Funded Research

Use this funded projects archive to explore LACF's investments in research since 2012.

# Year Recipient Project $
205 Jenny Hill Detection of Vegetative Stress Using Remote Sensing Technology in Landscape Restoration and Low-Impact Development Sites $10,000
204 Simranpreet Kaur Reimagining Punjab’s Agricultural Landscape $2,500
203 Kanika Mehta Green Equity: Designing Equitable Heat-Resilient Public Spaces for Delhi $2,500
202 Jennifer McWhirter Evidence-based shade design toolkit and interdisciplinary collaboration for climate adaptation, resilience, and health $10,000
201 Han Liu Landscape of Ideology: How Lawns Shaped and Transformed Suburban Built Environment in the Greater Toronto Area $2,000
200 Corey Dawson Automating green space design concepts and habitat quality indexing with an AI generative model $10,000
199 Tyler Bradt Soil Tests in Urban Parks: Assessing the Impacts of Dog Use $10,000
198 Brendan teBrinke Decarbonizing Concrete $5,000
197 Adele Pierre Pockets of Resilience: Small-Scale, Citizen Driven LID Performance in the Urban Landscape $3,000
196 Heather Braiden and Vincent LaRivière Special Grant: Tracking the impact of research: Quantifying the results of LACF-funded research project in landscape architecture in Canada $20,000
195 Tasnim Ferdous Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilient Shorelines $2,500
194 Corey Dawson Using River Builder as a tool for riverscape design and flood risk management: A case study for Sackville River in Bedford, Nova Scotia $10,000
193 Sonja Vangjeli Ravine Reconnect: Restoring Landscape Connectivity in a Growing Metropolis $6,500
192 Liam Doyle Clarifying the Relationship Between Plant Provenance and Native Insect Pollinator Communities $2,500
191 Van Thi Diep Reclaiming the Passive Voice: Stories of Women Who Leave Landscape Architecture $10,000
190 Qiwei Song & Meikang Li Utilizing big data to uncover the impacts of temporary outdoor dining design on encouraging active travel behaviours –multiyear evidence using Toronto CaféTO as an example $6,300
189 Stephen Hews Towards a Wild Anthropocene: Fostering Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Habitat Restoration $10,000
188 Heather Schibli Unveiling hidden relationships: Exploration of tree ecology and multispecies interconnectedness $6,150
187 Timothy Bailey Edwards Broken Landscape/New Landscape $2,500
186 Kristina Zalite, Prospect & Refuge Landscape Architects A Decolonizing Design Case Study - Riverside Road $10,000
185 Karen May / Plant Architect Inc. Native Plant Procurement in the Landscape Industry: Understanding Barriers, Challenges, and Issues with Initial Recommendations for New Best Practices $6,000
184 Florian Satger Osisko Lake: re-enchanting this common good $2,500
183 Matt Canaran, Friends of Allan Gardens DECOLONIZING THE ARBORETUM: Indigenous Tree Interpretation and Language Keeping in Allan Gardens $10,000
182 Elspeth Holland So I Decided $6,500
181 Rosetta S. Elkin, Practice Landscape Landscape Strategy Handbook: An installation guide and management plan for Jardin de bord de mer $10,000
177 Aliza Sovani EarthTones $4,750
176 Darcy Granove landED Green Guide: The How-to Manual for Schoolyard Sustainability $7,000
175 Caroline Lavoie Crossing Borders: The Landscapes and Communities of Highway 89 $4,000
174 Black + Indigenous Design Collective (BIDC) Black + Indigenous Design Cypher $10,000
173 Sonja Vangjeli A Story Map for Toronto’s Potential Landscape System (Publication) $2,600
172 Kaari Kitawi Outreach to Students Using Videos of Black Professionals $8,650
171 Alissa North Innate Terrain: Canadian Landscape Architecture (Publication) $10,000
169 Aaron Hernandez Policy by Design $8,250
167 Can Plant with Dougan & Associates, Ecological Consulting & Design GROWING FORESTS FAST: Developing Miyawaki Forest planting, palettes and partnerships for Canada’s urban spaces $8,000
166 Vlan, Atelier insitu et Uniform (Principal) in collaboration with Jardins de Métis Reford Gardens Case Study  / Jardins de Métis $6,750
165 Little Bluestem Landscape Architecture  landED, an environmental education program  $3,675
164 Common Space Coalition Common Space Coalition Directory  $6,000
163 Douglas Robb, Vanier Doctoral Scholar Debating Canadian Energy Futures $7,825
161 Jane Wolff and Jennifer Wemigwans Mapping Toronto: Engaging Indigenous Knowledge $9,000
160 Jean Landry THE ESSENCE OF TIME - A Speculative Reflection on Landscape Architecture $5,000
159 Van Thi Diep NATURE, self, and being in the world: $7,000 / DGB
158 Jeremy Lundholm Native Plant Mixtures for Atlantic Canada Green Roofs $6,500
157 Park People Enhancing biodiversity, growing stewardship 6,500
156 Quinn Howard Navigating Loss and Damage $2,000
155 Avery Clarke S2 Chignecto Isthmus:  High Tide, Low Land and Future Prospects $2,500
153 Dr. Alan Tate Landmarks in Landscape Architecture_ Special project Grant $10,000
150 Emilia Hurd and Julia Smachylo Undone - The Return to Earth $6,500
149 Tiffany Kaewen Dang, PhD Candidate, UK Dispossession by Design: Recovering the Role of Landscape Architects... $6,000 / GSB
148 Desiree Valadares, PhD Candidate, UC Berkeley The Reparative Logics of World War II Confinement Camp Preservation $5,000
147 Emily Thorpe (student intern) with Virginia Burt Literature Review on Therapeutic Gardens and Designing for Autism Spectrum Disorder $2,000
146 Thevishka Kanishkan, MLA Candiddate, U of Toronto Developing a Framework for Iterative Place-Making in Canada's North_ Recipient of the Northern Research Bursary $2,000 / NRB
145 Aiden Fudge, MLA Candidate, U of Guelph Memory, Place and Change on the Tantramar Marshes $1,500
144 Kira Burger, MLA CANDIDATE, U of Guelph Urban Abundance: Alternative Future Landscape Scenarios $2,000
142 University of Guelph Archives Frances McLeod Blue Collection / Fund $2,500
141 Jessica MacDaniel, UBC Visualizing Climate Implications on Food Sources in the Canadian Arctic $2,000 / NRB
140 Sarah Luce-Andreyko, University of Guelph BURNING MAN: A Guiding Light for Participatory Community Design $1500
139 Heather Braiden, Marcella Eaton, Susan Herrington, Karen Landman, Alissa North, Beverly Sandalack, Nicole Valois Thinking Critically about Canadian Landscapes $5500
138 Sean R. Haughian, Jeremy L. Lundholm A MOSS MACHINE $3 000
137 Sheila Boudreau, Fred Martin, Liat Margolis INCLUDING THE VOICE OF INDIGENOUS YOUTH IN GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE $7 000
136 Ben O’Brien, Wild by Design GROWING GRIT $3,000
134 Jean Landry, FCSLA Canadian Landscape Portfolio Initiative, third edition $3,000
133 Rick Moore, FCSLA Kateri Healing Gardens, Kahnawake, Qc $5,000
132 Peggy Chi, OALA, AAPC Examining The Influence of Landscape On The Health And Well-Being of Residents And Staff in Long-Term Care Homes $5,000
131 Adele Pierre Using the Geodesign Process to Communicate the Benefits of Bioswales in Urban Stormwater $1,500
130 Erika Bullock Winter Bikeability $1,500
128 Pierre Belanger and team Extraction Project, Venice Architectural Bienale, 2016 / Special Project Funding $10,000
103 Clive L. Justice The English Garden & Landscape Heritage on the Canadian Prairies & Coastal BC 1889-1999 $5,000
88 Nicole Valois RECENT CANADIAN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE HERITAGE - EXPO 67 $1,000 / GSB