Dominion Herbal College

07/07/2025

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17/04/2025

Happy International Herbalist Day to our DHC Grads & Herbalists around the Globe!

17/04/2025

Happy International Herbalist Day to our DHC Grads and Herbalists around the Globe!

North America's Oldest School of Herbal Medicine. An accredited institution offering herbalist online education, e-Learning and distance learning programs.

01/09/2022

NEW JOB POSTING at Gaia Garden Herbals on the Dominion Herbal College Resources Page. Click the link below for details.

North America's Oldest School of Herbal Medicine since 1926. An accredited institution offering online education, e-Learning and distance learning programs.

04/04/2022

NEW JOB POSTING at Finlandia Pharmacy & Natural Health Centre on the Dominion Herbal College Resources Page. Click the link below for details. Canadian Health Food Association

North America's Oldest School of Herbal Medicine since 1926. An accredited institution offering online education, e-Learning and distance learning programs.

19/12/2021

Celebrating 95 Years with Chanchal Cabrera, MSc, FNIMH, RH (AHG)

“Dominion Herbal College is a cultural icon of the English-speaking herb world. As the longest running Herbal Medicine school in North America, it is the repository of traditional knowledge, the historical heartland of Herbal practice and the alma mater of almost all practitioners of western Herbal Medicine that trained in North America in the 20th century. Dominion Herbal College kept alive the flickering flame of Herbal knowledge through the darkness of the early and mid-century suppression of traditional healing, and was perfectly placed to step up in the latter part of the century when Herbal Medicine experienced a renaissance and suddenly high quality clinical Herbal Education mattered again. Dominion Herbal College has been a leader of this renaissance and is recognized throughout the Herbal community for its commitment to the Herbs, to Herbal Medicine and to Education. Congratulations on 95 Years!”

BC Herbalists Association Ontario Herbalists Association Alberta Herbalists AssociationCanadian Herb Conference Canadian Council of Herbalist Associations National Institute of Medical Herbalists The BC Compassion Club Society Breitenbush Herbal Conference Canadian Health Food Association American Herbalists Guild American Herbal Products Association - AHPA Naturopaths & Herbalists Association of Australia NationalNutrition.ca alive magazine Innisfree Farm Chanchal Cabrera Katolen Yardley, Medical Herbalist & Osteopathic Manual Practitioner Finlandia Pharmacy & Natural Health Centre Biomed Neem Research Kootenay Herbalist Netta Zeberoff Netta Zeberoff

15/12/2021

Celebrating 95 Years with Netta Zeberoff, MH

“It was so exciting when I opened the envelope and saw the application from Dominion Herbal College! Wise, witty and wonderful Ella Birzneck looked me over and asked about my family and why I was enrolling. I told her about my fascination with plants, herbs, health, including my Doukhobor heritage.

The first DHC seminar I attended was at the Chilliwack, British Columbia farm; 35 acres of pristine land, walnut trees lined the Fraser river; a huge fig tree growing in the greenhouse, a refurbished barn to hold the lectures, ample room for campers and a lovely kitchen for the three beautiful and nutritious meals (provided by Dr. Judy Nelson’s Health food store) served daily. Bernice Birzneck made sure everything ran smoothly. There were workshops & lectures by many renowned people. Dr. Ryan Drum offered daily walks on Herb identifying and spoke about seaweed; Svevo Brooks shared the delicate power of making Flower essences; Dr. Art Birzneck showed us the method of Kinesiology; Anthony Godfrey took us outside to listen to what Mother Earth spoke to us through the plants, trees, flora and fauna. Yoga, Tai Chi, Meditation, Anatomy & Physiology, herb gathering & preserving; salve making, tinctures and the list went on.

The clinic in Burnaby was always busy. Ella had a sliding scale even four decades ago. She would say that those with abundance made up in their generosity of those who had very little. No one that needed assistance was turned away. I am so fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with Ella.

As my mind absorbed information, so I was asked to share with others. I hold DHC with great respect and am honored to have been Ella Birzneck’s last apprentice. With the gifts of knowing how to gather, preserve, make oil extractions, salves, creams, tinctures and so much more, I thank you.”

BC Herbalists Association Ontario Herbalists Association Canadian Council of Herbalist Associations Canadian Herb Conference The BC Compassion Club Society Canadian Health Food Association Alberta Herbalists Association National Institute of Medical Herbalists Naturopaths & Herbalists Association of Australia NationalNutrition.ca Commonground Magazine Innisfree Farm Chanchal Cabrera Katolen Yardley, Medical Herbalist & Osteopathic Manual Practitioner Dr Cobi Slater Essential Health Natural Wellness Clinic Finlandia Pharmacy & Natural Health Centre Biomed Kootenay Herbalist Netta Zeberoff

09/12/2021

ONTARIO STUDENTS! Dominion Herbal College is OSAP Student Loan Approved! DHC Herbal Medicine programs are eligible for ON & Canada Student Loans. ON residents can apply online by clicking the OSAP link below. Non-ON residents can apply through their home province. Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities EduCanada Ontario Herbalists Association

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05/12/2021

NEW JOB POSTING at The BC Compassion Club Society Compassion Roots Wellness Centre on the Dominion Herbal College Resources Page. Click the link below for details. BC Herbalists Association Canadian Council of Herbalist Associations Canadian Herb Conference Maryann Abbs

North America's Oldest School of Herbal Medicine since 1926. An accredited institution offering online education, e-Learning and distance learning programs.

05/12/2021

Celebrating 95 Years with Dr. Ryan Drum, PhD, MH

“Thank you for the invitation to contribute some of my Dominion Herbal College memories. I studied Herbal Medicine with Ella Birzneck (past President of DHC) for 12 years and taught at the DHC summer seminars for 35 years.

One of the most important things I remember is going on an herb walk, with Ella leading, as she introduced a patient to the various herbs that would help resolve a pathology. Ella would stop by a lush growth of the particular medicinal herb, grab a big handful, pluck it, crush it in her very strong hand and rather abruptly shove the herb under the nose of the patient of the moment and insist that the person take a serious deep breath to inhale the odors and vapors that the wounded plant might be exuding as a wound response. The idea was that the wounded plant would be creating and exuding healing vapors and fluids which were intended for its own healing and which would in turn likely emit fluids and odors therapeutic for the startled patient. I soon after incorporated this sn**ch and stuff approach in my own herbal practice. I did no serious double-blind research, but I did observe that healing nearly always seemed to be enhanced subsequent to this action. If fresh live plants are available, I still do this rough introduction between healing herb(s) and sick/wounded patients. I have not observed healing enhancement when previously dried herb material was used when no fresh wet live material was available.

Fond regards and greetings to the DHC family.”



BC Herbalists Association Canadian Council of Herbalist Associations Ontario Herbalists Association Canadian Herb Conference Alberta Herbalists Association Canadian Health Food Association National Institute of Medical Herbalists Naturopaths & Herbalists Association of Australia Herbalists Without Borders alive magazine Innisfree Farm Katolen Yardley, Medical Herbalist & Osteopathic Manual Practitioner Dr Cobi Slater Essential Health Natural Wellness Clinic

05/11/2021

We are proud to announce that Dominion Herbal College Instructor and Clinic Supervisor Katolen Yardley, Medical Herbalist & Osteopathic Manual Practitioner is a featured speaker at this weekend’s Canadian Herb Conference! Get $21 off tickets for this online event with promo code “DHC21” Ontario Herbalists Association Canadian Council of Herbalist Associations BC Herbalists Association

The Canadian Herb Conference is pleased to share that Katolen Yardley, Medical Herbalist & Osteopathic Manual Practitioner is presenting at the conference this year!

Katolen is presenting 2 workshops:
🌊Seaweeds for Food and Medicine with Ryan Drum
🪴Two Herbs to Respect: Devils Club and Pokeroot Medicine

Katolen is a Medical Herbalist currently in private practice and offers in-person Osteopathy appointments in Vancouver and Port Moody, BC. Katolen has been running a student clinic herbal mentorship program since 2010. She is a clinic supervisor of a Dominion Herbal College and Wild Rose College and offers a hands on medicine making classes, herb walks and public talks at Van Dusen Botanical Gardens and UBC Sustainable Farm.

Katolen is the current president of the Canadian Council of Herbalist Associations (CCHA) and previous president of the British Columbia Herbalist Association from 2015-2019. From 1998 until 2015, she appeared monthly on Global Television Morning News offering health information to the public. She is the author of the book - The Good Living Guide to Natural and Herbal Remedies.

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05/11/2021

We are proud to announce that Dominion Herbal College Instructor & Clinic Supervisor Maryann Abbs is a featured speaker at this weekend’s Canadian Herb Conference! Get $21 off tickets for this online event with promo code “DHC21” Ontario Herbalists Association Canadian Council of Herbalist Associations BC Herbalists Association

We’re pleased to announce that Maryann Abbs will be joining us to present at the Conference this year.

Maryann will be presenting on:
​​🌱 3 Eclectic Formulas and Michael Moore Walk Into a Bar.
🌱 Resilience – Tools for building healthy communities and supporting regenerative change

Maryann is a settler of Ukrainian and English descent living on the territories of the Lekwungen speaking people (aka Victoria, B.C.).

Her education includes BSc. (Biology/UBC), Cytogenetics Technologist (BCIT), Clinical Herbal Therapy Diploma (Dominion Herbal College), and Advanced Wilderness First Aid Training. She is grateful to her teachers Rob MacDonald, Netta Zebroff, Michael Moore, Jasmyn Clift, her grandma, herbal clients and students. She teaches and supervises clinic at Dominion Herbal College and at the Wild Seed School of Herbal Studies.

She spends her time in the clinic, teaching, and as a climate justice activist. She also harvests and makes medicine on her parents certified organic farm, on unceded Secwepemc territory (aka Lone Butte, B.C.).

Maryann is grateful to have spent 14 years working at the best herbal job ever – the BC Compassion Club Wellness Centre. A not-for-profit clinic that provides financially accessible herbal medicine. Each year, the Wellness Centre provides hundreds of low-cost herbal appointments and donates over $30,000 in herbs and supplements.

We’re inside a week until we go live with this year’s 2021 Conference. Tickets are still available at herbconference.com