Doug Carlyle, Chair
Carlyle was educated at CEGEP Dawson College in Montréal and later attended the University of Manitoba, where he obtained a B.E.S. in 1974 and M. Land Arch. in 1979. He was accepted as a member of AALA and CSLA in 1985.
Doug has sat on juries, and spoken at conferences and universities across the country. Project work has been published and exhibited in a wide variety of venues.
For several years he chaired what was Edmonton’s Downtown Urban Design Panel. Since 1996 he has been an Adjunct Professor of Architecture at the University of Calgary. In 2005, Doug was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Doug’s contributions to the CSLA have included university accreditation review, jury member for the Awards programme, and member of the editorial board of Landscapes/Paysages.
As founder and principal of Carlyle + Associates, he has developed a practice based on a passion for design excellence especially in the urban setting. He is best known for his project work in Edmonton and Calgary. Award winning projects range from The Bridges inner city neighbourhood, the Water Centre office building and site and Seventh Avenue LRT Upgrades in Calgary. In Edmonton, projects include Louise McKinney Riverfront Park, Victoria Promenade, Churchill Square, MacEwan University, Corona LRT Station, and designs for the river valley communities, including most recently the West Rossdale Urban Design Plan and The North Bank (Edmonton Legacy).
Nastaran Moradinejad
Nastaran Moradinejad is a principal at PFS Studio where she is recognized for her communication and organizational skills. She is also a versatile designer who brings her past graduate experience in both architecture and landscape architecture to her PFS Studio projects. Since joining the firm in 2006, Nastaran has contributed her expertise to a variety of projects with a wide range of design requirements from conceptual site specific design and detailing to large-scale master planning.
Nastaran is a LEED Accredited Professional who holds a Certificate in Applied Project Management. She takes a keen interest in ecological systems and innovative ways to integrate them with site design. Her interests are in multi-disciplinary, technical projects and projects requiring custom solutions to project requirements. Nastaran has led PFS Studio teams to realize complex, challenging projects and is currently focused on managing some of the firm’s largest and most high-visibility projects in the public realm including the Concord Brentwood Master Plan, the mixed use Grosvenor Brentwood Master Plan, Edmonton ICE District, which is one of the largest sports and entertainment developments in North America, and True North Square in Winnipeg. She is currently working of the West End Waterfront Plan which is one of Vancouver Park Board and City of Vancouver's most significant planning projects.
Nastaran’s significant experience initiating, coordinating and managing complex multidisciplinary teams of professionals, colleagues and stakeholders and her confidence in working in dynamic environments involving many viewpoints and agendas are assets she brings to the assignments she undertakes.
As a testament to her commitment to her profession, Nastaran has held a number of significant volunteer posts throughout her career, most notably serving as President of the British Columbia Society of Landscape Architects in 2012 and as Canadian Society of Landscape Architects President in 2018.
Mathieu Casavant
Mathieu Casavant is principal and co-founder of NIPPAYSAGE, a Montreal-based landscape architecture studio. Mathieu is a member of AAPQ-OALA-APALA-CSLA with over 25 years’ experience (Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, Université de Montreal, 1998). In the early 2000’s, Mathieu established the award-winning studio with friends and colleagues, bringing an international breadth of experiences acquired at established design firms in Canada and the USA. Within NIPPAYSAGE, Mathieu acts as project manager and contributes both design and technical insights to most of the firm’s larger projects. He received a research grant from the LACF in 2003 focusing on informal playgrounds in South America.
Heidi Redman
Heidi Redman is a Principal at LEES+Associates, based in the firm’s northern office in Whitehorse, Yukon. As the head of LEES+Associates northern landscape practice, Heidi specializes in remote and northern landscape design, with experience working across Canada’s arctic and northern regions. Born and raised in Northern BC, Heidi studied at the University of British Columbia and the Université de Montréal before joining LEES+Associates in 2007. Within the firm, Heidi specializes in collaboration with inter-disciplinary teams and developing solutions responsive to client needs and community vision. Heidi is a registered landscape architect in Alberta, British Columbia and Nunavut. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Nunavut Association of Landscape Architects and sits on the editorial board of Landscapes | Paysages.
Heather Braiden
Heather Braiden is a landscape architect and assistant professor at the University of Montreal, located on unceded Kanien'kehá:ka territory. She is currently leading a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada grant, "Decolonizing Infrastructure: Decentering settler perspectives on Montreal's bridge infrastructure," which aims to produce inclusive landscape narratives of the construction stories ofdecolonize the story of the bridge and the landscape, including the voices of the workers and those who have lived with the impacts of the bridge for nearly 140 years.
Haig Seferian
Haig Seferian, BLA, University of Guelph, 1987 has been Principal Landscape Architect of Seferian Design Group since 1992. Haig has demonstrated strong industry leadership, participated in government affairs advocacy groups, and provided industry leadership through the mentoring of students. As a volunteer, he has designed and built millions of dollars’ worth of public space community projects and he continues to provide public and industry education in the field of landscape architecture throughout North America.
He understood early in his career the value of government relations. For the last 30 years he has been involved with municipal and provincial governments working to promote landscape architecture. Haig was past chair/co-chair of the Industry Advisory Committee (IAC). This was a position appointed directly by the Minister of Education for the Province of Ontario.
As a tireless volunteer and mentor to high school and college students, he is constantly promoting the profession at public events as well as teaching and guest speaking at Sheridan College, Humber College, Fanshawe College, University of Guelph, University of Toronto, and Landscape Ontario. Haig has always believed that you must capture a student’s interest early in their education. For this reason, he has participated in a program that sees professionals visiting high schools and sharing the incredible potential of landscape architecture with the student body. This show-and-tell approach has been so well received that the Board of Education embraced the idea with industry backing; high schools are now creating Horticulture programs, which include design and construction.
As the first television show to appear on HGTV Canada, Haig hosted “Garden Architecture” for 65 episodes followed by authoring a book, “Hardscaping: High Style, Low Maintenance Outdoor Spaces”. The show and the book have since been translated into numerous languages and presented internationally. These accomplishments have led to hundreds of public and industry presentations throughout North America which he continues with today.