Coffin Hardware Presentation
Decorating the Dead: Coffin Hardware and the Farewell Cemetery Presented by Laura Suchan and Melissa Cole, Oshawa Museum I am pleased to be presenting at the upcoming Oshawa Historical Society …
Remembering the 1918 Flu Pandemic
This post was originally published on the Oshawa Museum Blog oshawamuseum.wordpress.com I was inspired by a colleague to take a closer look at victims of the 1918 Flu pandemic buried …
Receiving Vaults
If you ever wondered what a receiving vault was used for check out this blog post I wrote for the Oshawa Museum. I was fortunate, along with Curator Melissa Cole, …
Interview on Non Fiction Authors Association Website
I am thrilled to be featured in the “Author Interview” section of the Non Fiction Writers Association website. It was fun to do and I must admit I love being …
White Bronze Monuments Tea and Talk
I am excited to be featured as October’s Tea & Talk speaker at the Oshawa Museum. I am highlighting the White Bronze (zinc) monuments in Union Cemetery, the history of …
Save the Date! Oshawa Historical Society Speaker Series – September 17, 2019
I am excited to be kicking off the next season of the Oshawa Historical Society’s Speaker Series to discuss my upcoming book project, My Dearest Mina: A Tale of Love …
Demill Ladies’ College, Oshawa, Ontario
My first podcast for the Oshawa Museum is available at https://bit.ly/2D52CYH The topic is Oshawa’s Demill Ladies’ College which was an advanced educational institution for females operating from 1876-1896. Find out …
Dead Man’s Penny – Memorial Death Plaque
Originally published in AGS Quarterly, Association of Gravestone Studies, Volume 41, Winter 2017 By: Laura Suchan and Jennifer Weymark, Oshawa Museum The Government of Canada has designated the period 2014-2020 as …
I am Member of the Week!
How cool is this? I was named by the Nonfiction Authors Association as member of the Week for June 4, 2018 and my newest publication, To Cast a Reflection: The …
Welcome to my blog!
Welcome to my blog where I will be sharing news of upcoming events, research notes, updates on future projects and anything else I find interesting.