Learn from experts and pick up practical tips and tricks to bring sustainable practices into your own green spaces.
Actively engaging with the land is an important part of honouring the history of the land and ensuring we are preserving it for future generations. Shared learning opportunities strengthen our sense of community and deepen our commitment as stewards who care for the long-term health of our diverse ecosystem.
The UM Fort Garry campus is home to a diverse ecosystem of plants, birds, insects and mammals. These environments not only enhance the beauty of the landscape, but also support campus learning, research and strengthen our sense of community.
The Campus Landscape Series is back for 2026 to help us learn more about these rich and ecologically important campus green spaces.
Throughout this spring and summer, UM community members will be provided with the opportunity to learn from and interact with landscape experts with focus on research, climate action and university management of outdoor spaces.
Learning about our outdoor spaces helps us deepen our understanding of the land and strengthen our role as active stewards who care for the places where we learn, live and work, says Christie Nairn, Director, Office of Sustainability
“These sessions provide an opportunity to learn from experts and pick up practical tips and tricks to bring sustainable practices into your own green spaces,” she adds.
Taking action to ensure our land use is efficient, respectful and sustainable by establishing a pathway to preserve and expand our green spaces is top of mind. Areas that are rich in biodiversity play an important role in sequestering carbon and ensuring the land can adapt and remain resilient as our climate changes.
UM is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions as outlined in the Climate Action Plan.
The Office of Sustainability and Campus Planning Office will be hosting lunch-hour educational sessions throughout the spring and summer to share information about ongoing land stewardship projects and connect the campus community with those who plan, maintain and use outdoor spaces on campus for research.
All UM staff, faculty, students and community members are welcome to participate.
Terrain for most sessions will generally be flat with walking and standing on sidewalks and walking and standing on grass. The Bird BioBlitz session will involve walking to the Point Lands on trails along the riverbank.
Find additional accessibility details on the Office of Sustainability website or you can email us at sustainability@umanitoba.ca if you have any questions.
All sessions are hosted from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m on the Fort Garry campus.
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the Fort Garry Campus.
Learn how UM reuses trees removed from campus lands.
Featuring: Vanessa Jukes Strutt, manager, Project Management (Infrastructure), Architecture and Engineering Services and Kellan Deighton, workshop coordinator and technician, Faculty of Architecture.
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the Fort Garry Campus.
Help us identify all the bird, insect and plant species that call UM home using the iNaturalist app.
Featuring: Plants with Jo-Anne Joyce, Jo-Anne Joyce Biological Consulting (retired UM plant technician), Birds with Kevin Fraser, associate professor, Department of Biological Sciences and Insects with Jason Gibbs, associate professor, Department of Entomology
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the Fort Garry Campus.
Learn how UM includes native prairie grasses and native flowering perennials in raised garden beds.
Featuring: Christine Labossiere, groundskeeper, Operations and Maintenance
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the Fort Garry Campus.
Learn how UM maintains its urban forest.
Featuring: Laura Gisti, arborist, Operations and Maintenance
For more information about the Campus Landscape Series and how UM is taking steps to preserve campus green spaces, visit the Land website.
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