BEDP - formerly ILPT at Fanshawe College

Sadly the BEDP degree is no more. There will be no intake if students this fall and the program has been suspended by the college. We will guide our last class through the program in three years.

Congratulations to this years winners in the OSSGA Student Design contest. Despite facing some adversity, the teams of Eric Kennes and Ryan Koraen and Aliyah Richards and Connor McLeod both received honourable mentions and a $600 cash award for their work.

I few more shots from our two weeks of study in Italy this fall.

BEDP studying urban design in Florence, Italy. See the city, sketch the city, learn the city.

Design ideation is a pen and paper process.

This may interest some of you. Looks great!

We have an amazing opportunity with our Biodiversity Boss program! This program is an environmental skills training program. Participants learn about conservation and restoration in the context of Canada's Carolinian Zone, including hands on activities in restoration, invasive species management, and Ecological Land Classification. AND IT'S FREE!!! Spots are limited. To learn more and sign up, click on the link below.
https://www.thamestalbotlandtrust.ca/biodiversityboss

3rd year students conducting their Inventory and Analysis of their subject site (CBM Ayr Pit) and context study of the town of Ayr with Professor Eli Paddle and Professor William Pol. Thank you to Steve May the Lands Manager for CBM Western Ontario.

Fun day of field study out in the Clear Creek Forest studying the relationship between landform and plant communities by doing a ground truthing exercise of the 17 ecosites in this park.

Award winners from the student design contest 2017, 2018 and 2019

I came across these images today as I prep my slides to get my new group of design students ready to compete in the Ontario Stone Sand and Gravel Association Student Design contest once again this fall. The images are from the OSSGA magazine announcing the winners...BEDP will be looking for the "3peat" this year after having won in 2018 and 2017. The competition is stiff with entries from the University of Guelph's BLA program and MLA entries from the University of Toronto but we relish the role of underdog.

Final day of Capstone presentations for our first graduating class in BEDP. Outstanding work by all. What a great class.