We have been a Living Wage Employer since 2025. Supporting the living wage campaign reflects LEES’ desire to invest in and support our staff’s health, well-being, and quality of life. Paying a living wage reflects our vision to build a sustainable company that has a meaningful impact on people, the land, and communities.
“Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow” – the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects celebrates 90 years
Principal Heidi Redman was interviewed as part of a multi-generational panel reflecting on the profession of landscape architecture for the 90th anniversary of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects.
At our next milestone, I hope we can look back and see leaders in our profession staying ahead of their time.
LEES’ Caleb Spyksma, MArch, MLA was awarded a Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) 2026 Student Award of Excellence for his UBC studio project
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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”.