trailblazers chefs de file - CSLA

COLLABORATORS | COLLABORATEURS
TRAILBLAZERS | CHEFS DE FILE
LIANE MCKENNA, [1] our CSLA President,
has recently retired from the Vancouver
Park Board where, as Director of Parks and
Recreation, she focused on environmental
issues on public lands, expansion of park
programming, and community and facility
development for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
She is a current member of the Accreditation
Council. Liane.mckenna@gmail.com
MALAKA ACKAOUI [2] is a principal partner
and founding member of WAA inc. She has
been practicing Landscape Architecture
since 1980. Malaka directed the Sun Island
rehabilitation project in 2004-2005 and
contributed to the creation of the 2006-2007
snow festival in Harbin, featuring Canada.
mackaoui@waa-ap.com
SUE SIRRS [3] is a principal with Outside!
Planning and Design Studio in Halifax, a
small firm dedicated to leading-edge work
in environmental planning and landscape
architecture. She has worked on several
projects at the NSCC Waterfront Campus
over the last six years.
sue@outsideplanning.com
JILL ROBERTSON, [4] OALA, is an arborist,
LEED green associate, and director of
planning at Ekistics Planning and Design in
Dartmouth, NS. Having just returned from
maternity leave, she enjoys an off -balance
existence combining work and family. She is
currently the secretary-treasurer for APALA.
jill@ekistics.net
PETER SOLAND [5] is an architect and
landscape architect. His urban design
and landscape architecture fi rm, URBAN
SOLAND, emphasizes the meaning of places
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and events, constructing public spaces in
sometimes unusual settings.
info@urban-soland.com
ANDREW BURTON ANDERSON [6] is
the first landscape architect to combine
an undergraduate degree in landscape
architecture with a UNESCO Master of
Science in World Heritage Management.
He is currently collaborating with a team to
develop the Oman Botanic Garden, the world’s
first large-scale botanic garden dedicated
exclusively to one region. Slowly but surely,
he is starting to develop a taste for fresh
camel milk. www.omanbotanicgarden.com
andrewburtonanderson@gmail.com.
DANIEL K. GLENN [7] is a New Brunswicker by
birth. As principal of Glenn Group Ltd., he has
prepared numerous tourism and recreationoriented
master plan developments, and
assembled and directed teams of consultants
in various supporting disciplines. He is past
president of APALA and has served on the
CSLA Board of Governors. dkg@glenngroup.ca
JU LIETTE PATTERSON [8] est architectepaysagiste
à Montréal. Sa pratique intervient
sur des commandes diversifi ées, allant du
toit planté à la gestion des zones humides en
ville. Lìntention commune est dìntégrer les
processus naturels de la nature dans la ville.
Ella a récemment participle à l’élaboration
d’un plan directeur d’un nouveau quartier
écologique pour la Ville de Montréal.
www.catalyseurbaine.com
j.patterson@catalyseurbaine.com
RYAN JAMES [9] says that, in his book at
least, productivity is an important measure for
the quality of any day. Some of his best days
involve getting outside to roll up his sleeves
with some sturdy tools.
snakebarkmaple@gmail.com
ryan@basterfield.ca
RON WILLIAMS, FCSLA, AAPQ, FRAIC,
[10] a longtime professor at the École
d’architecture de paysage of the Université
de Montréal, co-founded WAA (Williams,
Asselin, Ackaoui and associates). Ron
participated in many of the fi rm’s awardwinning
projects including the Montreal
Beach Park. In 2007, he was honoured with
the CSLA Lifetime Achievement Award.
ronald.franklin.williams@UMontreal.ca
SHIONA SOMMERVILLE, AICP, [11] holds
a Masters of Landscape Architecture from
Guelph University and Masters of Liberal Arts
in Environmental Management from Harvard
University. She lives and works in Cambridge,
MA. ssommerville@post.harvard.edu
ALAN TATE, MALA, CSLA, PPLI [12] and
Chair of the CSLA Awards of Excellence
Program, is a Professor at the University of
Manitoba. He is a former president of the
Landscape Institute, and recently completed
his PhD in Architecture, seeking to develop
a comprehensive typology of urban open
spaces. tate@cc.umanitoba.ca
RONALD MIDDLETON [13] worked for
over 30 years in the field of environmental
impact assessment and environmental
management with the Government of
Alberta, and also lectured for 10 years at the
University of Alberta. He now consults on
large scale projects, and reads way too many
books on Taoist and Buddhist philosophy.
RonaldMiddleton@shaw.ca