{"id":3403,"date":"2013-06-13T13:32:32","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T17:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.era.on.ca\/blogs\/office\/?p=3403"},"modified":"2014-02-13T18:40:42","modified_gmt":"2014-02-13T22:40:42","slug":"era-to-port-union-nfld-mid-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eraarch.ca\/2013\/era-to-port-union-nfld-mid-june\/","title":{"rendered":"ERA to Port Union, Nfld. mid-June"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n The Culture of Outports<\/a> program is about to begin again, this time in Trinity Bay North, Newfoundland. Culture of Outports is a series of projects that uses research, design, and planning to engage and help support livable communities undergoing economic and cultural change after the decline of the Northern Cod Fishery.<\/p>\n This year our student participants include Madeleine, Ryan, Mitchell, Elijah, and Karl from Ryerson University, all of whom will be participating in the 2013 Community Build.<\/p>\n The team, led by ERA\u2019s Andrew Pruss and Alana Young, will visit the communities of Trinity Bay North municipality, including Catalina, Little Catalina, Melrose, and Port Union, with this year\u2019s the main build site located in Port Union.\u00a0Founded by Sir William Ford Coaker in 1916, the town is the headquarters of the Fishermen’s Protective Union and is North America\u2019s only union-built town.<\/a><\/p>\n