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CRAFTING A SENSE OF PLACE

A seamless integration of academic and hands-on training in the heritage conservation field.

Willowbank is educating a new generation of young people wanting to connect past, present and future.

News and Upcoming Programs

  • MAY 25 - WILLOWBANK LECTURES

    JOHN SCHOFIELD, Archaeologist from York, England

  • GRADUATION 2013 -

    On Saturday April 27th, Willowbank held its 5th graduation ceremony.

  • ARTICLE - GRADUATE ASHLEIGH BELL

    Hamilton Spectator Article. Hamilton: a sense of place, a place of pride

  • APRIL 24 : GUSTAVO ARAOZ

    THE WILLOWBANK LECTURES - The new heritage paradigm

  • CBC ARTICLE - GRADUATE WALTER FURLAN

    Former steelworker on a mission to conserve local heritage

  • OTTAWA CITIZEN ARTICLE

    Julian Smith speaks out - Public Works picks cheaper U.S. limestone for heritage renovation

  • JULIAN SMITH EDITORIAL

    Welcome, reader. This is the tenth in a series of musings about the state of the heritage conservation field in Canada and internationally.
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    ITALY FIELD SCHOOL : in the alps

    Set in the Ossola valley, in the abandoned stone ruins of a mountain village, Willowbank and Canova join forces to offer a rare three week summer course. A cultural landscape approach to understanding place is combined with the hands-on practice of building in stone to offer a glimpse of a way, a way to knowledge embodied in the thinking hand.

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    CULTURAL LANDSCAPE : theory and practice

    May 9-11 - discover an ecological balance emerging at the intersection of nature and culture, continuity and diversity, the old and the new.

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    back to school : SEPTEMBER 2013

    Diploma Program in Heritage Conservation

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    THE WILLOWBANK LECTURES 2013

    URBAN DWELLING : Creative ways to engage with our shared urban landscape. This year’s speakers form a diverse and eclectic group.

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    SHORT COURSES

    Willowbank provides a broad array of short courses. Participants come from all areas of the conservation community: skilled tradespeople, design and planning professionals, conservators, master builders, community activists, developers and property owners.

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