Heather Cram, MALA, FCSLA (Chair)
Heather Cram is a senior principal with over 35 years of experience at HTFC. A pioneer in the ecological movement, her work ranges from detailed design and planning for museums and interpretive centres to urban design, community consultation, and community planning. Heather approaches every project with fresh eyes, employing a unique mix of consultation skills and cultural resource management tools to guide her work. Whether planning the evolution of urban neighbourhoods such as the award-winning Wolseley Building Communities Initiative, or creating one-of-a-kind interpretive facilities such as the award-winning Rainy River Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre and National Historic Site, Heather works collaboratively with eclectic client groups to tell their stories with sensitivity, accuracy, creativity, and exacting attention to detail.
Heather's love for Winnipeg has led her from chairing the Manitoba/Winnipeg Fort Rouge Community Revitalization program and sitting on numerous business development zone boards to her recent work on the boards of the Winnipeg Arts Council, the Women's Enterprise Centre and FortWhyte Alive. Heather became a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects in 2009.
Education:
- Cultural Resources Management Program Credit - Communicating Through Exhibits, 2006
- School of Fine Arts, University of Manitoba, 1969-1970
- Faculty of Architecture, University of Manitoba, 1963-1968
Professional Awards:
- Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, Regional Citation, 2005, Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre
- Manitoba Intergovernmental Affairs and Trade, 2004 Manitoba Planning Excellence Award, Wolseley Neighbourhood Strategic Plan
- Manitoba Intergovernmental Affairs and Trade, 2003 Manitoba Planning Excellence Award, Honorary Mention, City of Brandon - Greenspace Master Plan
- Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal, 2002
- Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, Regional Merit, 1994, Leo Mol Sculpture Garden
- Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, National Honour, 1990, Celebrating 10,000 Years: A Return to the Forks of the Red & Assiniboine
Peter Briggs, NWTALA, FCSLA
Peter D. Briggs graduated from the University of Guelph in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Protection (minor in Ecology). He received a Master of Landscape Architecture degree in 1999 from the University of Guelph, receiving the Victor Chanasyk Medal for professionalism. He is a member of the Northwest Territories Association of Landscape Architects and the American Society of Landscape Architects. Peter founded his company Corvus Design in 2006 in Anchorage Alaska, and has grown it to be the largest landscape architecture firm based in the North. He appreciates that when you live in the North, a small company can be called “the largest”.
He served as the NWTALA representative to the CSLA board for six years prior to serving as president of the Society. One of the highpoints of his career has been serving as president, and being allowed to bring his excitement about the landscape architecture profession to the leadership of the CSLA and experience the amazing initiatives and projects our members are accomplishing. Having sat on a number of committees and CSLA efforts, his personal highlights include: over ten years on the LANDSCAPES | PAYSAGES editorial board (with great pride in what has been accomplished with our magazine by the volunteers that produce it), sitting on the World Landscape Architecture Month committee since its inception, and chairing the committee for the Society’s recent strategic plan update. He has also served as president for the Alaska Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects, and been involved at the local and national level in the US. He sees great things for landscape architecture and is proud of what the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects has accomplished, and will continue to accomplish.
Chris Phillips, BCSLA, FCSLA
Chris Phillips is a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects and a founding partner of PFS Studio, a Vancouver-based landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firm. PFS Studio has received many CSLA and other professional design awards. Many for projects that have been led by Chris. Chris has directed a diverse range of acclaimed projects ranging from broad-scale community and campus master plans to the design of parks, open spaces, and the public realm of major urban developments.
Central to Chris’ design philosophy is the importance of public open space in place-making, as a locus of urban public life and culture, and as an opportunity for ecological diversity. Chris’ design approach seeks to reflect regional and site context, collaborate with affected communities and civic decision-makers, demonstrate sustainable innovation, and create inclusive public spaces that enhance and animate city life. Chris encourages the inclusion of public art in his work and is a past Chair of the City of Vancouver Public Art Committee. Chris has shared his extensive professional expertise and innovative thinking on advisory urban design panels, as a member of the Vancouver City Planning Commission, and on numerous art and design juries.
Sara-Jane Gruetnzer, AALA, FCSLA
Ms. Sara-Jane Gruetzner graduated from the University of Guelph with a BLA in 1976. She was accepted as a member of the AALA and CSLA in 1994 and became AALA President for 1997/98. Sara represented AALA on the CSLA Board of Govenors from 1999/01, where she also chaired the CSLA Governance Committee. She served as CSLA President from 2006-2007, when CSLA went to Cuba!
Sara has been active in numerous volunteer positions, including the Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations, Calgary Winterfest, Air Canada’s Dreams Take Flight and the Old Forts Trail Association. In 1995 she became the recipient of the Calgary YWCA Women of Distinction Award.
Sara’s career began in 1976 with Parks Canada, Atlantic Region, in Halifax, where she worked on a variety of national historic park projects. After transferring to Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland, she worked as a member of the Gros Morne National Park planning team. This experience defined the rest of her career and taught her the importance of planning with people, local knowledge, local resource management and the power of landscape and place.
Sara’s Alberta experience includes the planning and implementation of urban river valley park projects in 7 Alberta cities, as well as project managing the CSLA award winning Calgary Urban Park Master Plan. Following a 3 year term in Calgary’s Executive Office, Sara became the CEO of Fort Calgary in 2000. This position combines her passion for and experience with the celebration of Canada’s cultural landscapes. Sara retired from Fort Calgary in 2016.
David Powell, SALA, OALA, FCSLA
David began his career in 1975 with Ontario Provincial Parks as a Regional Landscape Architect and Park Planner, in Toronto at the Site Planning Unit, and then near Ottawa. He worked on a variety of park developments from campgrounds to day-use areas, amphitheatres to visitor centres as well as park management plans in the Algonquin and Eastern Regions. A move to Regina in 1984 began eight years in a similar role with Saskatchewan Provincial Parks, supervising a small team of landscape architects while completing system and management planning efforts.
David operated a private consulting practice from 1992 until joining Scatliff+Miller+Murray’s Regina office in 2017. During much of this time he was retained as an Environmental Assessment Officer, bringing a landscape-based sensibility to project reviews for Saskatchewan Environment. He has been privileged to experience remarkable natural settings across many parts of either province while carrying out recreational design or planning duties.
Completed project highlights include a series of recreational pathways in Regina affording cycling and walking linkages across the city, several provincial park campgrounds, Regina’s first green roof, working closely with park staff on site to develop Murphy’s Point Park in Ontario, designing numerous urban parks in Regina, and background documents leading to the establishment of Great Blue Heron Provincial Park and other parks in Saskatchewan, as both a consultant and a civil servant.
During his professional career, David has volunteered with SALA for many years. He has served as President as well as Treasurer, has spearheaded efforts toward legislated status for the association over the last decade, and acted on membership, academic award and conference planning committees. He sat on the CSLA Board of Directors and the awards of excellence jury. Now retired, David continues to volunteer with various local music and trail groups in Regina.
Daniel K. Glenn, APALA, FCSLA
Like so many Atlantic Canadian families, the Glenn’s moved to Central Canada in search of greater opportunities. It was there that Dan obtained his BLA from the University of Guelph, but he couldn’t get the sea out of his soul. So he headed back to a simpler life in Fredericton, New Brunswick. After a short stint in the public sector he opened a private practice in 1983. With a focus on Tourism and Park Planning the firm has undertaken some of the most iconic projects in the region. As each project built toward the next the assignments gradually increased in scale. The CSLA has recognized two in particular, Harbour Passage Waterfront, Saint John, NB and Canadensis – Business Plan for a National Botanic Garden in Ottawa, Ontario.
Notable projects include: Kingsbrae Botanic Garden, St. Andrews, NB; Fredericton Botanic Garden; Campus Plans for St. Thomas University and UPEI; Rothesay Common (People Choice Award for favorite Public Space in Canada); Ritchie Wharf Waterfront in Miramichi; and The Rocks at Hopewell Cape - New Brunswick’s signature Bay of Fundy attraction – where you can “walk on the ocean floor”.
He has held two terms as President of APALA and the Board of the CSLA in addition to several other board and round table positions where he advocates for the roles of landscape architects.
Dan is particularly drawn to sites and communities informed by the dynamics of coastal shorelines, riparian environments and lakefronts where the delicate balance of preserving the natural resources for user needs and enjoyment is a compelling challenge. This is what keeps him in Atlantic Canada, where you are never far from the water.
Serge Poitras, AAPQ, OALA, APALA, FCSLA
Serge Poitras is currently Director of Design+Planning+Economics at AECOM. He is Fellow of the CSLA. Graduated from the University of Montreal and UC Berkeley, he has worked as a Landscape Architect and Urban Planner for 34 years in both public and private sectors in the fields of urban and regional planning, environmental planning, landscape architecture, recreation and tourism. He has served as president of AAPQ and was Co-Chair and Chair of CSLA’s conferences in La Havana and Mexico. He is a leading project manager whose work has focused on sustainable design and planning. Throughout his professional experience, he has led multidisciplinary teams on many complex planning and landscape design projects in Quebec, Canada and Latin America. Specifically, Mr. Poitras has successfully undertaken numerous master plans, parks and public spaces planning and design for numerous cities and various provincial and federal institutions. Referring to approaches developed by Smart City, Complete Streets, Sustainable Sites Initiatives (SITESTM) and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®), Mr. Poitras seeks that all studies and design projects reaches high standards of quality and performs socially, economically and environmentally.
Brent Raymond, OALA, FCSLA
Brent Raymond is a landscape architect and planner whose primary interests are related to city building. He has worked throughout North America with experience in urban design, waterfronts, campuses, parks, and streets. He attended the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design for a Bachelor of Design in Environmental Planning (1996), followed by a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Guelph (2000).
Brent began his professional career with Wallace Roberts and Todd (WRT) in San Francisco, joined DTAH as a senior landscape architect in 2006, and became a partner in 2012. He is a committed civic minded professional who is a frequent presenter, lecturer and guest critic at conferences, symposiums and universities in Canada and the United States. He also currently serves on the City of Brampton’s Urban Design Review Panel.
Brent has a diverse range of interests in several areas of landscape architectural practice, incorporating the perspectives of numerous disciplines and working across scales. Through his work, he is determined to improve the quality and character of the space between buildings for people, the fundamental and distilled objective of urban design. To achieve this, Brent has developed a particular expertise in built form and streets which brings together his passion for creating safe, equitable, and beautiful places.
Brent appreciates his good fortune, the support of his family, and the opportunity to learn from and collaborate with exceptional teachers and mentors, allied professionals, inspiring clients, and thoughtful communities. Some of his personal highlights include large scale park planning in California and Toronto, the revitalization of Toronto’s waterfront since 2006, the first public realm plans for Ryerson University and University of Toronto Scarborough Campus, Complete Street guides for several municipalities, and continuing his firm’s long-standing relationship in Saskatchewan with the University of Regina and the 2300- acre Wascana Centre.