Awards

2007 Excellence in Collaboration

The Joggins Fossil Institute was winner of the Excellence in Collaboration award at the Nova Scotia Department of Economic Development 2007 Celebrating Communities Conference.

The Joggings Fossil Institute is a story of successful collaboration, and history in the making. Launched in 1996, the Institute has united local residents, scientists and all three levels of government in an effort to make the famous Joggins Fossil Cliffs a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Institute's UNESCO submission also has a community development component — a new 13,000 square-foot environmentally-friendly interpretative and research centre that will open this fall. Featuring shops, restaurants, interpretative displays and research facilities, the Joggins Fossil Centre will bring tourists and scientists to Cumberland County to explore our planet's distant past.