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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 荔枝视频鈥檚 School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape (SAPL): the Canadian Landscape Charter I 荔枝视频 I LACF Scholarship. This scholarship of $3,000 annually will recognize a landscape architecture student at the 荔枝视频 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鈥� (CSLA) Canadian Landscape Charter as part of a cross-Canada tour to raise awareness for the Charter. The Charter is the profession鈥檚 declaration to recognize, manage, protect and celebrate Canada鈥檚 landscapes.

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

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 | 荔枝视频 | LACF Scholarship endowment fund over the next five years. Cathy Sears, LACF board member and scholarship champion for 荔枝视频, indicated that future fundraising efforts will aim to fully endow the fund to be self-sustaining. The scholarship will be awarded in 2020.