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About

Located across Alberta, hosting various educational workshops and events with a focus on the more traditional and sustainable skills movement, including; traditional hide tanning, food preservation, whole animal use, butchery, homesteading and community building opportunities.

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Workshops & Events

Come spend a weekend in an immersive workshop experience or choose just a day class to get your inspiration flowing.

Choose from multiple dates for each event listing. New Locations coming soon.

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Join Us 

Do you have a traditional skill that you are passionate about and would like to share knowledge with others? 

We can build stronger foundations if we share and learn from each other in hard times. Your gift of knowledge can change the world.

Coming Up Next

  • Pallet Christmas Tree
    Pallet Christmas Tree
    Pallet Christmas Tree
    Sat, Dec 09
    Stony Plain
    Dec 09, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
    Stony Plain, Stony Plain, AB, Canada
    Dec 09, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
    Stony Plain, Stony Plain, AB, Canada
    Join us for a fun filled day of upcycling; creating a beautiful, custom Christmas tree from an old pallet, destined for the landfill. We will go through each step from pallet disassembly to finished product.
  • Traditional Tanning Large Hair-On Hides Workshop
    Traditional Tanning Large Hair-On Hides Workshop
    Traditional Tanning Large Hair-On Hides Workshop
    Sat, Jan 27
    Niton Junction
    Jan 27, 2024, 10:00 a.m. – Jan 28, 2024, 4:00 p.m.
    Niton Junction, Niton Junction, AB T0E 1S0, Canada
    Jan 27, 2024, 10:00 a.m. – Jan 28, 2024, 4:00 p.m.
    Niton Junction, Niton Junction, AB T0E 1S0, Canada
    come empower yourself to learn something new in an immersive 2 day hair-on traditional brain tanning weekend workshop. Enjoy hands-on experience with interactive demonstrations on how to traditionally tan medium - large hides with brain (lecithin) and smoke, from start to finish.
  • Small Animal Hide Handling & Prep
    Small Animal Hide Handling & Prep
    Small Animal Hide Handling & Prep
    Sun, Feb 25
    Niton Junction
    Feb 25, 2024, 10:00 a.m. MST – Feb 26, 2024, 4:00 p.m. MST
    Niton Junction, Niton Junction, AB T0E 1S0, Canada
    Feb 25, 2024, 10:00 a.m. MST – Feb 26, 2024, 4:00 p.m. MST
    Niton Junction, Niton Junction, AB T0E 1S0, Canada
    This small animal hide handing and prep includes handling guidelines, preservation, interactive skinning, hands on guided techniques, guided fleshing techniques.
  • Traditional Tanning Hair On Large Hides (waitlist)
    Traditional Tanning Hair On Large Hides (waitlist)
    Traditional Tanning Hair On Large Hides (waitlist)
    Time is TBD
    Location is TBD
    Time is TBD
    Location is TBD
    Time is TBD
    Location is TBD
    from sheepskins to elk rugs, this start to finish full instructional weekend will guide you though each step in the process of traditional brain tanning with hands on and fully interactive experience. Guided by Cher Reynen of Wildfibre Organic Tannery TM. / Prairie Rose Sustainable Skills Inc.
  • RSVP Baby Moccasins Class (waitlist)
    RSVP Baby Moccasins Class (waitlist)
    RSVP Baby Moccasins Class (waitlist)
    Time is TBD
    Niton Junction
    Time is TBD
    Niton Junction, Niton Junction, AB T0E 1S0, Canada
    Time is TBD
    Niton Junction, Niton Junction, AB T0E 1S0, Canada
    Traditional leather baby mocs! this start to finish full instructional class will guide you through each step in the process of making leather baby moccasins.
  • RSVP Live Lambing Clinic (waitlist)
    RSVP Live Lambing Clinic (waitlist)
    RSVP Live Lambing Clinic (waitlist)
    Time is TBD
    Sangudo
    Time is TBD
    Sangudo, Sangudo, AB, Canada
    Time is TBD
    Sangudo, Sangudo, AB, Canada
    Come out for a day or night, at Frostad Farms, near Sangudo, AB, and participate in some live lambing. Learn in depth how to deliver lambs, the labor process, special health requirements of ewes and lambs, proper birthing and repositioning technique and how to avoid common mistakes.
  • RSVP Drum Making Class (waitlist)
    RSVP Drum Making Class (waitlist)
    RSVP Drum Making Class (waitlist)
    Time is TBD
    Niton Junction
    Time is TBD
    Niton Junction, Niton Junction, AB T0E 1S0, Canada
    Time is TBD
    Niton Junction, Niton Junction, AB T0E 1S0, Canada
    from rawhide to drum, this start to finish full instructional class will guide you through each step in the process of making rawhide and rawhide drums.
  • RSVP - Conservation & Hunting Education (waitlist)
    RSVP - Conservation & Hunting Education (waitlist)
    RSVP - Conservation & Hunting Education (waitlist)
    Time is TBD
    Location is TBD
    Time is TBD
    Location is TBD
    Time is TBD
    Location is TBD
    RSVP with your name and location details so we can schedule a class near you! Join this live class with hands on lessons and experiences with Certified Instructor Giulia Stoddard. Same day exam and onsite licensing as required for all new hunters in Alberta.

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