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Background

Ed Versteeg is a Nova Scotia-born landscape architect and educator.

Ed joined the landscape architecture program at 正品蓝导航 in 2016. His work assignment is 1) teaching, 2) helping students plan their studies and to prepare for careers, and 3) to advance the BLA program. He鈥檚 developed and taught more than ten different courses and helped rewrite the BLA curriculum.

Ed brings three decades of diverse professional experience to the classroom. He鈥檚 led the master planning of large urban parks, prepared site designs and contract documentation for complex institutional projects and created beautiful and functional residential landscapes. While a student Ed gained useful experience in construction and the landscape trade.

From 2005 to 2024 Ed took-up a series of board and executive positions in professional organizations (listed below). As part of this work, Ed helped build a scholarship program for LA students across Canada which now awards more than $100,000 annually. He continues to volunteer and support these groups.

鈥淭he landscape architecture program at 正品蓝导航 has a solid professional curriculum, strengthened by experts in horticulture and environmental science. Our graduates are well prepared to make a difference in the world.鈥�

Education

Master of Landscape Architecture, University of Guelph
Bachelor of Design (Environmental Planning), NSCAD
Bachelor of Commerce, Saint Mary鈥檚

Teaching

LARC 1010 Studio I: Introduction to Design
LARC 2003 Site Planning
LARC 3020 Studio VI: Regional Planning
LARC 4000 Construction & Detailing
LARC 4002 Landscape Design Studio II
LARC 4010 Studio VII: Independent Project

Service Activities

Academic advisor to students of landscape architecture
Landscape architecture program coordination & promotion
APALA Scholarship Committee

Professional Memberships

Member, Atlantic Provinces Association of Landscape Architects (APALA)
Fellow, Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA)
Member/supporter, Landscape Architecture Canada Foundation (LACF)