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April 23, 2025

2023 & 2024 Impact Report

Across two decades, we have developed initiatives on Fogo Island that, alongside our fishery, prove rural economic decline is not inevitable.
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February 5, 2025

Economic Nutrition for the Places We Live

Now more than ever we need strong local economies. The choices we make – both as individuals and businesses – have a direct impact on the economic health of the places we live, work, and play.  
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January 28, 2025

2024: Year in Review

Over the past five years, Fogo Island has hosted a series of innovative community events exploring how to strengthen our economic future, including the first PLACE Dialogues (returning to Fogo Island this fall); discussions led by Glenn Blackwood and Chief Mi’sel Joe, and more recently events with NLOWE and the newly formed Fogo Island Chapter of the Gander and Area Chamber of Commerce. Fogo Island has become recognized as a place that welcomes creative thinking, new opportunities, and locally grown solutions.
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October 31, 2024

PLACE DIALOGUES  

A flourishing society is built upon prosperous communities, and prosperous communities are only possible when they are supported by strong and resilient community economies. So, how do we strengthen community economies?  How do we build economic momentum for resilient communities?  
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June 26, 2024

Community Business Hub 

Over the past five years, Fogo Island has hosted a series of innovative community events exploring how to strengthen our economic future, including the first PLACE Dialogues (returning to Fogo Island this fall); discussions led by Glenn Blackwood and Chief Mi’sel Joe, and more recently events with NLOWE and the newly formed Fogo Island Chapter of the Gander and Area Chamber of Commerce. Fogo Island has become recognized as a place that welcomes creative thinking, new opportunities, and locally grown solutions.
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December 13, 2023

Leadership in Place

Shorefast’s CEO & Founder, Zita Cobb, on the importance of local leadership in the places we live.
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Andria Hickey joins Shorefast and Fogo Island Arts as Head of Programs

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November 7, 2023

Zita Cobb delivers the Keynote at the Evergreen Conference

Shorefast's CEO joined thought leaders, community members, private and public sector innovators, and city builders from across the country to talk about place as key to a resilient and connected future.
Stories

September 26, 2023

Rocks have Stories to Tell – A Conversation with Geologist-in-Residence Peter Croal

Throughout the year, Shorefast welcomes a variety of practitioners ranging from geologists to artists to chefs to Fogo Island. An intended outcome is the exchange of ideas and perspectives that can lay the groundwork for reflection, pause, and new ways of seeing the world in front of us.  
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September 21, 2023

Crafting for Connection

Shorefast programming provides people with a place to connect with their neighbours and learn more about the culture and nature of Fogo Island. 
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September 1, 2023

Art & Climate Change 

Fogo Island Arts’ partnership with the National Gallery of Canada, the World Weather Network, and contemporary artist Liam Gillick, is shaping a global conversation around art, climate, and the importance of place.  
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August 24, 2023

Cultural Innovation: A Community Talk with Architect Todd Saunders

Design and architecture can be used to stimulate innovation and give centuries-old knowledge, traditions, and culture an economic foundation.
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July 12, 2023

Understanding our Geographic Context: The Importance of the Labrador Current 

As an organization grounded in a place-based approach to economic development, we always start with what is in front of us.   
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June 2, 2023

Community Science on Fogo Island

Engaging community members in ocean research means they bring their historical, cultural, industrial, and lived experience to each project.
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May 25, 2023

Chatting with Community Host Rosemarie Burke

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May 17, 2023

Food for Thought: Reinforcing our local economy through an appreciation of our foodways

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May 12, 2023

Know your neighbours, know yourself,” a conversation between Zita Cobb & Michael Bungay Stanier.

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April 25, 2023

Zita’s Story

Zita Cobb was born on Fogo Island in 1958, part of the eighth generation in her family to call the island home. Forced to leave the island after the collapse of the inshore cod fishery, she and her family ended up in Ontario, Canada where she studied business in Ottawa.
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April 10, 2023

Cauliflower Thinking

Fogo Island is a small floret with big stories. Here, we share these stories to present varying views on life, work, and art on this Island in the North Atlantic.
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March 21, 2023

Zita Cobb joins thought leaders to discuss paradigm shifts in how we think about capital and the economy 

Stories

December 7, 2022

Exploring Seaweed Cultivation on Fogo Island

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October 14, 2022

Fogo Island’s Annual Scholarship Program

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July 21, 2022

Liam Gillick unveils a Weather Station on Fogo Island

Stories

June 7, 2022

In the Punt with PJ Decker

Stories

November 18, 2019

The Floret—Ernst Hupel

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August 27, 2019

The Floret—Mackenzie Hewitt

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August 9, 2019

The Floret—Jonathan Gushue

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June 22, 2019

A Living, Breathing Ode to the Mighty Punt: The New Punt Premises Opens 

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Zita Cobb on Community Tourism

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Fogo Island: A far away comeback story

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Zita Cobb’s 2023 Thomas d’Aquino Lecture on Leadership

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