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On October 5th, the Landscape Architecture Canada Foundation (LACF) announced a new scholarship for masters students of landscape architecture at the ����ɫ��’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape (SAPL): the��Canadian Landscape Charter I ����ɫ�� I LACF Scholarship.��This scholarship of��$3,000 annually��will recognize a landscape architecture student at the ����ɫ�� whose work exemplifies the Charter principles and who will carry the spirit of the Charter forward into their future practice of landscape architecture.

The announcement followed a presentation about the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects’ (CSLA)��Canadian Landscape Charter��as part of a cross-Canada tour to raise awareness for the Charter. The Charter is the profession’s declaration to recognize, manage, protect and celebrate Canada’s landscapes.

Vincent Asselin, LACF President, says,��“This scholarship will ensure that the Canadian Landscape Charter continues to inspire excellence and leadership in the landscape architecture profession”.

The pledge��brings together the professional and academic landscape architecture communities. Honorary CSLA Member Dr. Mary-Ellen Tyler, Professor and Interim Associate Dean (Planning + Landscape Architecture) at SAPL, initiated the scholarship in collaboration with the LACF, and the CSLA. Dr. Tyler and����jointly pledged $25,000��to the��Canadian Landscape Charter | ����ɫ�� | LACF Scholarship��endowment fund over the next five years. Cathy Sears, LACF board member and scholarship champion for ����ɫ��, indicated that future fundraising efforts will aim to fully endow the fund to be self-sustaining. The scholarship will be awarded in 2020.��