Alberta Cemeteries Embrace the Needs of Both Living and Dead
Our founding principal, Erik Lees, was featured in a recent CBC article on how Alberta cemeteries are adapting to serve both the living and the deceased.
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Summer News from LEES+Associates
Heidi Redman, LEES Principal and practice lead for our Northern Office, recently contributed a “mentorship moment” to Landscapes/Paysages Magazine (LP), honouring the mentorship she received from Catriona Hearn, who was a Senior Associate at LEES when Heidi first joined the firm.
First Nations Grant Opportunity
Are you a B.C. First Nations storyteller, artist, or arts organization sharing about the perseverance of stories, knowledge, and arts practices in your community?
First Peoples’ Cultural Council (FPCC) is offering an Arts Vitality Grant, which is a one-time opportunity to receive up to $10,000 in funding for creative projects that contribute to research on the status and strength of B.C.
Introducing our Ontario Practice Lead
We are thrilled to introduce Amanda Gebhardt as our new practice lead for Ontario and Eastern Canada. Amanda joined us in April 2023 and has swiftly shown her passion for collaboration and realizing diverse and impactful projects. Her project portfolio includes cemetery expansion development, commemorative spaces, active transportation, complete streets, trails, urban parks, and environmental habitat restoration.
LEES+Associates at 25 Years!
When Erik and Kathi Lees started LEES+Associates in 1998, he built on his long experience in horticulture, landscape design, and parks management. Erik started as part of the “Back to the Land” movement of the early 1970s. Motivated by a deep commitment to environmentalism and an interest in land systems, Erik started his “landscape” journey with a Dutch family in the Nelson area who maintained a greenhouse that grew seasonal plants.
Nunavut Inuit Heritage Centre design team announced
LEES+Associates will provide landscape design for the long-awaited Nunavut Inuit Heritage Centre in Iqaluit. The winning design team of Dorte Mandrup (Lead Architect), Guy Architects (Architect of Record), LEES+Associates, EXP Services, Adjeleian Allen Rubeli, Pageau Morel, Altus Group, and Indigenous consultants Kirt Ejesiak and Alexander Flaherty was announced on July 9th 2023 following an international design competition.
Woodlands: The Burden of Gravity
The Burden of Gravity, an anthology of poems by Shannon McConnell “challenges readers to consider how we, in the aftermath of de-institutionalization, choose to remember institutions like Woodlands School”.
Planning Makes Perfect: An Introduction to Cemetery Master Planning
In June of 2020, LEES+Associates began offering e-learning opportunities for those new to the wonderful world of cemeteries and for those more experienced and wanting to ensure they are abreast of best practices and the latest training available.
We are excited to present the last in the series, Planning Makes Perfect: An Introduction to Cemetery Master Planning!
Green Burial: From Concept to Reality
In our second Introductory Cemetery Webinar Series titled Green Burial: From Concept to Reality, Erik takes us through another fast paced webinar.
In this focused webinar, you will learn:
The foundations of green burial: from concept to reality;
Why more individuals and cemetery operators are opting for green burial, and
How to incorporate a green burial section into a new or existing cemetery.
Cemetery Trends: How They Will Affect Your Cemetery
In the first of our Introductory Cemetery Webinar Series, Erik Lees integrates over 40 years’ experience in cemetery design, planning and management, in this fast paced and interactive webinar. This 45-minute session covers current trends in cemetery design, operations, and interment options.
You will learn:
How current interment and memorialization trends are affecting cemetery managers;