For more information about the 2022 National Urban Design recipients, visit the award recipient page here. For more information about the Roundtable Event, see the event webpage here.
The Spring 2022 “ADAPTIVE RE-USE” issue of LANDSCAPES | PAYSAGES is now available online!
This issue of LANDSCAPES I PAYSAGES features practitioners from across the country who are adaptively re-using and renovating existing landscapes or fine tuning and improving existing communities, parks, gardens and streets to meet the needs of a changing urban landscape. The projects range from large-scale, visionary master plans to built projects; from pragmatic solutions for everyday use to provocative ideas meant to influence our future choices.
IFLA News
Call for nominations: IFLA Working Group on Education Recognition and Accreditation
Last year IFLA launched a pilot study for a global programme recognition process in China, Chile and Morocco. The Working Group will complete the pilot study, report their findings to the next IFLA World Council meeting, make the recognition process more widely available, and investigate the potential to move to a further quality benchmark standard by developing a global programme accreditation procedure. Assoc. Prof. Mike Barthelmeh will chair the Working Group.
2022 IFLA World Congress
The world has witnessed rapid changes with the spread of the pandemic, technological revolution, and political conflicts. We the professionals now have the mission to provide healthy, happy, and beautiful vision for 2022. For this, we will gather to discuss issues of landscape with the scale ranging from local to global.
Through this event, we will reclaim public leadership in landscape architecture as we re:visit professional and academic achievements to date, re:shape the earth through emerging discourse and technologies, re:vive everyday lives to healthier and more vibrant days, and finally re:connect to nature.
We invite you to Gwangju Korea to share ideas and visions to make a better future.
Date: AUG. 31 - SEP. 2, 2022
Year of the Garden News
The house recognize the 2022 Year of the Garden as it marks the centennial of Canada’s ornamental horticulture sector on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association
Gardens and gardening contribute to the development of our country, our cities and the lives of people in terms of health, quality of life, reconciliation, inclusion and environmental challenges.
The Year of the Garden will engage gardeners, families, students, and tourists with: our garden culture and history, the importance of public and private gardens and our urban landscapes.
Watch the adoption of the motion
Spring Launch of the Canada’s Year of the Garden 2022
You’re invited to join the fun and Live the Garden Life! We’re excited to officially kick off the Year of the Garden 2022, a celebration of everything garden and gardening related in Canada.
Whether you’re a seasoned gardener, just recently discovered the pleasure of gardens, or want to learn more about how a garden can impact your life for the better - all Canadians are invited to take part! Will you join us?
Plant, visit, share, and celebrate the Year of the Garden 2022!
Member News
In Memoriam: Martin Tavares, OALA, CSLA
Martin Tavares passed away at the age of 47 after a long journey with cancer. A funeral mass will be held on Wednesday, April 20th, 2022, from 11:00AM to 12:00PM at the St. Patrick's Catholic Church (921 Flagship Dr, Mississauga, ON L4Y2J6).
In lieu of flowers the Tavares family would be grateful for any donations to one of two charities below, both which Martin proudly supported: https://ccran.org and https://www.
AAPQ: Our development model must change
Sustainable land use planning is the key to achieving our collective goals, whether in terms of health, culture, the environment or the economy. The Quebec of tomorrow, which we hope will be more prosperous, greener, more united, will arrive today if we make the right decisions quickly.
NLAA Virtual Lecture Series: PROCESS w/ O2 Planning + Design
This month's lecture is brought to you by the NLAA in partnership with the Atlantic Provinces Association of Landscape Architects (APALA). Welcome everyone to our 2022 NLAA Lecture Series. This year our lecture series touches on the topic of PROCESS. This current era whereby social, economic and political activities are dependent on information and communication technologies has also impacted our design industry and processes. In a time of rapid shift from traditional industry to digital technology we are seeing change and innovation in how we create.
Michel Fontaine and André Lavallée, recipients of the Frederick Todd 2022 Award
The Association des architectes paysagistes du Québec (AAPQ) is pleased to announce the recipients of the Frederick Todd Award for the year 2022: Mr. Michel Fontaine and Mr. André Lavallée. This award, presented in the categories of Member and Public Personality categories, pays tribute to Frederick Todd, a pioneer of the profession in Canada Canada and the first landscape architect living and working in Quebec.
LGBT Purge Fund announces winning proposal for the LGBTQ2+ National Monument: “Thunderhead''
The design was conceived by the Winnipeg-based team led by Liz Wreford, Peter Sampson and Taylor LaRocque of Public City, with artists Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, and Indigenous and Two-Spirited People subject-matter expert and advisor, Albert McLeod.
The design draws on the symbolism of a thunderhead cloud, which embodies the strength, activism and hope of LGBTQ2+ communities. It will be a lasting testimony to the courage and humanity of those who were harmed by the LGBT Purge, homophobic and transphobic laws and norms, and Canada’s colonial history.
Clive Justice Celebration of Life
As most of you know, due to COVID restrictions, the family of Clive Justice was unable to hold an in-person event following his death in December 2020. There have been a few cancellations of planned services in the meantime, including the one scheduled for March 19th.
Please be advised that a celebration of Clive’s life is now planned for SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 2022, to be held at 1:00 PM at the Unitarian Church of Vancouver, 949 West 49th Avenue (at Oak Street), Vancouver, BC. We believe, with the continued loosening of various restrictions (and hopefully the absence of another variant of concern between now and then), that we will be able to hold this event as originally envisioned, and hope that you will be able to join us.
It would be much appreciated if you would please contact karenjustice@shaw.ca to RSVP yea or nay regarding your intention to attend.
Other News
ASLA: Act Now: Olmsted Proclamation Introduced in Congress
This year on April 26th marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted and Representatives French Hill (AR) and Debbie Dingell (MI) have introduced a bipartisan measure, H. Res. 1013, to recognize and celebrate Olmsted’s legacy. Please take a moment to urge your House of Representatives member to cosponsor this special legislation that celebrates Olmsted and the profession of landscape architecture.
Tell us about your Health/Health Equity work that may also Address Climate Change
With funding from the McConnell Foundation, the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA), the Canadian Health Association for Sustainability & Equity (CHASE), and the Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA) are collaborating to support climate action (investments, policies and programs) at the local level focused on achieving a net-zero carbon economy by mid-century.
We want to showcase the work already being done by public health. Let us know if you are involved in the development or implementation of a policy or program that addresses health and/or health equity that may also reduce climate emissions.
For example, projects that have:
- Made communities more walkable, bikeable, transit-supportive, or accessible to all
- Increased tree canopy, greenspace or parks in communities, particularly in underserved neighbourhoods
- Increased investments in public transit or active transportation infrastructure, particularly in underserved neighbourhoods
- Supported building standards for new buildings, encouraged renewable energy, improved energy efficiency of existing buildings, improved indoor environments for the protection of health, or decreased energy poverty or
- Promoted plant-based diets, the protection of agricultural lands, urban agriculture, sustainable agriculture, or food security.
If there’s a good fit with our overall project, we will schedule a 30-minute interview. We plan to share these stories with others in public health through case study reports, webinars and blogs.
If you have a story to tell, please contact Kim Perrotta at kim@chasecanada.org.