Innate Terrain was a national symposium and exhibition on the exemplary work and ideas of established and emerging Canadian landscape architects. Speakers were invited to present their Canadian projects from the years 2000 to 2010, and to discuss a Canadian specific trajectory. The symposium and exhibition aimed to locate Canadian landscape architects in North American and international contexts, thereby relaying a distinct approach practiced by Canadian landscape architects.

The Innate Terrain Symposium is now available on DVD through the University of Toronto Bookstore for $20.

Speakers include:

Welcome
Dean Richard Sommer University of Toronto

Opening Remarks
Alissa North University of Toronto

Keynote
Charles Waldheim Harvard GSD

Canada Panel
Chris Grosset Aarluk Consulting Iqaluit NU
James Thomas HTFC Winnipeg MB
Bruce Hemstock PWL Partnership Vancouver BC
Doug Carlyle Carlyle + Associates Edmonton AB
Douglas Olson O2 Planning + Design Calgary AB

Ontario Panel
Janet Rosenberg JRA Toronto ON
George Dark Urban Strategies Toronto ON
Donna Hinde The Planning Partnership Toronto ON
John Hillier DTAH Toronto ON

Emerging Canadian Practitioners Panel
Marc Hallé Claude Cormier Montréal QC
Fung Lee PMA Landscape Architects Toronto ON
Angela Morin SageHouse Halifax NS
Pete North North Design Office Toronto ON
Tina Beers BDA Landscape Architects Moncton NB
Josée Labelle/Mélanie Mignault NIP Paysage

Summary Remarks
Jane Wolff University of Toronto

Innate Terrain was generously sponsored by:
Landscape Architecture Canada Foundation (LACF)
Ontario Association of Landscape Architects (OALA)
North Design Office
John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design

Image of Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park
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