Sarah currently lectures on writing and design in the Centre for Arts, Design and Information Technology at Toronto's George Brown College.

​She spent five years training online writers at Suite101.com, and is available for seminars  on writing and a range of cultural topics, including culinary and fashion history.

Speaking & Writing

• In 2024, Sarah's research helped ensure that commentary on the year's Christmas-themed Canada Post stamp, featuring gingerbread houses, was historically accurate.

Speaking Engagements

• Webinars and in-person presentations on writing and SEO for The Canadian Institute, Humber College Public Relations Diploma Program, Sheridan College Journalism Program, Toronto Public Library and Word on the Street (Toronto).
• Illustrated lectures on Canadian food history to the Art Gallery of Burlington, the Brockville Museum, the Canadian Federation of University Women, the Elgin and Area Heritage Society, the Ontario Genealogical Society, the Ontario Home Economics Association and Harper College in Palatine, Illinois.
• Historical talks about jam and marmalade, including a detailed look at the Shirriff food company, offered to the Brampton Historical Society, the Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor, the Culinary Historians of Canada, Parkwood National Historic Site and the Riverdale Historical Society.

Cooking & Culinary History

• Animation of the historic kitchen and cooking for special events from early 1800s recipes at Montgomery's Inn community museum and Fort York National Historic Site.
• Preserving and baking workshops at venues like The Cookbook Store; Markham Fair, and the Savour Stratford Perth County Culinary Festival.
• Background research for a youth-oriented television series in development examining the origins of common foods.
• Historical recipe research for the Canadian television series Back in Time for Dinner.

Photo by John Hood

Media Appearances

Sarah has extensive broadcast experience; she has hosted and reported for several radio programs, and has appeared on such web and radio outlets as:

• "Alberta at Noon", CBC Radio
  
• "The Arts Report", CBC Radio
• "Breakfast Television", Citytv (Toronto)
• "The Christina Chernesky Show", CFRB 1010 FM
• "Food for the Future", Global
• "Metro Morning", CBC Radio
• "Ontario Morning", CBC Radio
• Spacing Radio

Book signing at Mad for Marmalade in February 2012 at Fort York. Photo by Yvonne Tremblay.