CRR Volume 2: Coastal Connections

Whether its seeing a cleaner harbour bottom or having a safer swim, Shawn and Staunene remind us that the oceans are our responsibility and they share the importance of cleaning up our oceans one harbour at a time! Removing litter from one beach or one harbour may seem insignificant in the grand scheme of things but the fact is, the more clean ups we do, the more awareness we can bring towards this issue and the more we can remediate and prevent more trash from piling up! Clean ups show us what the most common sources of pollution which can inform policies to target specific items and catalyze innovative alternatives and solutions that support local communities and regional economies.

In this episode, you heard from:
Shawn Bath and Staunene Whalen of CHI (@CleanHarboursNL)

To view the documentary trailer and to learn more about CHI check out their website- https://cleanharboursnl.com/

To donate to their efforts: 
https://ca.gofundme.com/f/help-chi-stop-ghost-nets-from-drowning-whales

To shop Staunene’s recycled creations at the CHI Sea Shoppe - https://www.facebook.com/CHISeaShoppe/

CHI in the news (https://www.seechangemagazine.com/one-mans-trash-is-another-mans-mission-one-changemakers-quest-to-clean-up-newfoundlands-harbours/?fbclid=IwAR3MTwm47uGb4-Or1qoXbZ-kIWmA8g92ueUmGO124ZObH35FKFLnAyz7ixA)

Ghost Gear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC7msiTLNvQ

Companies in BC recycling fishing nets  (https://www.richmond-news.com/local-business/steveston-harbour-authorities-gives-new-life-to-fishing-nets-3098357)

We love to hear your feedback. Connect with the hosts:
Sondra Eger (www.twitter.com/@soneger)
Jackie Bauman (ruralresilience.ca/researchers/mun…/jackie-bauman/)
If you have a story to share with us or questions about how we make the podcast, send us an email at stories@coastalroutes.org.

Coastal Routes Radio is led by:
Philip Loring www.twitter.com/@ConserveChange
Hannah Harrison www.twitter.com/@fishpeopleplace
Follow the Coastal Routes Project www.twitter.com/@Coastal_Routes
Listen to Volume 1 of Coastal Routes Radio soundcloud.com/conservechange/sets/social-fishtancing

Coastal Connections - Episode 4 - Do you know what’s in your harbour?

In this episode, Dr. Sondra Eger is joined by Dr. Brennan Lowery, a post-doctoral researcher at Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador and Joan Simmonds, manager of the French Shore Interpretation Center in Conche. Conche residents were determined to preserve their home, place, and heritage, and redefine Conche not as a dying outport fishing community, but as a culturally and historically rich place to keep the stories of Conche alive.  

Joan tells stories about how the tapestry and center came to be and how it is creating new economic opportunities in the region, creating a diverse cultural tourism industry.  Dr. Lowery and Joan also give us a taste of a new augmented reality project they are collaborating on through Grenfell Campus of Memorial University, with funding by Mitacs, that will bring new digital technologies to share traditional, cultural, and historical places in the region, giving visitors a window into Conche’s past, and visually see it.  
 
Show Notes
French Shore Historical Society - https://www.frenchshore.com/en/welcome.htm 
French Shore Interpretation Center - http://www.frenchshore.com/en/welcome.htm
•       The Phantoms of the French Shore- Documentary about the Tapestry (free) 

Dr. Brennan Lowery 
•  http://ruralresilience.ca/researchers/postdoctoral-researchers/blowery/  
•    PhD- https://research.library.mun.ca/14969/   
•      Paper co-authored with Joan and other community leaders: https://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/ijcre/article/view/7766     
 
About the Tapestry 
•       News article on the tapestry artists-  https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/french-shore-tapestry 
•       Video showing the tapestry- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq6_byWDz20&ab_channel=GoWesternNL
•       Stitching Local History Article- https://encyclopediaoflocalknowledge.com/chapter1/stitching-local-history-the-french-shore-tapestry/ 
•       News Article and video on tapestry- https://www.saltscapes.com/travel/496-the-amazing-french-shore-tapestry.html 
•       Unvailing the tapestry- https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-telegram-st-johns/20100803/282394100739516 


We love to hear your feedback. Connect with the host:
Sondra Eger (www.twitter.com/@soneger)
If you have a story to share with us or questions about how we make the podcast, send us an email at stories@coastalroutes.org.

Coastal Routes Radio is led by:
Philip Loring www.twitter.com/@ConserveChange
Hannah Harrison www.twitter.com/@fishpeopleplace
Follow the Coastal Routes Project www.twitter.com/@Coastal_Routes
Listen to Volume 1 of Coastal Routes Radio soundcloud.com/conservechange/sets/social-fishtancing

Coastal Connections - Episode 9 - Keeping history alive through storytelling (Pt I)

In this episode we explore traditional folk music and how it is a powerful oral storytelling tool that carries culture, tradition, history, and knowledge across generations, shaping people’s identity today. We speak with the infamous musical duo Fergus O’Byrne and Jim Payne who are spreading traditional folk music around the island – and the world – keeping Newfoundland and Labrador culture alive. We also had the pleasure of being joined by Darrell Power, former member of Great Big Sea, who has since established two recording studios among other projects. Our guests share their relationship with music, what traditional folk music sounds like and means to them, and how growing up draped in an era of culture and music influenced their musical careers. Joining Dr. Sondra Eger is co-host Sara Langer, a PhD student at Grenfell Campus Memorial University who also led the development of this episode.

Songs featured in the episode:
Home Boys Home - Shanneyganock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvvEuDOT98Y
Blow the Wind Westerly - https://www.singsonginc.ca/index.php/component/mymuse/product?id=4
Double Sledder Lad - https://www.singsonginc.ca/index.php/catalog/5-wave-over-wave

About Jim Payne and Fergus O’Byrne recording company SingSong Inc.- [https://www.singsonginc.ca/index.php/home/about-us] 
Check out their music library - [https://www.singsonginc.ca/index.php] 
Listen to Ryan’s Fancy - [https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jtVmoiF2EB146xhVEXWim] 
“Wave over Wave” by Jim Payne and Fergus O’Byrne, part of ArtsSmarts program - [https://www.singsonginc.ca/index.php/artists/jim-payne-a-fergus-obyrne/5-wave-over-wave] 
For ArtsSmarts Inquiries or to get in touch with Jim Payne and Fergus O’Byrne - 
[https://www.singsonginc.ca/index.php/contact-us] 

In the News 
Jim and Fergus Recently Featured in album “New Recording of Woods Songs and Recitations from NL - [https://www.mun.ca/mmap/research-and-publications/back-on-track/the-music-of-our-burnished-axes/] 
Jim Payne wins Lifetime Achievement Award for 2021 NL Folk Festival - [https://vocm.com/2021/08/01/2021-folk-festival-comes-to-a-close-tonight/] 
ArtsSmarts Project in the news - [https://nfldherald.com/payne-and-obryne-team-up-for-artssmarts-project/] 
 
Darrell Power on Twitter - [@DarrellPowerNL] 
“Home Boys Home” plays Darrell Power at the Songwriter’s Circle in Outer Cove - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg4tMwh6eS8&ab_channel=BetweenTheRock] 
Listen to “Home Boys Home” by Shanneyganock - [https://open.spotify.com/album/6q8XjEZkxasixC4wlntNy4?highlight=spotify:track:3nmF1oVxsPiryRrQFwn1Gw] 
 
In the News 
Darrell Power releases first solo album “Happily Ever After” - [https://www.saltwire.com/newfoundland-labrador/lifestyles/after-decades-playing-with-other-groups-former-great-big-sea-bassist-is-making-a-solo-album-218284/] 
Darrell among other artists on the ballot in St. John’s municipal election - [https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-telegram-st-johns/20170916/281595240702622]

We love to hear your feedback. Connect with the host:
Sondra Eger (www.twitter.com/@soneger)
If you have a story to share with us or questions about how we make the podcast, send us an email at stories@coastalroutes.org.

Coastal Routes Radio is led by:
Philip Loring www.twitter.com/@ConserveChange
Hannah Harrison www.twitter.com/@fishpeopleplace
Follow the Coastal Routes Project www.twitter.com/@Coastal_Routes
Listen to Volume 1 of Coastal Routes Radio soundcloud.com/conservechange/sets/social-fishtancing

Coastal Connections - Episode 10 - Keeping history alive through storytelling (Pt II)

The best way to protect whales is to keep ships and other human activities away from them, but we have to know where they are in order to avoid them. Traditionally this has meant watching for whales from the surface, which is time consuming and ineffective especially for deep diving species of whales. The solution may be to use another sense: sound rather than sight. The same acoustic detection techniques developed to detect the submarines are now being used to listen underwater for unique whale calls. Scientists and researchers with the Department of National Defence’s science and technology organization, Defence Research and Development Canada, are working with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Transport Canada, Dalhousie University and industry partners in this collaborative effort to protect whales. The goal is to use the underwater sound data in an app with a simple interface that will alert red or green on areas to avoid on a map in order to protect whales.

This project has received permitting from DFO and Government of Nunavut along with obtaining animal ethics approval from Dalhousie.

In this episode:
Commander Brian May, @DRDC_RDDC
Associate Centre Director of the Atlantic Research Centre
Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) 
DRDC Website: https://www.canada.ca/en/defence-research-development.html

Dr. Carolyn Binder @CMBinder
Defence Scientist for DRDC, specializes in ocean acoustics
https://gisp.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/apps/WhaleInsight/eng/?locale=en
 
Dr. Sarah Fortune @SFortuneSea
Assistant Professor in the Department of Oceanography at Dalhousie University specializes in whale ecology and conservation.
Lab Website: https://www.fortunewhalelab.com/

In the Media
CBC story: Canada's military watches for whales, to adjust its exercises (Jan 2022) - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=4865227480230719
Tweet: World Whales Day video -  https://twitter.com/DRDC_RDDC/status/1495412937837658114?s=20&t=JaZPyDEBR2BB-tFke8bwvw

Other resources
Acoustic data from the gliders and DFO buoys: https://whalemap.org
Contribute to citizen science here in the Atlantic: https://www.canadianwhaleinstitute.ca/whalealert
For the West Coast: https://wildwhales.org/wras/

Ocean Protection Plan - https://tc.canada.ca/en/initiatives/oceans-protection-plan
Maritimes Marine Animal Response Society - https://marineanimals.ca/
Listen to Whales - https://apps-nefsc.fisheries.noaa.gov/pacm/#/
Learn more about the science of sound - https://dosits.org

Collaborators
Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC)
Maj Dugald Thomson (DRDC Air Force Liaison Officer at DRDC)
Mr Craig Reesor (Defence Construction Canada supporting RCAF Environment and Operational Sustainability) 

DRDC scientists:
Dr Andrew Day
Dr Brendan Rideout
Mr Aaron Webstey

Dalhousie University
University of Windsor
University of New Brunswick 
University of Ottawa 

Fisheries and Oceans Canada 
Transport Canada
Royal Canadian Navy 
Royal Canadian Air Force
Canadian Wildlife Society and Nunavut Fishing Association 
JASCO Applied Sciences 
Open Ocean Robotics

Project Supporters
World Wildlife Fund through Mitacs (Leah Trigg postdoctoral fellowship)
ArcticNet

This work is endorsed by:
United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development

Coastal Connections - Episode 11  - Sounding off: Protecting whales through acoustic research

Part 1 follows Sondra Eger as she learns about Etuaptmumk,  also referred to as Two-Eyed Seeing, from different perspectives. This episode features Brady Reid and Ivan White who share stories and personal experiences surrounding Etuaptmumk. All of the participants in this episode have connections with academia and therefore anecdotes and examples are heavily biased towards this context.

This episode inspires one to self-reflect on how we build relationships and how we each have our own unique positionalities that influence our lives and work. We encourage you to explore the resources below.

Please share comments and more resources in the comments below or on social media @soneger  @coastal_routes  @resiliencerural

Guests
Ivan White @IvanJWhite
Check out the Maw-lukutinej / Let's Work Together podcast:
https://maw-lukutinej.buzzsprout.com/

Brady Reid @bradytreid
Rural Resilience: http://ruralresilience.ca/brady-reid-2/
Masters: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/http://ruralresilience.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Reid_BradyTanner_Master.pdf
Regional Studies Association: https://www.regionalstudies.org/category_news/rsa-blog/

Resources
Ways of Knowing Forum: https://www.waysofknowingforum.ca/
Two-eyed seeing Ted X talk:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA9EwcFbVfg
Self-reflection activities and resources (Credit to the Environmental Change and Governance Group, University of Waterloo “Respectful Research” Series, publication forthcoming)
Fill out the Social Identity Wheel and reflect on the core questions provided: http://doloreshuerta.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Social-Identity-Wheel-3-2-2.pdf
Grisold, T., Kaiser, A. and Hafner, J., 2017, January. Unlearning before creating new knowledge: A cognitive process. In Proceedings of the 50th Hawaii international conference on system sciences.
Beld, JM (1994) Constructing a collaboration: A conversation with Egon G. Guba and Yvonna S. Lincoln. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education 7(2): 99–115
Wong, C., Ballegooyen, K., Ignace, L., Johnson, M.J. (Gùdia), Swanson, H., 2020. Towards reconciliation: 10 Calls to Action to natural scientists working in Canada. FACETS 5, 769–783.https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2020-0005
Stefanoudis et al., 2021. Turning the tide of parachute science. Current Biology 31, R161–R185

Coastal Connections - Episode 12 - (Part I) Etuaptmumk: A Conversation

In Part 2, Sondra Eger reaches out to the Apoqnmatulti’k Project to learn how their collaborative research project embodies Etuaptmumk, also referred to as Two Eyed Seeing. She hears stories and lessons from project partners Darren Porter, Alanna Syliboy, Dr. Shelley Denny and Skyler Jeddore who are all working to gather data and information that can contribute towards informing protection measures for culturally significant species. The episode reflects on Phase 1 of the project in the Bay of Fundy and the Bras d’Or Lake and concludes with the news that the project was recently awarded with funding to continue to expand and include new study species.

With permission for Ocean Tracking Network and Apoqnmatulti’k project team, this episode is based on pre-recorded material from a previous webinar as well as interviews and subsequent commentary. The original webinar can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/OctP9jXixTs?si=ajA2EpXUQ3TnrPhW

APOQNMATULTI’K (https://www.facebook.com/apoqnmatultik/)
Project Home Page: https://www.apoqnmatultik.ca/
Video of Phase 1 Successes: https://www.apoqnmatultik.ca/new-blog/video-highlights-apoqnmatultik-successes

Guests
Evelien VanderKloet, Senior Operations Manager (Ocean Tracking Network (@OceanTracking; oceantrackingnetwork.org) https://www.apoqnmatultik.ca/faces-of/faces-of-evelien)
	
Alanna Syliboy, Community Liaison for the Bay of Fundy (https://mikmawconservation.ca/our-team/mcg-staff/)

Skyler Jeddore , Community Liaison for the Bras d’Or Lake (https://www.apoqnmatultik.ca/new-blog/meet-skyler-jeddore)

Darren Porter https://www.facebook.com/darren.porter.737
Marine Institute of Natural and Academic Science: https://www.facebook.com/MINASscience
You’ve also heard Darren in Ep. 1 - Come Together (https://soundcloud.com/conservechange/coastal-connections-episode-1-come-together?in=conservechange/sets/crr-volume-2-coastal)

Shelley Denny, Senior Advisor, Unama’ki Institite of Natural Resources (UINR) (https://www.uinr.ca/people/shelley-denny/)

In the news:
https://www.apoqnmatultik.ca/new-blog/apoqnmatultik-partnership-receives-15-million-to-continue-initiative-for-five-years

What traditional lands are you on? Here are some resources from the Canadian Government, but always best to speak with the peoples in your area. 
https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1605796533652/1605796625692
https://sidait-atris.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/atris_online/home-accueil.aspx
Please share comments and more resources in the comments below or on social media @soneger  @coastal_routes  @resiliencerural

Coastal Connections - Episode 13 - (Part II) Etuaptmumk: A Conversation

Coastal Routes is a network of researchers, coastal communities, and non-profit organizations all united by our mission of supporting verdant, sustainable, and just coastal livelihoods and places. Coastal Routes Radio is our platform for sharing the Social FISHtancing and Coastal Connections podcasts, as well as PubCasts and Research Notes. You can learn more by visiting our website or finding Phil Loring and Hannah Harrison on Twitter.