Master of Landscape Architecture Student Awarded for Excellence
The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) selected Jamie Coverini, a Master of Landscape Architecture graduate, to receive the 2025 Student Award of Excellence for her thesis work. This award recognizes and promotes excellence in student work in an accredited landscape architecture program in Canada.
Jamie’s thesis work, “Liminal drift: revealing the human hand in shaping the untouched Great Lake,” questions the idealized portrayal of Lake Superior, claiming that such a simplified view hinders a genuine connection to the place. It proposes a different perspective by designing locations that highlight humanity’s influence on the landscape.
According to the CSLA jury, Jamie’s project was praised for its clear and thoughtful exploration of human impact on perceived natural landscapes:
“This thesis project was stunning, well articulated and tackled a complex topic which was clearly presented. The jury appreciated the inquiry of the human impact on a perceived natural landscape: the connection of experience, place, and human intention within natural systems can begin to make changes in the relationship between humans and nature. It features extensive research of natural and man made history, questioning the human impact of landscape and the duality between nature and our perception of what is natural.”
Jamie Coverini’s full thesis is available here.