CSLA News
CSLA Calls for Nominations for the 2022 Recognition Awards
The CSLA invites nominations for the Recognition Awards. The deadline to submit nominations is April 1st 2022 at 4 pm ET.
The award categories include:
- Schwabenbauer Award for Service to the CSLA
- Community Service Award
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- Teaching Award
- Emerging Professional Award
Send your nomination forms to Michelle Legault (executive-director@csla-aapc.ca) before April 1st, 2022 to submit your nomination.
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.
Call for Student Intern for the L|P Editorial Board
The CSLA is seeking a Student Intern from a LAAC-accredited university program to serve on the Landscapes|Paysages Editorial Board.
The Editorial Board meets once a month, for one hour, by video conference. The members of the Editorial Board are appointed for a two-year term, subject to renewal.
If you are interested in joining the L|P Editorial Board in a Student Intern position, please forward your resume to Ryan Wakshinski, Chair, L|P Editorial Board, at ryan.wakshinski@gov.mb.ca by April 15, 2022.
Member News
Congratulations to Eha Naylor for her election to the University of Toronto's Alumni Governors!
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.
IFLA News
Solidarity with Ukraine
The International Federation of Landscape Architect, IFLA, joins as a global community to show our solidarity to the people of Ukraine. Faced with unimaginable disruption and devastation to their cities and countryside, we join the call for peace and the immediate cessation of hostilities.
IFLA represents the global community of landscape architects with membership of national associations in 77 countries and all regions of the world. The destruction of cultural heritage, productive and natural landscapes, and disruption to the economic livelihood and cultural roots of Ukraine's population is to be deplored.
IFLA was established in 1948 to represent the profession of landscape architects globally. Its mission is to advocate for safe, productive, inclusive and healthy environments. As a global organization we unequivocally call for an immediate end to this conflict.
- James Hayter, IFLA President, March 2022
GLOBAL JOB TASK ANALYSIS SURVEY: Call for Volunteers
IFLA, in conjunction with the Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB), is developing the Global Job Task Analysis research project, an international survey that will be administered to landscape architects around the world.
The project intends to develop an understanding of the practice of landscape architecture around the world and its vital impact to the health, safety and well-being of the worlds people, places, and environment. We look to understand practice globally, regionally and by country. Geographical representation in both the development of and the completion of the survey is vital to the success of this ground-breaking research.
IFLA is calling to volunteers to join the task force for the Job Task Analysis Survey. We are looking for practitioners of an IFLA member association to participate in this crucial project. The task force will be integrated by two members of each IFLA Region.
If you are interested fill in the form and send it to chair.cer@iflaworld.org with Cc to admin@iflaworld.org.
The 58th IFLA World Congress will be held in Gwangju, Korea from August 31 to September 2, 2022
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.
IFLA invites you to Gwangju Korea to share ideas and visions to make a better future.
Year of the Garden News
Get Ready for Year of the Garden 2022!
You’re invited to join in the fun and “Live the Garden Life” during the Year of the Garden 2022, a celebration of everything garden and gardening related in Canada. Discover the many ways you can celebrate today’s vibrant garden culture at home, at work, in school, in your community, and at public gardens across the country from the Planter’s Moon in the spring of 2022, to the Frost Moon in the fall.
Invite your municipality to declare 2022 the Year of the Garden
Vancouver, Red Deer, Winnipeg, Niagara Falls, Sainte-Julie, Halifax, and many more Canadian cities have proclaimed 2022 the Year of the Garden, committing to be a Garden-Friendly city and celebrating our National Garden Day.
If your city hasn’t made a proclamation, you can nudge your councillor or mayor to join the movement. Get started by sending this invitation, proclamation template or presentation explaining why you feel your municipality should celebrate the Year of the Garden 2022.
LACF News
Call for Applications for the 2022 Frederick Gage Todd National Scholarship
Deadline: May 6, 2022
One prize of $10 000 will be awarded in Summer 2022 to an outstanding Canadian student enrolled in a CSLA-accredited program of landscape architecture. This scholarship recognizes a student who demonstrates exceptional knowledge, skill and commitment directed to the advancement of Canadian landscapes through the practice of landscape architecture.
Other News
Call to Support Preservation of Michael Hough’s Ontario Place Landscape
Designed by Michael Hough (landscape architecture) and Eberhard Zeidler (architecture), and opened to the public in 1971, Ontario Place stands as a vital marker of modernist design, professing design values of publicity and openness. However, despite its value as a critical modernist icon, the future of Ontario Place is under threat.
This research, documents the value, history, and ongoing presence of Michael Hough’s landscape design on the site, demonstrating that approximately 40% of original planted trees remain, alongside significant remaining materials and design elements. The research was conducted by the University of Toronto Daniels Faculty, and was supported by the Architectural Conservancy Ontario with a generous donation by Professor George Baird.
These features support the preservation of Ontario Place as a cultural heritage landscape. Take action by writing a letter to the Government of Ontario, citing your affiliation with the CSLA here.
National Capital Commission's Board of Directors members Notice of Opportunity
The main role of the Commission’s board of directors is to oversee the corporation and ensure that it meets its strategic objectives. This includes: ensuring that the corporation’s resources are used effectively and efficiently; monitoring, evaluating and reporting on performance; and fostering relationships between the National Capital Commission and other levels of government and the public. The Commission is accountable to Parliament through the Minister of Public Services and Procurement Canada.
Share your views to help the CNLA and COHA improve the performance of the ornamental horticulture sector by filling in this survey
Your participation is crucial to the success of this initiative, so that the views collected can be representative of all the members of the horticulture value chain, ornamental greenhouse, nursery, Christmas tree and sod growers, suppliers to the sector, all retailers, and government.
2022 Margolese Prize - Call for Nominations
The $50,000 award, hosted by UBC's School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture, recognizes a Canadian designer in early to mid-career whose professional practice and advocacy uplifts people, places and communities. Submissions can be made directly through the nomination portal on the website, which closes on April 10th at 11:59pm PST.