A 7-year (2007-2014) research program of innovative, interdisciplinary research projects
related to helping communities and organizations along Newfoundland's west coast develop
strategies for the recovery of fish stocks and fishery communities.
Centered at the Bonne Bay Marine Station in Norris Point, NL, the CURRA brought together
researchers from the social and natural sciences and fine arts at Memorial University in
St. John's and Sir Wilfred Grenfell College in Corner Brook in working partnerships with
numerous stakeholders and community organizations.
The long-term objectives of the CURRA included promoting community engagement with the
Station, promoting and diversifying the research community affiliated with the Station
and training researchers in collaborative, community-based research approaches.
Some of the digital output from the CURRA included:
Films/Videos:
-The One Hundred Nautical Mile Seafood Diet
-Changing Tides: Gender, Fisheries and Globalization
Audio:
- An Interview with Robert Hooper, Director, Bonne Bay Marine Station
- I want to Touch it - by Alison Eaton
- How we Fish and Farm - by Kristen Lowitt
- Waiting for Jason - by Ivan Emke
Video Presentations:
- Fisheries Policy and Management: A Critical History - A Presentation by Dean Bavington
- Thanks for all the fish? Resource management and regional development in post-crash Iceland - A presentation by Anna Karlsdóttir and Karl Benediktsson
- Fisheries Co-Management by Evelyn Pinkerton
- Reflections on Fisheries Research - by Bonnie McCay
| Title | An Interview with Dr. Robert Hooper, Research Director, Bonne Bay Marine Station, Memorial University
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| Description: | Dr. Hooper talks about the unique ecosystems of Bonne Bay, threats to biodiversity, and how the ecology is changing. |
| Year | 2001 |
| Interviewer | Ivan Emke |
| Producer/Director | Ivan Emke |
| Produced by | Voices of Bonne Bay Radio Station |
| Commissioned by | Voices of Bonne Bay Radio Station |
| Funded by | N/A |
| Length: | Approximately 11 minutes |
| Title | Radio Documentary - I want to Touch it!
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| Description: | This radio documentary is meant to capture the joy, fear, chaos and wonder that visitors of the Bonne Bay Marine Station experience when they encounter the fascinating creatures found in our touch tank. The touch tank contains a variety of marine organisms that are found locally in Bonne Bay. Each visitor has a completely different tactile experience when handling creatures such as a crab, starfish or moon snail. We hope that you'll be able to share in some of the feelings experienced by our visitors as you listen to all the interesting tidbits of information shared by your host, Fiona Cuthbert. Drop by the touch tank next time you're in Norris Point and discover your own reaction to these prickly, pinchy and sometimes slimy creatures! |
| Year | 2005 |
| Writer | Alison Eaton |
| Producer/Director | Alison Eaton |
| Produced by | Alison Eaton |
| Commissioned by | Community-University Research for Recovery Alliance, Memorial University. |
| Funded by | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC); Memorial University; the Research and Development Corporation, Newfoundland and Labrador; with support from numerous community partners and groups. |
| Length: | Approximately 7 minutes |
| Title | Radio Documentary - As we Fish and Farm
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| Description: | This documentary explores a changing food system in the Bonne Bay region. It features Mancel Halfyward, Ernie Decker, and Marsha Crocker about their experiences fishing and farming, and what these activities mean to them and the community. |
| Year | 2005 |
| Writer | Kristen Lowitt |
| Producer/Director | Kristen Lowitt |
| Produced by | Kristen Lowitt |
| Commissioned by | Community-University Research for Recovery Alliance, Memorial University. |
| Funded by | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC); Memorial University; the Research and Development Corporation, Newfoundland and Labrador; with support from numerous community partners and groups. |
| Length: | Approximately 7 minutes |
| Title | Radio Documentary - Waiting for Jason
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| Description: | |
| Year | 2001 |
| Interviewer | Ivan Emke |
| Producer/Director | Ivan Emke |
| Produced by | Ivan Emke |
| Commissioned by | Community-University Research for Recovery Alliance, Memorial University. |
| Funded by | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC); Memorial University; the Research and Development Corporation, Newfoundland and Labrador; with support from numerous community partners and groups. |
| Length: | Approximately 15 minutes |
| Title | The 100 Nautical Mile Seafood Diet
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| Description: | "The 100 Nautical Mile Seafood Diet" promotes dialogue about ways to build a diet heavily reliant on food from the sea around Newfoundland and Labrador, including both traditional and contemporary uses. |
| Year | 2015 |
| Interviewer | Anne Troake |
| Producer/Director | Anne Troake |
| Produced by | Anne Troake |
| Commissioned by | Barbara Neis, Principal Investigator, Community-University Research for Recovery Alliance |
| Funded by | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC); Memorial University; the Research and Development Corporation, Newfoundland and Labrador; with support from numerous community partners and groups. |
| Length: | Approximately 15 minutes |
| Title | Changing Tides: Gender, Fisheries and Globalization
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| Description: | In May 2000, researchers from universities and non-governmental organizations in 18 countries came together with women fish workers from Atlantic Canada to talk about some of the changes that are happening in fisheries around the world. They compared experiences, explored the links between local and global change, and talked about how these changes are affecting women and men in fisheries communities. |
| Year | 2001 |
| Writer | Barbara Neis |
| Producer/Director | Debbie McGee |
| Produced by | The Centre for Academic and Media Services, Memorial University of Newfoundland |
| Commissioned by | Barbara Neis, Principal Investigator, Community-University Research for Recovery Alliance |
| Funded by |
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) International Development Research Centre (IRDC) Status of Women Canada, Atlantic Region International Centre, Memorial University with Funding from the Canadian International Development Agency Faculty of Arts and School of Graduate Studiers, Memorial University And through in-kind support from the International Collective in Support of Fish workers |
| Length: | Approximately 58 minutes |
