CSLA News
Call for volunteers: Committee on Climate Adaptation
Are you interested in addressing climate adaptation? In communicating the profession’s impact on climate change? In increasing the profession’s capacity to respond to climate change? In raising awareness and implementing climate justice?
If so, you may be interested in joining the CSLA’s Committee on Climate Adaptation.
Invitation to Sponsors & Exhibitors
Our delegates are eager to meet you! You and your team will get the opportunity to engage with Canadian landscape architects like never before.
These sponsorship packages are first come, first served. The earlier you book, the more exposure you will gain.
Register as a sponsor and/or exhibitor by completing the following steps by March 1st, 2022
Thank you to our sponsors, Maglin Site Furniture as our Title Sponsor, and Equiparc as our Principal Sponsor
See our full list of sponsors and exhibitors here
CSLA Members Practice Assessment on Mitigation and Adaptation to a Changing Climate
Help the CSLA Committee on Climate Adaptation better understand the issues affecting landscape architects across the country and identify gaps in research and resources by taking this short survey.
This survey is intended to gather information from working landscape architects about your current understanding of climate change adaptation, and your interest in continuing professional development on this topic.
The Survey should take only about ten minutes of your time to complete.
Personal information, and information that could identify respondents has been deliberately excluded. We look forward to hearing from you.
Deadline: December 7, 2022
Accreditation Update from the Landscape Architecture Accreditation Council
Since the Spring of 2022, the LAAC has appointed three visiting teams to undertake accreditation reviews of three programs of study in Canada. The visiting teams provide reports to the LAAC which contain several suggested improvements for each program. We have summarized the visiting team’s recommendations for your information. The accreditation period ensures the programs can address the LAAC’s recommendations for improvements.
The CSLA Is Calling for Researchers for a Report on the Value of Landscape Architecture in Canada
One of the primary responsibilities of the CSLA is advocacy on behalf of its membership to the public and private sector, promoting the value of professional design expertise and to communicate the social, economic, and environmental contributions that landscape architects bring to an ever-modernizing community. Bringing together data about our services and community design precedents from across the country forms an essential part of key messaging to a broader audience of our far-reaching contributions to contemporary city building and rural agendas.
The CSLA seeks to tell the narrative of the full scope of work influenced by landscape architects in Canada, and to bring the economic impacts and environmental, political, and social benefits to the forefront in quantifiable and qualitative terms. The information gathered in this study will not only form an update of our national breadth of our membership but will provide key messaging, critical data and highlight professional influence to be used in government relations, public promotion, and media background, as well as political engagement. In addition, the study will support an ongoing dialogue of the economic, cultural, and environmental benefits of our services in the public realm and broader environment forming an anchor of professional panel debates, political submissions and literary presentations going forward for the CSLA. Most importantly, highlighting the importance of investment in our creative and integrative design services within the public realm is essential for growth of our membership’s influence in the communities of tomorrow.
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CSLA Announces Committee Chair Appointments
At its November, 2022, meeting, the Board of the CSLA announced the following appointments:
Awards of Excellence Committee: Michael Von Hausen and Yvonne Yeung were appointed co-chairs, effective immediately, and the Board thanked Leanne Muir for her service to the awards program.
Landscape Architecture Accreditation Council: Cynthia Girling was appointed as a co-chair and Heather Cram's term was extended (until June, 2023) as a co-chair.
Finance and Risk Management Committee: Joanne Moran was appointed chair, beginning in March, 2023, and Cynthia Graham's mandate was extended to March, 2023.
Member News
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Naomi Ratte recognized as a 2022 LAF Olmsted Scholar (Graduate)
The graduate nominees from each university are recognized as 2022 LAF Olmsted Scholars, which denotes distinguished student leadership in landscape architecture.
Component Association News
BC Attorney-General Response to the BCSLA Application
The BC Society of Landscape Architects is in a receipt of a letter dated October 24, 2022 from the Honourable Murray Rankin, KC, Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Housing. He has concluded that the designation of landscape architecture is in the public interest, and that he will be making this recommendation to the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council in due course. It is his expectation that the BCSLA will work with the Office of the Superintendent of Professional Governance (OSPG) to begin the process to prepare for the transition to the Professional Governance Act (PGA) before seeking formal designation. Read the letter here.
The BCSLA Executive, the PGA Working Group (PGA-WG) and staff are in touch with the OSPG to discuss next steps, and we will continue to keep you up to date on further developments.
LACF News
On #GivingTuesday, you can make a lasting impact on the profession
This GivingTuesday, we're proud to be participating in a global day of giving!
Our mission at LACF is to invest in research, communication and scholarship that advances our collective capacity to shape resilient, equitable and meaningful landscapes for all.
GivingTuesday is a great way to further that mission because your donations will directly support our efforts.
With your support, LACF:
- Invests up to $50,000 annually in grants and special projects for research and communication initiatives that promote and advance the values of the profession of landscape architecture;
- Communicates the results of our professional and scholarly work widely,
- Awards over $15,000 annually in scholarships to LA students in accredited programs across Canada because these exceptional people will be the future leaders in the profession and beyond.
LACF funds ground-breaking and evidence-based research and communication on topics consistent with the values at the forefront of the profession through its Annual Grants Program.
An example of some of the great work being funded by LACF is the landED Green Guide: The How-to Manual for Schoolyard Sustainability. The purpose of the landED Green Guide is to provide a landscape sustainability document that supports Canadian schools in understanding and maintaining their outdoor learning space. Their aim is to take the traditional landscape handover document and reframe it for accessible, long-term school use.
On this special day, we're asking for your help to support our grant recipients.
Please consider making a donation to the LACF. Every little bit helps and we are so grateful for your support this #GivingTuesdayCA!
IFLA News
Greetings from IFLA AR President
Dear delegates and presidents of the national associations of IFLA Americas Region,
It is a pleasure to start my term as the IFLA Americas Region President together with the great team that integrates the Executive Committee.
It is a great moment for the Region. A moment in which it will be important to connect the South, the Center and the North of this wonderful continent and exchange experiences and values to become stronger and with more presence at the global level.
Thanks to the work developed by Ricardo Riveros, immediate past president, I receive a Region more committed and with important projects going on.
The Regional Council 2022 in Guatemala was a success. We want to thank GuateLand for making it possible, for the great commitment and a fantastic event. We will never forget it. And thanks to all the ones that were able to attend.
What is next? We need to empower our national associations and involve the new generations of landscape architects in this mission.
Some of the members that are part of the Executive Committee (ExCo) will be starting a second term, and a couple of us will be starting a first term.
The members of this ExCo are:
Monica Pallares (Mexico) - President
Luciana Schenk (Brazil) - Secretary General
Dafne Acevedo (Guatemala) - Chair of Communications and External Relations Committee
Rafael Dodera (Uruguay) - Chair of Education and Academic Affairs Committee
Pedro Camarena (Mexico) - Chair of Professional Practice and Policy
Leonardo Moreira (Uruguay) - Chair of the Council of Students and Emerging Professionals
Ana Luisa Artesi (Argentina) as treasurer will complete her term at the end of this year and Vincen Asselin (Canada) will be taking over in this position at the beginning of 2023.
I thank Ricardo Riveros and Jesús Belmonte for their commitment and great work in the last 4 years.
We want to know more about your associations and your ideas, feel free to get in contact with us. We have a lot to share and a lot to learn from each other.
Looking forward to walking together with you.
Kind regards,
Monica Pallares
President IFLA AMERICAS Region
Other News
Addressing the Climate and Biodiversity Crisis: LEADING WITH LANDSCAPE
Plan Canada article written by Jane Welsh
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Roadmap for Nature-Based Solutions to Fight Climate Change, Strengthen Communities, and Support Local Economies
New actions and recommendations announced at COP27 will make nature-based solutions a go-to option for fighting climate change and boost progress towards U.S. climate goals
Initiative: The Phytotechnology Stations at the Montréal Botanical Garden / Space for Life
With its collection of about 20,000 plant species and cultivars and 30 topical gardens spread out over 75 hectares, the Montréal Botanical Garden is recognized as one of the world’s greatest botanical gardens. The Botanical Garden is part of Space for Life, a group of five institutions that together make up the largest museum complex in Canada.
Call for Nominations - 2023 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize
The Cultural Landscape Foundation is pleased to announce that planning is now underway for round two of the Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize, which will be awarded in the autumn of 2023. Nominations will soon be solicited from an international group of experts in the field, including designers, critics, historians, and academics in landscape architecture and related fields.
Planning for Infrastructure Success: An assessment methodology to drive growth, resilience, environmental sustainability, and inclusion
Infrastructure is the foundation upon which we build entire societies and economies. It underpins sustained well-being. IFSD has developed a best-practice framework for driving better infrastructure performance in an uncertain world, navigating trade-offs due to scarce fiscal resources and linking assets and investments to the outcomes that citizens want.