CSLA President

A truly unique experience was had by the 126 delegates that travelled to Iqaluit from July 13 to 17 for the CSLA Congress. Elder Martha Michael and Auyu Peter opened the Congress with the traditional lighting of the Qudliq lamp, introducing us to the Inuit culture and welcoming us to share in the beauty around us. The congress events reinforced their message, bringing the delegates and community together on many occasions, and allowing us to taste and see the best of the culture. The many memories from Congress 2011 will be with us for many years.

On the first evening of the Congress a local performance troupe told us a the legend of the Snowy Owl and Raven, performing in the open air on a rock outcropping in Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park. Through throat singing, drum dancing and song, the story of adaptation reminded us to be aware of the fragility of the landscape, and how our resilience is demonstrated through our interaction with the land and all of its creatures. This moment, like many others, was informative but also very fun. Throughout the congress the delegates had smiling faces.

The CSLA and our congress hosts, the Nunavut Association of Landscape Architects, are working together to create a digital archive of the events and presentations from the congress. We look forward to sharing more information on this initiative with you in the future.

Click here to see a preliminary program and for registration details. Register by April 29, 2011 to take advantage of reduced rates. Please call the BCSLA offices at 604.682.5610 with any questions.

The linked “Architects Newspaper” article Contested Ground reinforces landscape architecture as the profession of the now in my opinion and, perhaps, the future. Click here. Comments invited.

2011 BCSLA Annual Conference.

On Saturday, May 14, Keynote Speaker Charles A. Birnbaum from The Cultural Landscape Foundation from Washington D.C. Charles will host the very first screening and world premiere of the Cornelia Hahn Oberlander Oral History Project, featuring Cornelia and a special gathering of colleagues and friends. The 2011 BCSLA Annual Conference, Showcase of Products & Services and Annual General Meeting will be held May 13-14, 2011 at the Pinnacle Hotel at the Pier, North Vancouver, BC. Click here to get information from the BCSLA.

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Landscape architecture continues to experience a professional flowering based on the growing significance of sustainability and ecological issues as they relate to planning the broader built environment. But awareness is also growing among architects that they are no longer kings of the mountain. Gwen Webber scouts the perimeter of a possible turf war in the making. To read the full article, click here.

The CSLA Board met in Vancouver last year, and created a video where each Director talked about why they became a landscape architect. Click here to view

The Landscape Institute has posted a new video on You Tube entitled “I want to be a landscape architect”. Click to view.

If you type landscape architect in the You Tube search engine, you will find many more videos on the subject. Or contact the CSLA via paulette@csla.ca.

Accomplished Landscape Architect Donna Hinde BES, MLA, FCSLA wrote the following about the current issue of CSLA’s Landscape Paysages magazine focused on Young Professionals:
I just received the Winter 2011 magazine. I glanced through it, then stopped what I was doing at the office and read it cover to cover. Outstanding issue! Our profession is in excellent hands with the “under 40s”.

To read the issue online, visit csla.ca; you can scan its code with your smart phone or download it.