The reclamation of industrial lands is one of the great environmental challenges of the new millennium, as society addresses the legacy of its heavy industrial past. This legacy is the result of many factors, including the incremental accumulation of industrial wastes over time, the abandonment of now redundant industrial facilities, and the down-sizing and conversion of on-going industrial activities and industrial sites. Reclamation of industrial lands requires the skills of many disciplines, and the participation of many players. Since 1992, the graduate students of the School of Landscape Architecture at the University of Guelph have been involved annually in course work that focuses on co-operative landscape restoration, rehabilitation and reclamation efforts for a wide variety of sites, including a range of very challenging industrial sites. This paper presents a summary of the experience and contributions that landscape architecture students can provide in advancing efforts to effect industrial reclamation on various industrial sites in the Hamilton Harbour and Niagara Falls areas. The projects represent a diverse range of collaborations between private industry, several types of public agencies, and universities. The conclusions drawn from these experiences are that the benefits and advantages of the participation of landscape architecture students are many, unique, valued and valuable, including, among others, providing practical project experience for the students, promotional value for industry and agencies, and tangible solutions for site restoration, which lead toward on-site implementation and environmental improvement.