2025

January 21, 2025
Samantha George, Curator, Parkwood NHS
Behind the Scenes as a Film Set at Parkwood

February 18, 2025
Jill Passmore, Visitor Experience Coordinator, Oshawa Museum
Windfields Farm

March 18, 2025
Adam Bunch
Toronto Book of Love

April 15, 2025
Tony Leah
The Truth About the ’37 Oshawa GM Strike

May 20, 2025
ANNUAL MEETING
Melissa Cole, Curator, Oshawa Museum
Milk Stories: Dairies of Oshawa

September 16, 2025
Dani Crosby
The Warren Mill Mural

October 21, 2025
Mike McDonnell
European Battlefield Photography

November 18, 2025
Jeremy Neal Blowers, Executive Director, Canadian Tank Museum
The Canadian Tank Museum

2024

January 16, 2024
Adam Arko
Oshawa & Electric Railways

February 20, 2024
Eric Sangwine
Mostly True: A Unique History of Oshawa in Art

March 19, 2024
Nicole Adams, Local History Librarian, Oshawa Public Libraries
Oshawa’s Voices: Oral History Project Showcase

April 16, 2024
Dr. Natasha Dixon-Henry
“I Will Use My Freedom Well”: Emancipation Day and the Practice of Black Freedom in Canada 

May 21, 2024
ANNUAL MEETING
Nicole Adams, Local History Librarian, Oshawa Public Libraries
Oshawa School of Nursing

September 17, 2024
Sarah Ferencz, Archivist, Whitby Public Library
History in the 21st Century: Re-examining two of Whitby’s historical figures

October 15, 2024
Lorna Poplak
The Don

November 19, 2024
Oshawa Museum Staff
Book Launch: Untold Oshawa

2023

January 17, 2023
Nicole Adams, Local History Librarian, Oshawa Public Libraries
History of Oshawa’s Newspapers

February 21, 2023
Club Carib
A History of Club Carib: Our First 50 Years

March 21, 2023
Dan Buchanan
Murder in the Family: The Dr. King Story

April 18, 2023
Doris Cherkas & Irene Chromej-Johnston
Finally Finding Home in Oshawa

May 16, 2023
ANNUAL MEETING
Melissa Cole, Curator, Oshawa Museum
Summer in the City

September 19, 2023
Dave Mowat, Chief, Alderville First Nation
The Williams Treaty

October 17, 2023
Ron Brown
Ontario’s Ghost Towns

November 21, 2023
Movie Night
Unarchived, a National Film Board of Canada documentary

2022

January 18

Jennifer Weymark, Archivist, Oshawa Museum
Jewish-Canadian History: An Oshawa Perspective
Event Recording: https://youtu.be/tKR7sFBiJ_0

Wednesday, February 16
Jordan St. John
Ontario Beer: A Heady History of Brewing

March 15
Mary-Katherine Whelan, Curator/Administrator and Dr. Lorene Bridgen-Lennie, Assistant Curator, Amherstburg Freedom Museum
A Virtual Visit to the Amherstburg Freedom Museum

April 19
Dr. Holly Martelle
The Ward Uncovered

May 17
Melissa Cole, Curator, Oshawa Museum
The Oshawa Harbour

September 20
ANNUAL MEETING – note the date change
Lisa Terech, Community Engagement, Oshawa Museum
Stories from Oshawa’s Cemeteries

October 18
Dr. Amy Barron
Digger, Teacher, Soldier, Spy

November 15
Oshawa Museum
Oshawa Museum Movie Night

2021

January 19
Ron Romano
The Billboard Monuments of New England
Event recording: https://youtu.be/_xGXOGo3jI0

February 16
Jennifer Weymark, Archivist, Oshawa Museum
Slavery in Canada
Event recording: https://youtu.be/HCh-LAEyN0A

March 16
Fred Robbins, President, York Pioneers
A history of the York Pioneers & Scadding Cabin

April 20
Zoé Delguste-Cincotta, Curator, Toronto’s First Post Office
A Visit to Toronto’s First Post Office in 1834

May 18
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Melissa Cole, Curator, and Mia Vujcic, Oshawa Museum
Leaving Home, Finding Home in Oshawa
Event recording: https://youtu.be/6g05JUH0mfg

September 21
Nicole Adams, Local History Librarian, Oshawa Public Library
Oshawa’s Guiding History
Lecture Recording: https://youtu.be/Azr1j-4T5wM

October 19
Laura Suchan, Executive Director, & Melissa Cole, Curator, Oshawa Museum
The Farewell Cemetery
Lecture Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JzarqLKw6o

November 16
Dora Nipp, CEO, Multicultural History Society of Ontario
Growing Up Chinese:  Canadians without belonging or citizenship

2020

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, we did not hold a Speaker Series in March, April, or May, and the Annual General Meeting, usually held in May, was moved to September.

January 21
Jennifer Weymark, Oshawa Museum
Letters from the Trenches: Oshawa’s WWI Soldiers

February 18
Dr. Amy Barron, Clarington Museums
Camp 30

September 15 – Via Zoom
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – Rescheduled
Lisa Terech, Oshawa Museum
Lakeview Park at 100: https://youtu.be/RYJJvJD6VdM

October 20 – Via Zoom
Lisa Terech, Oshawa Museum
An Armchair Downtown Walking Tour: https://youtu.be/UjLck5CISdA

November 17 – Via Zoom
Sonya Jones, Robert McLaughlin Gallery
The Stories Behind The Art

2019

January 15
Sarah Ferencz, Whitby Archives
Whitby’s First Postmaster, looking at history through a 21st century lens

February 19
Jennifer Weymark, Oshawa Museum
To Cast a Reflection: The Thomas Henry Correspondence Collection

March 19
Ron Brown
Canada’s World Wonders

April 16
Myron Momryk
Mike Starr of Oshawa

May 21
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Melissa Cole, Oshawa Museum: Introducing The Vintage Catwalk
Patty Davis, The Costume People: Dressing Mrs. Passmore

September 17
Laura Suchan & Bill Eby
The Hyams Brothers

October 15
Chris Jones, Director of Planning and Regulation, Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority (CLOCA)
A History of CLOCA and CLOCA in Our Community

November 19
Oshawa’s Heritage Partners
Local History Panel: A conversation with the museums and heritage organizations in Oshawa