al&d is pleased to announce the appointment of Alissa North as Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture in the tenure stream.

Ms. North graduated with Honours from the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Program at the University of Toronto in 1998. She received the Master in Landscape Architecture degree with Distinction from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design in 2003. She has been a sessional instructor in the Landscape Architecture Program at the University of Toronto since that time. She is a partner with her husband, Peter North, in the North Design Office, which has received recognition for entries in several national design competitions, a number of which have also been published in Europe and Canada. Professor North has been a guest critic and lecturer in landscape architecture programs across North America, and has edited or co-edited a number of publications on the work of leading landscape architects in Canada and the USA.