You can find interviews & news articles about our work on this page. This page is live & will be updated as new articles & media are published.
Podcasts / Radio
2025. “Archaeology duo took to Battle Harbour to restore graves, which included one iconic resident”. Elizabeth Whitten, CBC News. Available online: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/black-cat-battle-harbour-graves-1.7600913
2023. Live on The Signal, with Adam Walsh. June 7, 2023. Available online: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-89-the-signal/clip/15989666-live-location-greenspond
2023. ‘The Burial Ground Conservators’, Body to Burial, January 31, 2023. Available online: https://www.bodytoburial.com/listen-1/episode/1dc5e72b/32-the-burial-ground-conservators.
2021. ‘TAPHOLOGY (Gravesites) with Robyn S. Lacy’, Ologies Podcast with Alie Ward, November 3, 2021. Available online: https://www.alieward.com/ologies/taphology
2021. ‘Living Heritage Podcast Ep206 Cemetery Clean Up Tips and Tricks, with Andrea O’Brien and Robyn Lacy’, Living Heritage Podcast, July 2, 2021. Available online: http://www.ichblog.ca/2021/07/living-heritage-podcast-ep206-cemetery.html?m=1
2021. ‘Black Cat Cemetery Preservation’, Living Heritage Podcast. March 19, 2021. Available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Anchor by Spotify. Available online: https://anchor.fm/living-heritage
Articles
Kilfoy, Cameron, 2023. ‘There are still so many stories of people left to uncover’: Greenspond’s tombstone restoration project bridges past and present”. Saltwire. August 15, 2023. Available online: https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/lifestyles/there-are-still-so-many-stories-of-people-left-to-uncover-greensponds-tombstone-restoration-project-bridges-past-and-present-100882817/
Feehan, Chad. 2023. “Restoration of St. Paul’s Anglican Church cemetery approaching completion”. Kicker, April 6, 2023. Available online: https://kickercna.ca/2023/04/06/restoration-of-st-pauls-anglican-church-cemetery-approaching-completion/?fbclid=IwAR0HLwzhGXMm0T_ZrLikYDCAFkg6IpIewSdzI3QIviYhoAcYWEjnxZ-T2A8
Swain, Linda. 2022. “Lost 18th Century Graveyard Uncovered in Bonavista Bay”. VOCM, Local News. June 16, 2022. Radio and Article, Available online: https://vocm.com/2022/06/16/179741/?fbclid=IwAR3_YilPJw3MIbpk69Pjs5YNLCOtwk4wrrSE3MVUQu3QhRZ2Thjm-8pc6Mc
Feehan, Chad. 2022. “Those who came before us”. Kicker, March 3rd, 2022. Article, Available online: https://kickercna.ca/2022/03/03/those-who-came-before-us/?fbclid=IwAR3ZLvCkq2JjNXt6lIOuiZlQsx1bpSuM0QFx5FCmcCY7fccAurlOge1dlk8
Bird, Lauren. 2021. “Headstones in Fredericton’s Old Burial Ground to be refurbished”. CBC Atlantic, July 6th, 2021. TV and article. Available online: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fredericton-cemetery-heritage-1.6092167?fbclid=IwAR253fz9YaQ3J_7IlUYpgo5kYSdTeuFlf6KmOdGlnbn1to_vpxe_SKhSGoI
Bulman, Andie. 2021. “This archeologist has made it her life’s work to preserve decaying history in N.L.’s cemeteries”. CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, March 6, 2021. Available online: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-cemetery-preservation-history-1.5900641?fbclid=IwAR13PBSyg4LWYlDJJybjvouAOg_o8SAPfOufi4P6PI5GA1Y2BOrRDskbnx8
Publications by Black Cat Preservation
Lacy, Robyn S. and Ian Petty. 2023. “2022 Field Season – Black Cat Cemetery Preservation”. Provincial Archaeology Office Annual Review 2022. Department of Tourism, Culture, Industry, and Innovation, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Available online: https://www.gov.nl.ca/tcar/files/PAO-Review-Vol-21-2022.pdf. Pg. 219-221.
Lacy, Robyn S., and Ian Petty. 2022. “2021 Field Season – Black Cat Cemetery Preservation”. Provincial Archaeology Office Annual Review 2021. Department of Tourism, Culture, Industry, and Innovation, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Available online: https://www.gov.nl.ca/tcar/files/Vol-20-2021-1.pdf.
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