Children's Halloween Party at Joggins Fossil Centre!

Planting Native Trees and Shrubs

In late September we had a great day with volunteers from the Joggins Fire Department, the River Hebert and Area Garden Club and the local Cadets to continue to transform the grounds here at the Fossil Centre. 

As some of you may know, the land that the Centre was built on was impacted by the mining industry that was once thriving in Joggins.  We are continuing to transform the site by planting native trees and shrubs. 

This planting effort was a great collaboration with local organizations and individuals through funding from Canon's Take Root Program, presented by Evergreen - that's right Canon (as in the camera) and Environment Canada Eco-Action.   The plants were from MacPhail Woods Ecological Forestry Project (a Nursery in PEI) and Helio Nursery (from the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia).

Thanks again all you volunteers!!! It will be great to see how your work bears fruit in the next few years.

Welcome to Joggins Stephanie Viera

Joggins Fossil Institute Association
Operations Coordinator 
Stephanie Viera, MTA

The Joggins Fossil Institute is pleased to announce that Stephanie Viera will join the management team as the full-time Operations Coordinator, starting on October 15, 2012.

Originally from Antigonish, Stephanie has 10 years experience in hospitality management, specifically in conference services, catering, food and beverage and front office operations.

Stephanie recently completed a Masters Degree in Tourism Administration degree with a concentration in Sustainable Destination Management from the George Washington University School of Business.  In addition, Stephanie has a Bachelor’s degree in Tourism and Hospitality from the University of New Brunswick and a diploma in Events and Conventions Management at the Holland College Tourism and Culinary Centre.

Please join us in welcoming Stephanie to our team.

Jenna Boon
Director
Joggins Fossil Institute Association

New Joggins Research Published!

A joint research project on the evolutionary trends of ostracods (poppy seed-sized critters with shells) has recently been published in the journal Lethaia:  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/let.2012.45.issue-4/issuetoc (see the last article). This project was a joint effort by JFI, Mount Allison University, and Acadia University.

Great Canadian Shoreline Clean-up Success!

We had a beautiful day to clean-up the beach! We collected over 15 large bags of garbage and recyclables. Most of the waste was: plastic bags, rope, strapping bands, and food wrappers. Watch this space for our total tally and more pictures!

Our beach clean-up was successful thanks to:

- Denise Dickinson and the River Hebert Elementary grades 5/6

- Pam Harrison for her enthusiasm in helping to organize

- All the chaperones for driving and participating in the clean-up

- The River Hebert Co-op for participating in the clean-up and for donating food to our BBQ lunch

- John Reid for donating gloves and garbage bags

- Chris from Tantramar Interactive (he produced our lovely website!)

Come see the world's smallest tetrapod trackway on display at the Centre!

A new scientific paper has just been released in the journal Ichnos that highlights a find by local resident, Gloria Melanson: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/gich20/current.

Find the publishing company's news release on this paper, with a quotation about the find from Gloria, here: http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=123934&CultureCode=en 

This very small but significant fossil will be on display at the Joggins Fossil Centre until October 31, 2012.

Join us for the Great Canadian Shoreline Clean-up!

Following this event there will be a River Hebert Co-op sponsored BBQ lunch at the Centre for all participants!!