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FIA FILM: Ama-san

Join Fogo Island Arts September 6th at Fogo Island Inn cinema for a screening of Ama-san (Cláudia Varejão, Portugal / Japan, 2016, 112 min). This film explores a practice carried out in Japan for over 2000 years, wherein women free dive without the help of a dive cylinder or any other apparatus to aid them in staying underwater. Known as the Ama-San, these women are at the same time revered and misunderstood. Event begins at 6:30pm; all are welcome.

FIA FILM: Ama-san

Join Fogo Island Arts September 6th at Fogo Island Inn cinema for a screening of Ama-san (Cláudia Varejão, Portugal / Japan, 2016, 112 min). This film explores a practice carried out in Japan for over 2000 years, wherein women free dive without the help of a dive cylinder or any other apparatus to aid them in staying underwater. Known as the Ama-San, these women are at the same time revered and misunderstood. Event begins at 6:30pm; all are welcome.

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Fogo Island Half Marathon & Marathon

The annual Fogo Island Marathon. Full marathon begins at Man O'War Cove, with half marathon starting at Deep Bay/Island Harbour Crossroad. 

Fogo Island Half Marathon & Marathon

The annual Fogo Island Marathon. Full marathon begins at Man O'War Cove, with half marathon starting at Deep Bay/Island Harbour Crossroad. 

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FIA Talk: Wayne Baerwaldt

Join Fogo Island Arts for a talk by Canadian visual arts curator Wayne Baerwaldt September 18th at Fogo Island Inn cinema. Event begins at 6:30pm; all are welcome.

FIA Talk: Wayne Baerwaldt

Join Fogo Island Arts for a talk by Canadian visual arts curator Wayne Baerwaldt September 18th at Fogo Island Inn cinema. Event begins at 6:30pm; all are welcome.

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Feile Tilting

A celebration of Irish and Newfoundland culture taking place in Tilting, September 20th-23rd.

Feile Tilting

A celebration of Irish and Newfoundland culture taking place in Tilting, September 20th-23rd.

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Peter Croal in Residence for Geology at the Edge

Peter Croal arrives on Fogo Island September 20th for his second residency with Geology at the Edge.

Peter Croal in Residence for Geology at the Edge

Peter Croal arrives on Fogo Island September 20th for his second residency with Geology at the Edge.

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FIA Talk: Oscar Enberg

Join Fogo Island Arts for a talk by artist Oscar Enberg September 25th at Fogo Island Inn cinema. Event begins at 6:30pm; all are welcome.

FIA Talk: Oscar Enberg

Join Fogo Island Arts for a talk by artist Oscar Enberg September 25th at Fogo Island Inn cinema. Event begins at 6:30pm; all are welcome.

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Geology Talk: Peter Croal

Peter Croal, in residence for Geology at the Edge, presents his first lecture of the season on September 28th at the Fogo Island Inn cinema. The event will run from 6:00pm to 7:30pm.

Geology Talk: Peter Croal

Peter Croal, in residence for Geology at the Edge, presents his first lecture of the season on September 28th at the Fogo Island Inn cinema. The event will run from 6:00pm to 7:30pm.

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Resources
and Video

Community Newsletter

Shorefast Community Newsletter Summer 2018 (PDF) (2018)


Retelling: A Conversation with Zita Cobb

Zita Cobb in conversation with Joel R. Burton, a PhD Candidate in English at Western University (2017)

Video

And Nowhere Else | Fogo Island: Fogo Island Shop

The Fogo Island shop is an exercise in the preservation of culture through artistry and entrepreneurship (2017)

Video

McGill University Honourary Doctorate

Zita Cobb honourary doctorate acceptance speech at McGill University, Montreal (2016)

Video

Fogo Island Inn - Escape from the numbing uniformity of modern times

Fogo Island Inn is a refuge, on an island, off an island, on one of the four corners of the Earth (2015)

Video

D3 Conference

Zita Cobb presentation at D3 conference in Toronto (2014)

Video

CBC Ideas with Paul Kennedy – Back To the Future In Fogo 

CBC Ideas host Paul Kennedy takes a tour of Fogo Island with Zita Cobb (2013)

Audio

Outport Journey at UNB Pond Deshpande

Zita Cobb's presentation at the Social Enterprise Development Dialogue (2013)

Video

Community Newsletter

Shorefast Community Newsletter Summer/Fall 2017 (PDF) (2017)


University of British Columbia

Zita Cobb presentation at UBC’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture in Vancouver (2017)

Video

Hand. Line. Cod.

National Film Board (NFB) film highlighting Fogo Island Fish, and the connection between the people of Fogo Island and the cod (2016)

Video

PURE Life Experiences Conference

Zita Cobb presentation at PURE Life Experiences; major hospitality conference in Marrakech, Morocco (2015)

Video

Strange & Familiar: Architecture on Fogo Island

Documentary highlighting Shorefast’s contemporary buildings on Fogo Island, designed by architect Todd Saunders (2014)

Video

Carleton University Convocation Address

Zita Cobb received an honourary doctorate from Carleton University and gave the convocation address (2013)

Video

Zita Cobb Keynote 2013 Adventure Travel World Summit 

A featured presentation at the Adventure Travel World Summit held by the Adventure Travel Trade Association (2013)

Video

The Way Forward: Fogo Island Shorefast Foundation: Zita Cobb

Zita Cobb delivers a talk at TEDxFortTownshend (2012)

Video

Reading list

Non-Fiction

Small is Beautiful by E.F. Schumacher

Small is Beautiful by E.F. Schumacher

Becoming Human Jean Vanier

Becoming Human by Jean Vanier

Prosperity Without Growth Tim Jackson

Prosperity Without Growth by Tim Jackson

Culture by Zygmunt Bauman

Culture in a Liquid Modern World by Zygmunt Bauman

The Necessary Revolution by Peter Senge

The Necessary Revolution by Peter Senge

Sacred Economics by Charles Eisenstein

Sacred Economics by Charles Eisenstein

Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez

Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez

Toward Sustainable Communities by Mark Roseland

Toward Sustainable Communities by Mark Roseland

This is Water by David Foster Wallace

This is Water by David Foster Wallace

Cod by Mark Kurlansky

Cod by Mark Kurlansky

Dictionary of Newfoundland English

Dictionary of Newfoundland English

The Dismal Science by Stephen A. Marglin

The Dismal Science by Stephen A. Marglin

Resilience by Andrew Zolli

Resilience by Andrew Zolli

Economics of Good and Evil by Tomas Sedlacek

Economics of Good and Evil by Tomas Sedlacek

Salt by Mark Kurlansky

Salt by Mark Kurlansky

Setting Foot on the Shores of Connemara by Tim Robinson

Setting Foot on the Shores of Connemara by Tim Robinson

The Solution Revolution by William D. Eggers & Paul MacMillan

The Solution Revolution by William D. Eggers & Paul MacMillan

The Big Oyster by Mark Kurlansky

The Big Oyster by Mark Kurlansky

The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard

The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard

The World Beyond Your Head by Matthew B. Crawford

The World Beyond Your Head by Matthew B. Crawford

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

A Guide for the Perplexed by E. F. Schumacher

A Guide for the Perplexed by E. F. Schumacher

Fiction

A Book of Silence by Sara Maitland

A Book of Silence by Sara Maitland

The Possibility of an Island by Michel Houellebecq

The Possibility of an Island by Michel Rouellebecq

February by Lisa Moore

February by Lisa Moore

Hard Light by Michael Crummey

Hard Light by Michael Crummey

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

Levels of Life by Julian Barnes

Levels of Life by Julian Barnes

The Navigator of New York by Wayne Johnston

The Navigator of New York by Wayne Johnston

Salka Valka by Halldor Laxness

Salka Valka by Halldor Laxness

The Big Why by Michael Winter

The Big Why by Michael Winter

Sweetland by Michael Crummey

Sweetland by Michael Crummey

The Leopard by Giuseppe di Lampedusa

The Leopard by Giuseppe di Lampedusa

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The Wayfinders by Wade Davis

The Wayfinders by Wade Davis

By The Rivers of Brooklyn by Trudy Morgan-Cole

By The Rivers of Brooklyn by Trudy Morgan-Cole

Press

Globe & Mail: Report on Business

Last Word: Zita Cobb (PDF) (2018)

International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development

Sustainable Tourism for Development on Fogo Island (2017)

Globe & Mail

A Label to Show Where the Money Goes (PDF) (2017)

Carleton University

Reimagining Fogo Island: Zita Cobb's Inspirational Journey (2017)

The Gazette

Geology on the Edge: Fogo Island’s geologist-in-residence program big draw for alumni (2016)

Chronicle Herald

Big questions of human progress play out in small places (2014)

The Telegraph

Fogo Island, Canada: Tales of the Unexpected (2014)

Monocle

Entrepreneurship (video) (2013)

Horizons 

For the love of place (PDF) (2018)

CBC News

'For all of us': Zita Cobb of Fogo Island Inn accepts Order of Canada honour (2017)

Lewisporte Pilot 

Society of United Fishermen's Hall on Barr'd Island back to life (2016)

Global/West Block

The Big Idea: Canada’s rural areas are in decline, one woman has a solution (2014)

Globe & Mail 

What we can learn from the 10 biggest wins and losses of the year (item #9) (2013) 

Monocle

Architecture & Art (video) (2013)

Fast Company

How Multimillionaire Zita Cobb Plans to Turn Tiny Canadian Island Into an Arts Mecca (2012)

Fogo Island Inn

Travel + Leisure

The Top 100 Hotels in the World (#12) (2017)

Newsweek

Can an Inn Save Newfoundland’s Fogo Island (2014)

Forbes

Fogo Island Inn Puts Newfoundland on the Luxury Map (2014)

The New York Times

On Tiny Fogo Island, a Hotel Puts a Focus on Design (2013) 

Bloomberg Pursuits

This Is The Most Remote And Magical Hotel On Earth (2016)

Forbes

Why A Tiny Canadian Island Should Be Your Next Vacation Destination (2014)

New York Times Magazine

The Possibility of an Island (2012)

Fogo Island Shop

Dezeen

Fogo Island Shop uses "nutrition labelling" to reveal true cost of making its furniture (2017)

Azure Magazine

Canada 150: 30 Canadian Product Designers Leading the Charge (2017)

Vogue

The Ultimate Hotel Souvenir: Home Décor (2017)

Holt Renfrew

Uncrate Canada: Crafting a Future (2017)

Vogue

The Ultimate Hotel Souvenir: Home Décor (2017)

Azure Magazine

Fogo Island Inn Launches Furniture Collection (2014)

Fogo Island Arts

These articles feature the success of recent Gallery installations and artist residencies, which have been highlighted in prominent art publications.

Art in America

Augustas Serapinas: In the Studio (2017)

Mousse Magazine

Wilfrid Almendra “Light Boiled Like Liquid Soap” at Fogo Island Arts, Fogo Island (2016)

The Spaces

Creative retreats: 8 havens for artists, writers and musicians (2016)

Canadian Art

How It's Made: Augustas Serapinas (2016)

Fogo Island Fish

100km Food Blog

Canadian Fish for Canadians – Introducing Fogo Island Fish (2017)

CBC News

CBC News: How Toronto chefs got hooked on fish from Fogo Island (2016)

Ottawa Citizen

A Newfoundland fish story that's delicious and inspiring (2016)

New Ocean Ethic

CBC News

"Prepared for a Petrol Spill: Fogo Island Fish Harvesters Trained to Deploy Oil Boom" (2016)

CBC News

Cod pot fishing method a hit with Fogo Island fishermen, chefs (2014) 

The Gander Beacon

Healthy ocean key to Fogo Island’s future (2014) 

The Pilot

End Of Plastic Grocery Bags On Fogo Island (2015)

Canadian Geographic

Saving Fogo and Change Islands (2014) 

The Pilot

New Ocean Ethic; Citizen science on the horizon (2014) 

The Pilot

Canada Ocean Lecture Series (2014)