Speaker Introduction- Elsa Flack

Elsa Flack will be a speaker for our genealogy panel at the Youth Heritage Forum on March 21st, 2026, at the Emera Innovation Exchange and Conference Centre. 

 Elsa Flack is a certified genealogist. For many years, she has provided genealogical research services. In 1987, the Genealogical Institute of the Maritimes awarded Elsa the professional designation, Certified Genealogist (Canada).  

Elsa has volunteered with several heritage organizations, including: the Family History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Portugal Cove – St. Philips Heritage Advisory Board, and the Town of Gaultois. She was also chairperson for “Peace by Piece - Quilted Memories of Newfoundland in the Great War”.

Elsa was the founding president of the Family History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador, then called the Genealogical Society of Newfoundland and Labrador, for which she was inducted into the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2007. 

She was the chair of the committee which created the exhibit "Peace by Piece - Quilted Memories of Newfoundland in the Great War". The project involved hundreds of volunteers who made this project successful. The exhibit was part of the commemorative events honouring the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. In 2016, this exhibit travelled extensively in the Province, as well as to France and Belgium, to the interpretation centres at the Somme and Vimy. The exhibit is an example of how people can tell important family history stories using textiles. Now the seventeen quilts are displayed throughout the campuses of Memorial University. 

We look forward to seeing everyone there!