Shape Workshops
Building Knowledge for a Higher-Value Wood Industry
The Shape Workshop Series is an online micro-learning initiative that delivers concise, knowledge-building sessions focused on wood education and value-added processes and practices. As the wood products sector rapidly evolves, these workshops help participants stay engaged with emerging innovations, technologies, and ideas shaping the industry’s future. Each session offers essential knowledge, real-world case studies, and insights into businesses and design practices driving higher-value wood products. Designed to fill knowledge gaps and expand industry awareness, the series equips professionals with valuable takeaways while exploring actionable pathways for developing and applying new ideas directly within their work and projects.
Each workshop session is developed by experts within the TWIG network, drawing from their knowledge and experience on specific topics. These topics align with BC-wide goals and initiatives for the value-added wood industry and support the mission to advance higher-value wood products. The format of each session varies based on the presenter and subject matter but is designed to be engaging and conversational. Workshops run for one hour over lunchtime, with a focused presentation followed by an interactive Q&A session.
Workshop Schedule
| # | Topic | Presenter | Company | Date |
| 01 | Wood Basics | Patrick Christie | Daly Co. | January 31, 2025 |
| 02 | Brandon Sullivan | Fast + Epp | February 13, 2025 | |
| 03 | Felix Böck | Chop Value | February 28th, 2025 | |
| 04 | Mass Timber Housing | Paul Giles | DIALOG | March 11th, 2025 |
| 05 | Mass Timber Fabrication | Hugh Grady | Kalesnikoff | March 20th, 2025 |
| 06 | Computational Design | Edward Park + Anagha Patil | DIALOG, Intelligent City | April 25th, 2025 |
| Offsite Manufacturing | TBA | Rangate, Soukup | TBA | |
| High-Value Manufacturing | Mark Anson | Timber Tiles | TBA |
Connecting people to inspire innovation in wood since 2012.
TWIG operates on the unceded territories of the Indigenous Peoples who have lived in deep relationship with the lands and forests we now call British Columbia since time immemorial. We recognize and honour the enduring stewardship, knowledge, and cultures of these Nations—whose care over generations shaped the very forests that gave rise to BC’s forestry industry. We also acknowledge the devastating impacts of colonization, including the near-erasure of many old-growth ecosystems and the displacement of Indigenous communities and cultural practices connected to these ancient forests.
As we work to shape the future of BC’s forest products industry, we are committed to pathways that integrate Indigenous perspectives, support cultural resurgence, and foster a renewed relationship to land, materials, and community—one grounded in respect, regeneration, and transformative change.
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