Harry J Webb and Cornelia Hahn Oberlander Lecture by Ron Williams, WAA, and Landscape Architecture, Montreal.

A longtime professor at the School of Landscape Architecture at the University of Montreal, Ron Williams is a founding partner of Montreal landscape architecture and urban design firm Williams, Asselin, Ackaoui & Associates. He has participated in many award-winning projects including the Montreal Beach Park on Ile Notre-Dame, the Biodome, the Jardin de l’Espace Saint-Roch and the rehabilitation of Avenue Honoré Mercier in Quebec City. In 2007, Williams was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects. His new book,Landscape Architecture in Canada, comprehensively documents the role landscape architecture has played in shaping Canada’s landscape.

Lectures are free and open to the public. The SALA Lecture Series qualifies for British Columbia Society of Landscape Architects Continuing Education Credits. Members of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada may self-report this activity for Learning Unit consideration.