We Were There

Series Articles:

1. Lobster Fishing for a Day - Max(ine) Westhead
2. A Virtual Tour of the MRC - Lesley Carter
3. Phrag…can't live with it…can't kill it. - Lesley Carter

The Fundy Forum is all about communication, education, raising awareness, and working together for the health of the Bay of Fundy. We are a "Bay of Fundy community" in a sense, and we are all interested in maintaining or enhancing the health of the Bay of Fundy ecosystem. Our cultures, livelihoods, businesses, and coastal communities depend on it.

And yet this large Bay of Fundy community is made up of smaller, more intimate communities. These smaller communities don't always see eye to eye and often share different working practices, different cultures, and even different languages. For instance, lobster fishermen know how to 'gaff a trap' and government employees are familiar with the ins and outs of 'integrated management'. Knowing one is not "better" than the other - they are simply different. A lack of understanding, though, can often be an invisible barrier to working co-operatively.

It is the intent of the Fundy Forum's "Faces of Fundy" project to give these diverse Bay of Fundy communities better insight into one another. With a greater understanding of the way in which we all work - whether we are tourism operators, government employees, university researchers, or non-profit groups - it is hoped that the barriers between communities will begin to dissolve.

Fundy Forum staff will be visiting folks around the Bay to document "A day in the life of…" for different professions. We'll be on hand to volunteer our labour for a day in return for letting us take photos, ask questions, and write up a documentary of our experiences. We will be posting this on the Fundy Forum web site, and hope to also have some of these printed in various coastal community publications.

Want to get involved?

Please contact:
Maxine Westhead at 902.426.4215
email info@fundyforum.com.