Events from March 15, 2022 – March 24, 2022 › Webinar › – Digital Nova Scotia – Leading Digital Industry

Immigration Information Session for Tech Companies

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Learn How to Use Immigration Programs to Meet your Hiring Needs! techNL and the Office of Immigration and Multiculturalism (OIM) are hosting an information session for tech sector companies in Newfoundland and Labrador. If you are a tech sector employer, you can attend for free and learn about Canada’s economic immigration programs and resources to help you attract, hire, and retain global tech talent. Join OIM Officer, Kamrul Islam, for the 60-minute virtual information session on March 15, 10-11am NST. Atlantic Immigration Program: Following the success of the Atlantic Immigration Pilot, the government announced the creation of a permanent program in 2022. This program was designed to help employers in Atlantic Canada hire qualified foreign workers to support growth in Atlantic Canada and international graduates who want to stay in the region after graduation. Learn about this new permanent program, which will continue to be a flagship regional economic immigration program in the Atlantic Provinces. Resources for employers: Learn about the wide variety of resources and how they can support you in hiring and retaining foreign talent. Recruiting Global Talent: Recruitment for global talent can seem overwhelming, however this session will provide clarity on how you can begin your search.

March Indigenous Coffee Break featuring IndigiMall

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Join us for our March Indigenous Coffee Break. Featuring special guest, IndigiMall! WEKH Indigenous Coffee Break Series - 2022, provides monthly, 1-hour long sessions that connect aspiring and established Indigenous women entrepreneurs (IWEs) directly with, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, ecosystem support organizations. These sessions aim to bring awareness to the resources and opportunities available to IWEs in various industries, regions, and sectors across the traditional lands and territories that make up what is known as Canada. These sessions are designed to create a safe space for IWEs to ask questions and seek the support they need during any stage of their entrepreneurial journey. Please note that each session is unique, and topics may be explored either in a broad or specific format. Please refer below for more detailed information regarding this particular session. We hope to see you there! *Our use of the term women is inclusive, including cis women, trans women, Two Spirit, genderqueer, gender fluid, and non-binary folks.  

What does IT expect from upcoming graduates / candidates?

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Are you curious about what it takes to work in the exciting world of tech? Interested in different career paths, but not sure where to start? Virtusa is hosting a series of tech-focused webinars to help students and recent graduates learn more about the industry trends and what opportunities await! Technology is driving deep transformation in commerce, healthcare, drug discovery, communications, and others. At the center of all these transformations lies the power of building products and services that are innovative and driven with core capabilities in data, storage, compute, and modern tech architectures. Every industry is looking for bright engineers, data scientists, UX experts, and other vital positions that help shape the future of technology.

Search Intent: the key to successful SEO (and digital marketing)

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Think SEO is only about pleasing the Google Gods? Nope! Learn what search intent really means from a customer attraction perspective. Plus, how the fundamentals of search fits into marketing and sales funnels. Not the jargony SEO talk you were expecting, but the marketing insight you need to attract people who don’t know about you… yet. Join Alison K as she breaks down what search intent really means from a customer attraction perspective!

ICTC’s WIL Digital Student Wage Subsidy Information Session

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Join ICTC’s Atlantic Regional coordinator and learn about ICTC’s WIL Digital wage subsidy program that helps employers make students part of their talent strategy. Subsidies up to $7000 expected to be available this summer for both full-time and part-time positions, co-op positions and any other position that provides students the opportunity to practice skills relevant to the digital economy. Special Guest on March 18, Liza Robinson, Team Lead for ICTC’s application review team, will join me for a panel discussion about how you can help ensure your application is processed quickly Register here for the session that fits your schedule, Fridays at 3:00 Atlantic until April 29 (excepting Good Friday).

Blue Carbon Info Session

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Join us on Tuesday, March 22, to learn about blue carbon and hear from start-ups who have products that reduce or store carbon in the ocean Blue carbon is the term for carbon captured by the world's ocean and coastal ecosystems. Our ocean and coasts provide a natural way of reducing the impact of greenhouse gases on our atmosphere, through sequestration of this carbon. Keynote Ken Buessler, Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (www.whoi.edu) Ken is a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution who specializes in the study of natural and manmade radionuclides in the ocean. He has served as chair of the marine chemistry and geochemistry department at WHOI, as executive scientist of the US joint global ocean fluxes planning and data management office and two years as an associate program director at the US National Science Foundation, division of ocean sciences, chemical oceanography program. In 2009, Ken was elected fellow of the American Geophysical Union and in 2011, he was noted as the top cited ocean scientist by the Times Higher Education for the decade 2000-2010. Start-ups Mo AlGermozi, CEO & President, Graphite Innovation & Technology (www.grapheneenterprise.ca) – Graphite Innovation & Technology (GIT) has an innovative […]

Halihax March Virtual Event: Data Science Edition

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Join us this month for a moderated panel on the topic of data science. The future of computing revolves around data: how we create it, organize it, and most importantly, how we can use it to improve society. During this event, we’ll speak with three leading technologists about the current techniques for gaining insights from data, ethical and privacy issues related to data collection, and the key challenges in building intelligent applications.

Women in Communications & Technology – Atlantic Chapter Launch Event

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Join us for Women in Communications & Technology - Atlantic Chapter Launch Event, March 23, 2022 at 9:30 AM. Come learn more about WCT from founder Joanne Stanley, and network with incredible women across our Atlantic provinces. As part of the launch event, we’ll enjoy a fireside chat with Julia Rivard Dexter, Co-Founder and CEO of Shoelace Learning and Adrienne Power, WCT Atlantic Board Co-Chair and Financial Advisor, Edward Jones. Julia and Adrienne will discuss how their experience as female Olympians has shaped them as professionals and share takeaways to help attendees bring that purpose-driven mindset to your day-to-day.  

The Why’s and How’s of Machine Learning

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What do you need to need to make a machine learning project successful? How can you make smart decisions about setup and execution of a machine learning project? How should you hire and support the staff working on the project? We hope to provide clear, thoughtful answers to these, and other common questions to get you thinking about whether machine learning is a technology that you and your company or group should think about investing in. We will discuss topics like data collection, the trade-offs involved in choosing a model, and what to expect from a successful project, as well as how to salvage useful by-products and skills when projects don’t go as planned. This is a beginner session oriented to business owners and project managers curious to learn more about machine learning, or who may have an idea that involves machine learning and want to know where to begin. This session will take place on: Thursday, March 24th - 12:00pm - 2:00pm (Atlantic time) You do need to have a laptop with a Mac, Linux or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc). Participants must register using their institutional / organizational email address (not a personal email, ie. […]