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CANADA’S PREMIER HERITAGE CONSERVATION SCHOOL

95% Graduate Employment Rate

Internationally Renowned Faculty

Experiential Hands-on Education

Personalized Learning Outcomes

WELCOME TO WILLOWBANK

Willowbank is a unique career college in Canada and has been on the vanguard heritage conservation and the adaptive reuse of existing buildings since 2006. We are the Canadian headquarters of INTBAU, a global network promoting traditional building, architecture, and urbanism.

The Willowbank Mission: as an innovative institution is to shape new approaches to the stewardship of historic places and sustainable communities through a model balancing the theoretical and practical.  Its multi-disciplinary, experiential curriculum educates a new generation of leaders in the field of heritage conservation who are able to understand complex challenges across disciplines, from design firms to skilled trades to community development.

Our unique Three-Year Diploma program provides students with a professional network that can take their career path in many directions. Coursework focuses on developing skills and knowledge related to conserving our built and cultural heritage. Our focus on providing a well-rounded education in heritage conservation and sustainability is made possible by the exceptional faculty practitioners who came from across Canada, the United States, and Denmark.

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Launching the Humeniuk Scholarship at Willowbank: Unleashing minds, transforming lives

23 February 2024

We have some very exciting news to share over at Willowbank HQ, and with it being #heritageweek it feels even more timely!

We are delighted to announce that the Humeniuk Foundation signed a five-year agreement to provide a $200,000 bursary for up to four Willowbank students to attend a European summer school annually.

Students will be able to attend either Messors in Italy or the King’s Foundation Summer School, which takes place at Dumfries House in Scotland and in London.

This five-year agreement is a tremendous investment in the School of Restoration Arts, its future, and that of its students. Andrew Humeniuk, executive director of the Humeniuk Foundation and the Brown Homestead in St. Catharines remarked how the summer schools afforded students the following,

“In our experience, the summer schools allow them invaluable access to additional perspectives and knowledge that benefit them in their careers and are also shared with their peers, Willowbank and the heritage sector itself,” he said.

To read more about this progressive partnership that supports the sustainability of Willowbank, please follow this link which covers this exciting news story in full.

We are extremely grateful to the Humeniuk Foundation for their continued investment in our mission, and we look forward to following the students on their journeys to Europe over the next five years.

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Whether you’re looking to host your next corporate meeting, private event or whimsical wedding, there’s a whole host of  celebratory options at Willowbank.  Make your day extra special – whatever the occassion – at Willowbank.  Our event partner manages every detail – 124 on Queen – and they’re booking into 2024 and beyond, now. 

Photographer, Creative Director, Concept Creator & Co-stylist: Lisa Vigliotta Photography lisavigliottaphotography

Land Acknowledgement

Willowbank is located on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg, Ojibway/Chippewa and Haudenosaunee peoples. This territory is covered by the Upper Canada Treaties and is within the land protected by the Dish With One Spoon Wampum agreement. Today this gathering place is home to many First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples and acknowledging reminds us that our great standard of living is directly related to the resources and friendship of Indigenous people. (Source: DSBN)

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