Petty Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador… A small harbour, as its name implies. Hills rise sharply to the north and south; granite guardians in varying shades of evergreen and seasonal verge. To the east, past the manmade breakwater constructed after a devastating storm in January ’66, simmers the vast Atlantic. It’s an obvious clue to the industry that built and sustained this community for almost 500 years. Look west and your eyes will follow a continually increasing grade, scored by a long-running river whose course was diverted in the 1890s to power the province’s oldest, still operational, hydroelectric station. Before it was bridged, way back in the day, this river literally divided the town—not just geographically, but also along religious lines.

How fitting then, that the place where river merges with sea, on a narrow finger of land thrusting its way into the harbour—as if beckoning the divergent sides to meet in the middle—is where you’ll find social entrepreneur and unity activist, Kimberly Orren.

A pioneer for diversity in an aging, male-dominated industry, Orren founded Fishing for Success to inspire change. Through this unique enterprise, Orren forges paths for youth and underrepresented groups to experience fishing traditions customarily passed down from father to son.

 

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