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Event

Nov 6 2025

City of Hamilton, Urban Design Awards. The biennial Urban Design and Architecture Awards recognize and celebrate excellence in the design of our urban environment. Jury Member: Lesia Mokrycke. See full Jury below. 

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Talk

Oct 27 2025

Friends of Auchmar, AGM, “Monument Trees & Auchmar”. A Vision for Auchmar presented by Lesia Mokrycke.

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Event

Sept 26 2025

Art Fair Hamilton, “Emergence” A group exhibition featuring artists in Sharespace 2.o, curated by Patty Lynes. At the Cotton Factory.

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Talk

June 4 2025

Hub Cookers, “Monument Trees & Oasis Forests: The Forest Garden”. Presented by Lesia Mokrycke.

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Event

May 3 2025

Doors Open, Presented by the City of Hamilton, the HBSA, and the Ontario Association of Architects. Tropos at the Cotton Factory & Auchmar Estate.

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Delegation

April 29 2025

Hamilton City Council, “Monument Trees & Natural Heritage”. Delegated to Council, Hamilton City Hall.

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Press

April 22 2025

The Globe and Mail, “Hamilton’s ‘magical’ repurposed cotton factory finds a new rhythm”. Published by Dave LeBlanc.

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Talk

March 18 2025

City of Hamiton, “How to Make a City Greener”. Panelists: Lesia Mokrycke, Tropos; Mario Patitucci, Adesso Design; Adam Nicklin, Public Work.

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Event

Dec 17 2024

Pop-up Exhibition, “Drawings, paintings”. New work by Lesia Mokrycke.

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Event

Nov 29 2024

McMaster University, CityLAB Site Visit, Informal Talk, & Research Intro. City Building, Burlington Heights.

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Talk

Nov 21 2024

Hamilton Mountain Heritage Society, “Heritage Landscapes: Actions, Traces, Journeys”. Speaker, Lesia Mokrycke.

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Talk

Sept 4 2024

Rotary International, “Monument Trees and Urban Design”. Speaker, Lesia Mokrycke.

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Talk

May 6 2024

Waterloo Architecture, “Actions, Traces, Journeys”. Speaker, Lesia Mokrycke.

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Talk

May 3 2024

Trees Talking, “Artist Talk: Actions, Traces, Journeys”. Speaker, Lesia Mokrycke.

Talk

Feb 22 2024

Friends of Auchmar, AGM,“The Auchmar Estate and the Cultural Landscape”. A vision for Auchmar presented by Lesia Mokrycke.

Press

Feb 12 2024

Bay Observer, “Monument Trees: A tribute to Trees older than Hamilton itself”. Trees Talking Opening. Published by John Best.

Talk

Nov 22 2023

University of Toronto, School of the Environment, Building Conservation Networks”. Speaker, Lesia Mokrycke

Press

Nov 2023

Hamilton City Magazine, “Talking with Trees”. Published by Meredith MacLeod, Winter 2023.

Event

Nov 2023

McMaster University, CityLAB Site Visit, Informal Talk, & Research Intro. City Building, Burlington Heights.

Talk

Oct 23 2023

City of Hamilton, Division Day, “Building Conservation Networks”. Presented by Lesia Mokrycke to Division of Tourism & Culture, City of Hamilton.

Talk

Oct 21 2023

Hamilton Civic Museums, Heritage Social: "Built and Natural Monuments".  Lister Block Visitor Experience Centre.

Press

Oct 17 2023

CFMU, Lesia's Interview with Environmental Urbanist. Live with host Jason Allen. October 2023.

Talk

Sept 14/20 2023

McMaster University, “Building Conservation Networks - Monument Trees II". Presented by  Lesia Mokrycke; Department of History.

Talk

April 18 2023

Hamilton Civic Museums, “Climate and Conservation”. Lynda Lukasik and Lesia Mokrycke discuss climate change and natural heritage. Earth Day, April 18th, 7pm

Talk

Jan 25 2023

McMaster University, “Building Conservation Networks”. Presented by Lesia Mokrycke; Department of History.

Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, Lesia Mokrycke, CSLA Congress 2022, Inspiration

Talk

Dec 8 2022

Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, “Building Conservation Networks”. Presented by Lesia Mokrycke, CSLA Congress 2022

Talk

Nov 4 2022

McMaster University, “Building Conservation Networks”. Presented by Lesia Mokrycke; Department of History.

Talk

June 4 2022

ILC International Summit; New Methods of Practice. Panelist: Lesia Mokrycke; University of Toronto, Daniels Faculty of Architecture.

Press

Oct 25 2022

CFMU, Lesia's Interview with

Environmental Urbanist. Live with host, Jason Allen. October 2022.

Press

July 18 2022

TVO, ‘Beautiful, monumental, and magnificent’: Meet Hamilton’s oldest trees”. Published by Justin Chandler.

Talk

May 9 2022

Hamilton Naturalist's Club, “Building Conservation Networks”. Presented by Lesia Mokrycke at Royal Botanical Gardens.

Event

Summer 2022

Monument Tree Tour, Presented by Downtown AM Rotary Club of Hamilton, Lesia Mokrycke & Charlie Briggs, Royal Botanical Gardens.

Learn More

Delegation

May 13 2022

Natural Heritage Committee, “Building Conservation Networks”. Delegated to Council, Hamilton City Hall.

Publication

Spring 2022

Our Forest, “Monument Trees”, by Lesia Mokrycke. Published in Vol. 62 No. 2, pp. 6. Edited by Peter Kuitenbrouwer.

Publication

Feb 12 2022

Downtown Sparrow, “What Coexisting with Urban Trees Can Teach Us About Our City”. Published by Lesia Mokrycke. Edited by From the Nest.

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Press

Oct 31 2021

CBC Hamilton, “Meet the Woman Searching for the Oldest Trees in Hamilton”. Published by Kathy Renwald.

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Press

Oct 31 2021

CBC Hamilton, “Meet the Woman Searching for the Oldest Trees in Hamilton”. Published by Kathy Renwald.

Welcome to Topos' DIY gallery and virtual exhibition space. The purpose of Tropos' shop is to make contemporary Canadian art and design accessible to the public. We believe in partnering with arts professionals who have a positive impact on society and the environment.

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Trees Talking

A new body of work by artist, Lesia Mokrycke, Trees Talking explores themes of history, time, and memory while engaging the viewer through immersive artworks that challenge perceptions of the world that surrounds us. We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts in the production of this work.

Newsletter

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Exhibition requests

For exhibition, speaking, and distribution requests, get in touch at the link below.

A member of our studio team will assist you in getting set up.

Tropos is a multidisciplinary art and landscape design studio based in Canada. We are located in the historic Cotton Factory in Hamilton, a city known for its arts, industry, and ecology. Our creative team works on a range of projects from contemporary gardens and memorials, masterplans, creative engagement and visioning, research-based installation projects, urban design, and ecological restoration projects.

Tropos works collaboratively with OMC Landscape Architecture in Hamilton on municipal and regional projects in Southern Ontario. OMC is a full service, award-winning practice with over 30 years of experience in urban design and native plant restoration, leading some of the region's early restoration projects such as Spencer Creek, Canal Park and Niagara College Campus.

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Tropos

270 Sherman Ave N, Studio 2.0

Hamilton, ON. 

L8L 6N4

studio@troposltd.com

905 681 7604

OMC Landscape Architecture

270 Sherman Ave N, Suite 315

Hamilton, ON.

L8L 6N

905 681 7604

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  • site-specific

  • environmental art

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Exhibitions

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