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he 2026 CSLA-APALA Congress will be hosted in partnership with the Atlantic Provinces Association of Landscape Architects, and will be taking place at the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront from June 4-6, 2026
Call for Abstracts
CSLA and APALA are calling for presentation abstracts for the Congress. The deadline to submit is December 10, 2025.
Theme – Blurred Edges: Celebrating Thresholds of Change
Shifting shorelines, expanding cities, landscapes on fire, and an evolving profession place landscape architects at thresholds of visible and urgent change. Coastlines transform, migration reshapes communities, and technology redefines our roles as professionals. We must respond with creativity, courage, and collaboration - expanding boundaries where inclusivity is needed, reinforcing resilience through flexible and layered systems, and cultivating edges as places of exchange, adaptation, and innovation.
Edges are spaces where diversity and intersection can thrive. Where resilience can grow not through resistance, but through adaptability. Justice and creativity emerge at these crossings, reminding us that inclusion is not about softening conflict but about designing for mutual success.
The 2026 CSLA-APALA Congress will explore boundaries as catalysts for new relationships. This theme brings us into the spaces between land and water, culture and nature, public and private, tradition and innovation and challenges us to embrace change as an opportunity.
Planning Committee:
Hayden Poehl / Sue Sirrs / Chelsea Dawn Robins / Ed Versteeg / Hans Pfeil / Benjamin Motte
Co-Chairs: Thalia Smith and Melissa Barker
Program Committee: Karly Do / Emily Sinclair / Matthew Brown / Thalia Smith
Tours Committee: Ming Lin / Andrea Montgomery / Sandra Cooke / Christine Keller / Mehrnoosh Mohammadi
Trade Show and Sponsorship Committee: Christine Keller / Melissa Barker / Andrea Montgomery / Ming Lin / Mehrnoosh Mohammadi
Ex officio: Michelle Legault, Katherine Velluso, Andrea Montgomery