Last fish, first boat

When the Canadian government shut down the cod fishery in 1992, fisherman Eugene Maloney, from Bay Bulls, Newfoundland, turned to boatbuilding. Now in his eighties, Gene's self-taught boatbuilding practice symbolizes resilience and adaptation amidst economic challenges.

7 min video

1 h 30 min activity

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1 h 30 min activity

Create a comic: Students are challenged to develop an 8-12 panel comic about someone in their life (or a public figure) exploring part of their personal history. Along the way, they learn more about how writer and photographer Jenn Thornhill Verma and artist Kat Frick created Last Fish, First Boat.

Activity (Powerpoint) Open Activity (Google Slides) Open

The Cod Delusion (Article in the Canadian Geographic) (in English only) Visit Canadian Geographic Last Fish, First Boat (Video transcript) Open transcript

Credits

Adapted from

Cod Collapse par Jenn Thornhill Verma

Directors

Jenn Thornhill Verma, Kat Frick Miller

Producers

Matt LeMay, Kat Frick Miller, Jenn Thornhill Verma

Traduction et production de la version française

École de l’Océan

WRITER

Jenn Thornhill Verma with input from Kat Frick Miller

Illustration and animation

Kat Frick Miller

Sound design, production and audio direction

Jamie Bonaparte (Paragon Cause), Michelle Opthof (Paragon Cause)

THANK YOU

La famille Maloney, en particulier Eugene et Wayne Maloney

Content reviewers

Dean Bavington (Memorial University of Newfoundland), Costas Halavrezos (BookMe! podcast), Jeffrey Hutchings (Dalhousie University), Whitney Moran (Nimbus Publishing), Kimberly Orren (Fishing for Success)

Pedagogical Activity Writers

Alanna Canaran, Heather Delagran, Emily Sheepy

Activity Images

Kat Frick Miller

Activity Graphic Design

Erika Sullivan, Nada Jreidini

With Support From

Canadian Geographic, The Royal Canadian Geographical Society, Nimbus Publishing, Canada Council for the Arts