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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, …

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Association for Gravestone Studies

I recently returned from the annual conference of the Association for Gravestone Studies as known affectionately as “Cemetery Camp”. I will be sharing most of my photos on the Facebook …

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White Bronze Monument Tour

Saturday June 1 join me and the Oshawa Museum for a tour of Union Cemetery in Oshawa focusing on white bronze monuments. Nestled among the marble and granite markers you …

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Canadian Museum Association

A short piece I authored responding to the fire last September at the National Museum of Brazil was included in the Canadian Museums Association magazine (December 2018). The piece features …

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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 …

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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 …

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Cast Iron Caskets

In 1933 a small headline appeared in the Toronto Daily Star, Bearded Man Seen In Casket Window. The article goes on to state the discovery of a cast iron casket …