Program

TOUR: Cogswell & Halifax Waterfront Walking Tour

TOUR: Spring Garden District Walking Tour

The Path Indigenous Training (Room: Halifax B)

Indigenous Cultural Awareness Kitchen Table Discussion

As part of The Path: Your Journey Through Indigenous Canada learning series, gather with NVision's Jennifer David to reflect on what Indigenous Cultural Awareness means in a Landscape Architecture context, seek clarification, and be in a safe space to ask questions and augment your learning about Canada's colonial history and Indigenous realities. As a special offer for this congress only, all participants who attend this session will be eligible to receive a voucher to take  "The Path: Your Journey Through Indigenous Canada" online training course (a $195 value). 

CSLA-APALA Student & Fellow Mixer (Brackish Studios, Unit PB401, 1869 Upper Water Street, Halifax (next door to the reception location))

Are you a student, intern, associate or a Fellow attending the Congress?

If so, you are invited to attend the CSLA-APALA Student & Fellow Mixer to network, learn about the CSLA's informal mentorship program called 'KEEP', and discuss making the leap into practice.

Education Sessions

Relational Urbanism: A Framework for Sustainable Urban Habitat, Sonja Vangjeli, LACF's Allsopp Fellow. This research was funded by LACF. (Room: Halifax A)

Showdown at the Gunpowder Magazine: Landscape architects clash over heritage, ecology, and aesthetics in Montreal’s oldest park, Mathieu Casavant (Room: Halifax B)

plazaPOPS: Research-Driven Design at the Threshold of Practice and Advocacy, Brendan Stewart (Room: Halifax C)

Education Sessions

The North, The Land, The Snow Goose: An Interpretive Framework for Goose Creek & Wapusk National Park, Emma Dicks (Room: Halifax A)

Understanding Stanley Park: A Comprehensive Framework for Change, Emily Dunlop and Cha'an Dtut (Rena Soutar) (Room: Halifax B)

landADAPT Workshop (Room: Halifax C)

This session will provide an opportunity to assess landADAPT's overall impact on strengthening professional capacity to address climate adaptation. Participants will be invited to reflect on what worked well, where challenges emerged, and how the program has influenced practice, partnerships, and advocacy.
 

Education Sessions

Panel: From Claude Cormier + Associés to CCxA: a Story about the Generational Transition of a Legacy Practice, Sophie Beaudoin, Marc Hallé, Yannick Roberge, Guillaume Paradis (Room: Nova Scotia CD)

More-than: Reciprocity, Tiffany Adair, Ashley Elias, Cindy Go (Room: Halifax A)

Repositioning Parks to Increase Diversity: Nature, People, and Place, Scott Jordan (Room: Halifax B)

TOUR: Halifax Harbour Boat Tour

TOUR: Point Pleasant Park Bike Tour

TOUR: Africville Park & Museum Walking Tour

Education Sessions

Rethinking Resilience at Grand Bay West, Rachael Fitkowski (Room: Halifax A)

Dynamic Shorelines - Designing Resilience and Planning Change at Biidaasige and Toronto Island Parks, David O'Hara, Lori Ellis, Netami Stuart (Room: Halifax B)

Planting Over Transit and Infrastructure: What We Learned, Patricia Lussier (Room: Halifax C)

Education Sessions

Panel: Restoring Relations: Bridging Practice, Academia, and Indigenous Stewardship in the Lower Fraser River Delta, Joseph Fry, Kees Lokman (Room: Nova Scotia CD)

Transdisciplinary and Nature-based Approaches to Urban Coastal Adaptation: Imagine West End Waterfront Vision Plan, Nastaran Moradinejad. This session is supported by landADAPT (Room: Halifax A)

Out of Bounds, Michelle Jeffrey Delk (Room: Halifax B)

Living Legacies, Terence Radford (Room: Halifax C)

Education Sessions

Designing for Change: Landscape Architecture’s Role in Community-Led Relocation in Tuktoyaktuk, Kearney Coupland. This session is supported by landADAPT (Room: Halifax A)

Making the Case: Landscape Architects as Infrastructure Leaders in Canada, Emily Bowerman, Mélanie Glorieux, Sonja Vangjeli, and Amy René (Room: Halifax B)

Redefining the Blurred Olmsted Legacy in Canada, Nancy Pollock-Ellwand (Room: Halifax C)

TOUR: Fort Needham Park Walking Tour

TOUR: Cogswell & Halifax Waterfront Walking Tour

TOUR: Halifax Common Walking Tour

TOUR: Downtown Complete Streets (Argyle, Brunswick) Walking Tour