By DAVID SORENSEN • MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY GAZETTE • MARCH 9, 2022 This year, the President’s Award for Public Engagement Partnerships was awarded to Fishing for Success and Dr. John Schouten, Faculty of Business Administration, and Canada Research Chair in Social Enterprise. Fishing for Success is a social enterprise based in Petty Harbour that Read more…
By REBECCA COHOE • MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY GAZETTE • FEBRUARY 28, 2022 “You could say that the linkages between Memorial University and Fishing for Success run as deep as the water just beyond Petty Harbour. The thriving fishing community is home to the social enterprise that teaches traditional fisheries skills while helping participants develop purpose, confidence Read more…
By ANNET PAUWELUSSEN • FISHYFEMINISM PODCAST – EPISODE 4 • DECEMBER 20, 2021 In this episode of the fishy feminisms podcast, Kimberly Orren chats with me about the fishing industry in NL, climate change, feminism, and all the amazing community based work she is doing to rethink fishing in more equitable ways. Listen To Read more…
By KATIE BREEN • CBC NEWS • JULY 15, 2021 “A marine fisheries researcher and former Girls Who Fish participant is launching a sister version of the Petty Harbour program in Japan. Girls Who Fish is a year-round, biweekly program that teaches women and girls how to fish and empowers them to consider a career on Read more…
FARM TO CAFETERIA • JUNE 08, 2021 “Sea to School is a term used to describe programs that procure local sustainable seafood for schools and promote ocean literacy. These programs take many forms, from serving local seafood in school lunches, to taking students on field trips to local fishing docks, to incorporating Read more…
By REBECCA NOLAN • KCBX • AUGUST 19, 2020 Associate Producer Rebekah Nolan explores “Girls Who Fish” a program designed to attract girls and women to become involved in Newfoundland’s commercial fishery. Nolan says, “fishing is the thing that brought the first settlers from England and Ireland about 400 years ago, and it continues to be a Read more…
By JENN THORNHILL VERMA • OCTOBER 08, 2019 About a mile-and-a-half off of Petty Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, we’re dropping anchor, 26 fathoms deep. The fish finder, an instrument for locating schools of fish, confirms what captains Leo Hearn and Kimberly Orren already know: the cod are plentiful. In their 22-footer, we Read more…
By JENN THORNHILL VERMA • READERS DIGEST CANADA • OCTOBER 16, 2019 Fishing lessons from Petty Harbour Fishing is part of my identity,” says Jasmine Paul, a 31-year-old part-time university student. “And when I wasn’t fishing, I was depressed.” On a Sunday in July, eight women are huddled together inside a wooden Read more…
By EMA NOELLA KIBIRKSTIS • THE OVERCAST • MAY 13, 2019 Just 15 minutes south of St. John’s, nestled in the heart of the small community of Petty Harbour, we find the red paneled walls of the Island Rooms. Here is where Fishing for Success, and project manager Kimberly Orren, lead Read more…
KYLE GREENHAM • TELEGRAM • APRIL 25, 2019 As the average age of inshore harvesters in the province goes up, Kimberly Orren, with Fishing for Success, says this need for new people to take over enterprises is hitting a crucial point.“A majority of the fishers in this province are now in Read more…
