Do you have a passion for history and a love for Clarington?
We are looking for volunteers interested in joining us to plan a Heritage Speaker Series in Clarington! Volunteers would bring their ideas and passion to planning meetings and help to find speakers to present on local history topics.
Planning meetings will begin in April and the Heritage Speakers Series will run July through September at Waverley Place Museum (37 Silver Street.)
The Heritage Speaker Series Collective at the Clarington Library, Museums & Archives (CLMA) is designed to plan a series of heritage talks to tell the stories of our veterans and war in Clarington in honour of their legacy. Dedication plaques are a desired outcome of this collective. The speaker series will run bi-weekly Thursdays July 3 until September 25th at the Waverley Place Museum.
The Heritage Speaker Series builds on CLMA’s Golden Tales Oral History project. Through the continued sharing of stories, we commemorate and honor local Veterans, their immense dedication and sacrifice they made through war efforts that left a rich legacy of history in the Clarington community.
The CLMA is seeking volunteers to join the Collective (planning group) to plan the content for the speaker series and to assist in the creation of dedication plaques.
Structure:
Interested volunteers wishing to sit on the 2025 Heritage Speaker Series Collective are kindly invited to apply through the Municipality of Clarington’s Volunteer Portal with an expression of interest. There will be two Clarington Public Library Board members on the committee.
Membership for the Collective is sought from the following representatives:
• Local historians
• Clarington Heritage Committee members
• Architectural Conversancy of Ontario – Clarington Branch
• Jury Lands Foundation members
• Newcastle Historical Society members
• Royal Canadian Legion Branch #178
The Chair of the Committee will be the Curator and Manager, Heritage Services at CLMA. Terms: Heritage Speaker Series Collective members will be appointed for a one-year term with the possibility of renewal annually.
Schedule of Meetings:
The committee agrees to meet at minimum two times per month for up to 2 hours until November 30, 2025, at which time will be reviewed for frequency of meetings based on an as needed basis to plan future cultural heritage programs at the CLMA. Meeting times will be determined via doodle poll based on majority of committee member preference.
Meeting Locations:
Waverley Place Museum: 37 Silver Street, Bowmanville
Sarah Jane Williams Heritage Centre: 62 Temperance St. Bowmanville
