CSLA News
CSLA is Hiring! Apply for our Manager of Strategic Affairs Position
Reporting to the Executive Director, the Manager, Advocacy and Strategic Affairs is a key member of the CSLA’s staff leadership team. The Manager, Advocacy and Strategic Affairs supports the organization to achieve its vision to be the leading voice of the landscape architecture profession in Canada. The strategic goal is to influence policy change through advocacy. The Manager, Advocacy and Strategic Affairs also participates in several strategic CSLA Committees, leads studies, creates advocacy material and is responsible for the CSLA’s political engagement initiatives.
2022 Governor General's Medals ceremony and public lecture
Rideau Hall will once again host the award ceremony for the 2022 recipients of the Governor General’s Medals in Architecture and the recipient for the Governor General’s Medal in Landscape Architecture.
On Monday, January 23, the public is invited to attend a free, in-person evening of presentations at the Museum of History, from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm ET, where the 13 award recipients will share stories about their extraordinary projects with lively five-minute presentations, followed by a Q&A period.
On Tuesday, January 24, Rideau Hall will celebrate the architects behind some of Canada’s best architecture in 2022 in this special award ceremony and will honour a lifetime of achievement in landscape architecture.
A full list of the 2022 Governor General’s Medals in Architecture can be found here.
More information on the 2022 Governor General’s Medal in Landscape Architecture can be found here.
Updates on the 2023 CSLA-SALA Congress
This year's congress will happen in two parts: a free pre-congress virtual event on May 4th from 2pm to 3:30pm ET, and then an in-person event at TCU Place, Saskatoon, in partnership with SALA, June 15th to 17th, 2023. We will be launching registration and announcing the program soon, so keep an eye out!
CSLA Encourages Stronger Action on the Biodiversity Crisis
CSLA is proud that the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework commits to conserving at least 30% of terrestrial, inland water and coastal and marine areas, and especially areas of importance for biodiversity, through ecologically representative, well-connected and equitably governed systems of protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures. Learn more about the Framework and read the CSLA's Biodiversity Statement:
CSLA Urges our Nation’s Governments to Address Canada’s Housing Crisis Without Impairing Natural Environments or Encroaching on Greenspace
The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects urges all levels of government in Canada to provide and plan for adequate housing for citizens in support of sustainable development goals and the creation of resilient communities.
The Winter 2022 “EQUITY” issue of LANDSCAPES | PAYSAGES is now available online!
Let us know how you like Landscapes | Paysages’ new digital look!
The idea of universal design, which has been talked about for decades, is finally starting to sink in. However, our built environment lags behind. Sidewalks and park pathways are still relatively narrow because the world has been, and continues to be, designed for cars, not people. – Victoria Levak, Halifax-based disability and human rights activist –
First and foremost, we must have an unapologetically intersectional lens in policy, planning and design. We should be asking questions such as, “How does a woman move through this space at night? How are we acknowledging land ownership? Can children play here? Is this space accessible to people with disabilities (vision, mobility, hearing, etc.)?” – Lindsay Somers, Executive Director of the Osborne Village Business Improvement Zone (BIZ), Winnipeg)
New Resource: Beyond the checkmark: Designing playgrounds with accessibility in mind
By Jill Moore
Thirty-two years ago, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) established the precedent for integrating disability into design, with adaptations for the children’s play space being added throughout the years, and in 2019, those precedents became law in Canada. While these design standards have proved absolutely critical in creating accessibility, they only laid the standards for those specifically with mobility diagnoses.
Read the full article starting on page 9
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Member News
In memoriam: Mr. Friedrich Oehmichen 1928-2022
In loving memory of Friedrich Oehmichen born May 4, 1928 near Dresden, Germany, passed away December 2, 2022 in Montreal at the age of 94.
Fred is survived by his wife and partner Sandra Barone, friends and family in Germany and Brazil, and colleagues and friends at the University of Montreal where he taught from 1969 to 1995. He is also survived by his colleagues, friends, employees, clients and partners of Oka Fleurs from 1985 to 2016, an ornamental grass nursery which he initiated in Quebec for land use.
With degrees in horticulture, forestry, landscape architecture and journalism, Fred Oehmichen experienced, as a professional, the reconstruction of his country devastated by the Second World War. Later, he chose to travel and became a landscape architecture journalist at a time when few professionals crossed continents. When he arrived in Quebec via Asia and the United States, his colleagues and students discovered his rich philosophy and expertise. Fred was a teacher who brought the knowledge of design with plants to his students, who was at the forefront of the development of natural parks in urban areas, and who introduced and initiated the use of grasses in Quebec. He has also conducted extensive research on the adaptation of plants on degraded and contaminated sites.
Recipient of numerous awards of excellence and honours, Fred Oehmichen was a landscape architect whose achievements and contributions to the profession over the years have had a unique and lasting impact on the well-being of the public and the environment.
TORONTO - Come out to The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design for the book launch of "Innate Terrain: Canadian Landscape Architecture" by Alissa North on February 9, 6:30 p.m. ET.
"Innate Terrain" was a recipient of a 2022 LACF / FAPC Annual Grant.
LACF News
Announcing the 2022 National and Regional Scholarship Recipients
LACF is proud to announce this year's scholarship recipients, including:
- Nicole Dulong: Frederick Gage Todd National Scholar
- Jordan Cantafio: Peter Jacobs Indigenous Scholarship and BC2 Indigenous Scholarship
- The 2022 LACF regional scholars
LACF believes that these students are our future leaders.
Join us on February 17th from 1-2:30 pm ET via zoom to meet LACF's 2022 scholars.
Click this link to access the zoom meeting
Other News
3rd World Conference on FORESTS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
4 – 7 October 2023, Sherbrooke, Canada
The 3rd World Conference on Forests for Public Health, 4-7 October 2023, in Sherbrooke, Canada, will continue our efforts to find a sustainable direction for the multidisciplinary field of forest, green spaces, and human health. We will emphasize the global message of this Conference: forests, city forests, parks and other green spaces should be incorporated into International Organizations policies and goals, and into National Public Health systems, policies, and practices for a Healthy and Sustainable society.
NCC Urban Design Challenge 2023
Deadline to apply: January 26, 2023
The Urban Design Challenge is a competition that invites students from across the country to come up with design concepts for sites in the National Capital Region (the region).
The competition is open to students enrolled in an accredited educational institution in Canada. The NCC encourages students to form interdisciplinary teams to consider all aspects of urban planning, site design, architecture, Indigenous planning and landscape design.
APPOINTMENT OPPORTUNITY: National Capital Commission, Advisory Committee on Planning, Design, and realty (ACPDR)
The NCC is seeking up to two candidates for the committee for terms up to three years starting April 1, 2023 in the areas of.
- Landscape Architecture
- Architecture
Deadline: January 27, 2023.