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In this newsletter you will find information about the following virtual events, resources, and professional development opportunities for you and your students:
- Landscape Ontario Plant Symposium
- Green Jobs Workshop Series and Career Connection Fair
- Ontario Agriculture College Virtual Horticulture Focused Events
- The Royal Agricultural Virtual Experience
- Skills Ontario Landscape Design Competition
- ICPI Concrete Paver Installer Course
- STIHL iCADEMY
- Landscape Ontario Virtual Professional Development Courses
- HEA Shared Google Drive
- Come Alive Outside Design Challenge Winner
View the Green Careers Canada Calendar to stay up to date and learn about additional upcoming events!
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Virtual Opportunities For You and Your Students
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LANDSCAPE ONTARIO PLANT SYMPOSIUM
Virtual Event | Feb. 25th 8:45-3:30pm | Free for students
Recommended for: Educators & Students
Learn from industry professionals as they speak about garden design, edible plants, landscape lighting, flowers, container gardens and more! Click Here to Learn More
Email keri@landscapeontario.com for free student registration
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WORKSHOP SERIES AND CAREER CONNECTION FAIR
Virtual Events | March 2nd-16th | Free
Recommended for: Students
Professional development and training to learn about green careers, transferrable skills, and how to market yourself to employers. Followed by a virtual Green Jobs Career Fair!
Click Here to Learn More and Register
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OAC HORTICULTURE FOCUS EVENTS
Virtual Events | Various Dates Feb-May | Free
Recommended for: Educators & Students
Learn about topics such as soil health, Ontario beef, dairy, and honey bee research and tour the Guelph Arboretum virtually!
Visit: https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/events/506
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THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE
Virtual Event | March 23-25th | Free
Recommended for: Educators & Students
Learn about the future of agriculture and food, grow your skills, and explore exciting careers!
Visit: https://www.royalfair.org/
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SKILLS ONTARIO LANDSCAPE DESIGN COMPETITION
Virtual Competition | May 5th | Register by April 1st
Recommended for: Secondary & Post-secondary Students
If you have students passionate about landscape design consider the Skills Ontario Landscape Design Competition. Students can showcase their skills and have the opportunity to be recognized for their skills!
Click to Learn more and Register
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CONCRETE PAVER INSTALLER COURSE
Online Certification | At Your Own Pace | Free for Educators
Recommended for: Educators to become certified
Enroll in this course to strengthen your professional knowledge of concrete pavers and gain resources and certification to teach concrete paver installation in your class. Learn More & Register
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STHIL iCADEMY
Online Information Modules | At Your Own Pace | Free
Recommended for: Educators to register their class
This valuable e-learning resource to introduces students to equipment use and safety! Videos, reading modules and quizzes cover a diverse landscape horticulture equipment!
Click to Create an Account for your classt
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Landscape Ontario Congress Connect
Tradeshow & Conference | 1-year access | Free and paid options
Recommended for: Educators & Students
You can still access Landscape Ontario Congress Connect virtual platform that provides you and your class with access to on-demand speaker sessions, new product showcase information and more!
Learn More & Register
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LO VIRTUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES
Virtual Courses | Various Dates | $25 base cost
Recommended for: Educators
Landscape Ontario offers a series of professional development courses each year including business horticulture design and construction topics. This year courses are being offered online!
Click to Learn more and Register |
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Horticulture Educators Association Shared Google Drive
Shared Resources | Free
Recommended for: Educators
The Horticulture Educators Association has created a Google drive for members to share teaching resources. New to teaching Green Industries, want to introduce students to the profession, looking for new ideas? Request access, collaborate and share ideas!
Request Access
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Come Alive Outside Design Challenge Winner
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CONGRATULATIONS to the Guelph University Design Challenge Team
for winning the 2020 Come Alive Outside Design Challenge!
Teams from Guelph University, Niagara College and Seneca College worked with elementary and high school students at Nicholson Catholic College and St. Michael Catholic School to design a natural schoolyard and play space for their school. Teams were supported by landscape horticulture professionals including Wentworth Landscapes, Unilock and Brydges Landscape Architecture who will help build the winning project in the spring. All teams submitted outstanding design proposals that demonstrated creativity, integrated student input, created habitat for wildlife, utilized rainwater, and designed outdoor spaces that met the needs of the students and staff at Nicholson Catholic College and St. Michael Catholic School!
A bit CONGRATULATIONS to all the students!
To view all submissions and learn more about Come Alive Outside Challenges and Activities
Visit: ComeAliveOutside.com/Design-2020/
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If you have any questions or comments about content in this newsletter please email: heainfo@landscapeontario.com.
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