Meet the 2025 Scholars and Join Us for a Roundtable Discussion on the Future of the Profession
LACF is proud to announce this year's scholarship recipients, including:
- Lea Papillon, recipient of the Frederick Gage Todd National Scholarship
- Sari Halldorson Haines, recipient of the Walter H. Kehm National Scholarship
- Charlie-Kaida King, recipient of the Peter Jacobs Indigenous Scholarship and the BC2 Indigenous Scholarship
- Regional Scholars, Maglin, and Lemay scholars.
Join us on February 25, 2026 at 1pm ET via Zoom to meet LACF's 2025 scholars.
This year, the Scholar Recognition Event will follow a new format that will allow you to get to know the scholars even better through a roundtable discussion on the future of the profession and breakout rooms.
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2026 Research Grants Awarded
LACF is pleased to announce the recipients of funding in the 2026 Research Grants Program in support of research, communication and scholarship.
This year, nine professional awards were approved by the jury.
Special Research Grant to Heather Braiden and Vincent LaRivière for their project that studies the impact of LACF-funded research on the profession
Heather Braiden, assistant professor of landscape architecture and Vincent LaRivière, full professor in information sciences, have been awarded the Special Grants prize from the LACF for their project, "Tracking the impact of research: Quantifying the results of the LACF-funded research in landscape architecture in Canada." The pair offers combined data mining and landscape architecture expertise to extract trends and quantify the range of knowledge produced through the grants to better understand the impact of LACF-funded projects and inform design practice. This project benefited from a $20,000 LACF Special Grant.
Apply for the Robert N. Allsopp Urban Design Fellowship
Deadline: June 11, 2026 at 4pm ET
The Robert N. Allsopp Urban Design Fellowship is intended to provide a practicing landscape architect, whose work and exploratory interests are in urban design, with funds for research leave, for example, for pursuing a specific area of inquiry over a five-to-six-month ‘sabbatical’ or with funds to direct a research project. The Fellowship will provide support for urban design research and related expenses which elevates the art, science, and practice of landscape architecture, contributes to the knowledge base of the profession and is beyond the scope of the projects in their office or practice.
New Research Report
Tyler Bradt submitted a final report for the project Soil Tests in Urban Parks: Assessing the Impacts of Dog Use.
"As cities become denser, park usage naturally increases, and it becomes more important for landscapearchitects to understand the carrying capacity of urban soils to support trees in parks and streetscapes. This project develops a standard test to quantify dogs’ impact on these elements through a combination of lab-based soil testing and field observations."
Image: Fieldwork Design Office