The jury evaluates submissions based on how projects fit within established LACF objectives. They need to be achievable, supported and led by qualified proponents. - LACF Research Grants Committee
Meet the Jury for the 2026 Research Grants Program
All research grant proposals are adjudicated and awarded by a national jury composed of six individuals from public, and private practice with academic credentials representing the Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, Prairie, British Columbia regions and Canada’s north.
Quebec
Nicole Valois is a landscape architect and professor at the École d'urbanisme et d'architecture de paysage at the University of Montreal. She teaches landscape heritage, project methodology and workshops on urban spaces. As an Associate Researcher and the Canada Research Chair in Built Heritage, she has collaborated in several studies on landscape heritage, including the campus of the Université de Montréal and Expo ’67. She has publications by l'Université de Montréal and the University Press of Perpignan. Here recent research is partially funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), and is focused on the values of Canadian public spaces of the modern period. Nicole has been a member of numerous juries and committees, including the Canada Council for the Arts Lettres du Québec. She was recently appointed a member of the Montréal Heritage Council. Nicole has been a past recipient of LACF grants (individually and as part of collaboratives).
Ontario
James Roche is an award-winning landscape architect with over 25 years of public realm experience, encompassing urban parks, plazas, waterfronts, campus master plans, revitalization developments, streetscapes and transportation-related urban design. James is currently leading the design of Ordnance and Wellington Parks, Green Line Parks, Redpath Parkette and Collingwood Terminal Public realm, and the Humber Bay Park Master Plan and Phase 1 on Toronto’s Waterfront at DTAH. Prior to joining the DTAH team, he was the Director of Park Design and Construction with Waterfront Toronto where he worked with firms on the design and construction for several award-winning projects in Toronto, including Sherbourne Common, Sugar Beach, Corktown Commons, Under Pass Park and Queen's Quay Revitalization. Prior to his time with Waterfront Toronto, James was involved in the design and delivery of several important public spaces such as Dundas Square, Welland Parklands, and HTO Park in Toronto. James lectures extensively on landscape architecture, has held a sessional teaching position at the University of Toronto, and is a frequent contributor to professional international journals.
Prairies
Mark Bauche is an Associate with HTFC Planning & Design in Winnipeg. An alumnus of the University of Manitoba’s Environmental Design program (2003) he has worked with HTFC for the majority of his professional career. As a landscape architect Mark has varied experience on large- and small-scale design projects in a variety of sectors across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Northwestern Ontario, including several award winners. In 2007/08 Mark spent time abroad and gained experience in a multi-disciplinary firm in the UK before returning to Winnipeg to pick up where he left off at HTFC. Outside of his work, Mark has also been involved in volunteer design projects and is a member of the Manitoba Master Gardeners Association, where he has spent many of his volunteer hours lecturing on landscape design. Mark joined the LACF jury in 2021.
British Columbia
Lin Lin is a Senior Associate and an accomplished landscape architect at PFS Studio, with over 20 years of experience leading and managing diverse, award-winning projects. Her expertise encompasses large-scale site planning, waterfront developments, urban plazas, high-profile mixed-use projects, community centers, and childcare facilities. Notable projects include the Plaza of Nations, Richmond Olympic Oval, River Green Village, River Green Waterfront Park, and West Vancouver Community Centre. Lin holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of British Columbia, and a Bachelor of Architecture. Her dual background in architecture and landscape architecture enhances her extensive professional experience, enriching her contributions to sustainable and community-focused design practices.
Northern Territories
Peter Briggs graduated from the University of Guelph in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Protection (minor in Ecology). He received a Master of Landscape Architecture degree in 1999 from the University of Guelph, receiving the Victor Chanasyk Medal for professionalism. He is a member of the Northwest Territories Association of Landscape Architects and the American Society of Landscape Architects. Peter founded his company Corvus Design in 2006 in Anchorage Alaska, and has grown it to be the largest landscape architecture firm based in the North. He appreciates that when you live in the North, a small company can be called “the largest”.
He served as the NWTALA representative to the CSLA board for six years prior to serving as president of the Society. One of the highpoints of his career has been serving as president, and being allowed to bring his excitement about the landscape architecture profession to the leadership of the CSLA and experience the amazing initiatives and projects our members are accomplishing. Having sat on a number of committees and CSLA efforts, his personal highlights include: over ten years on the LANDSCAPES | PAYSAGES editorial board (with great pride in what has been accomplished with our magazine by the volunteers that produce it), sitting on the World Landscape Architecture Month committee since its inception, and chairing the committee for the Society’s recent strategic plan update. He has also served as president for the Alaska Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects, and been involved at the local and national level in the US. He sees great things for landscape architecture and is proud of what the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects has accomplished, and will continue to accomplish.
LACF thanks the Jury members for their work and their commitment.