Events from March 3, 2021 – March 9, 2021 – Digital Nova Scotia – Leading Digital Industry

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Social At Home: Grow

The conference that keeps Canadian digital marketers and communications professionals ahead of the trends and at the top of their game... is moving online. After two incredibly successful online conference in June and October 2020, SocialAtHome returns for our third online event! This will be your opportunity to ensure your company’s digital voice is ready for whatever 2021 might bring. It's time we look forward. Let's do it together. Tap into your audiences, dig into your analytics, and push beyond your comfort zone to power your strategies, up your tactical game, and deliver results. For the past five years, SocialWest, SocialEast and SocialCentral have brought thousands of people together, and with SocialAtHome Summit, we’ll be continuing to offer unprecedented opportunities for networking and professional development, just from the safety of your home. Digital Nova Scotia members receive 50% off tickets! Please contact brianna@digitalnovascotia.com for more details Register

ADVANCE: International Women’s Day Celebration

Join The Centre for Women in Business on Thursday, March 4, 2021 from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. for our annual ADVANCE: International Women’s Day celebration. While we celebrate and support women 365 days a year, this event allows us to reflect on our 28-year-long purpose to provide opportunities for women that enable them to advance, grow, and prosper in business as owners, leaders, and drivers of our economy. We invite you to join us virtually and… SHARE A LAUGH with an opening from Erica Sigurdson – a Canadian comedian, writer, producer, and haberdasher best known for her rapier wit on CBC Radio’s smash hit The Debaters. BE INSPIRED by the empowering words of our keynote Eleanor Beaton – a local, globally recognized women’s leadership expert, business coach, writer, and the host of Power + Presence + Position. MEET & CELEBRATE local women business owners and organizations who support them through small group networking. CHOOSE TO CHALLENGE gender bias and inequality – this year’s global International Women’s Day theme. Member tickets: Complimentary! Included in your membership fee Community & future member tickets: $15 + HST Register

Find Your Ideal Customers Online

The internet is a big, noisy place. It’s impossible to be everywhere and do “all the things” – you’ll burn out. If you want to succeed online, you must get focused. Join Tourism Nova Scotia and Digital Nova Scotia for a webinar with Katelyn Bourgoin, CEO of Customer Camp, for a 1-hour crash course where you’ll learn how to find your ideal customers online. This webinar will cover: How to discover where your ideal customers are already gathering How customers search for experiences and products like yours How to market to those customers Register

StrikeUP 2021 Conference

Working with our Women Entrepreneur Strategy (WES) Ecosystem Partners, Northumberland CFDC is proud to invite you to StrikeUP 2021, a virtual conference dedicated to supporting women entrepreneurs and providing a forum for growth, mentorship and financing. StrikeUP will provide you with an opportunity to learn from globally-renowned Canadian women leaders who share a passion for uniting and strengthening women entrepreneurs and women-led networks. From successful business founders to leading experts across the areas of mental health and marketing, to mentor meet-ups and networking, StrikeUP allows for an invaluable learning experience and forum to build the skills of women entrepreneurs to help them lead Canada’s economic recovery and put women entrepreneurs at the forefront. Click here to see the agenda. We are proudly funded by the Government of Canada through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) and the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy (WES). Register

The Power of Supplier Diversity

Join Volta and Canada’s LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce for an engaging and informative workshop on the Power of Supplier Diversity. Canada is home to more than 28,000 LGBT+ entrepreneurs. Collectively, they generate $22-billion in economic activity and employ more than 435,000 people – or the population of Halifax. In other words, LGBT+ business is big business. When these innovative entrepreneurs are connected with corporations looking to advance corporate social responsibility by diversifying their supply chains – we are collectively reducing barriers, advancing LGBT+ entrepreneurship, and creating a truly inclusive economy, one connection at a time. Join Ryan Nearing, Membership and Supplier Diversity Manager with Canada’s LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce, a national not-for-profit organization representing LGBT+ entrepreneurs, business owners, and allies, for a workshop on the Power of Supplier Diversity. In this hour-long session, we’ll discuss the state of LGBT+ entrepreneurship in Canada. We’ll learn about supplier diversity – the concept of diverse-owned businesses getting certified as certified suppliers, and corporations internally championing diverse procurement processes. Lastly, you’ll hear about Canada’s LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce’s work supporting LGBT+ entrepreneurs, business owners, and their allies – including educational programming on the LGBT+ tourism market, support for young entrepreneurs, and international business development […]

Venture Capital Investment Competition

Global VCIC is the world’s largest venture capital competition with over 120 university and graduate school teams competing. VCIC is the only place where students get to be VCs for the day and startups get an accelerator for the fundraising process. Students play the role of VCs who have around $100MM to invest in one of the startups presenting. They’ll be assessing the investment opportunities and pitching an investment strategy to top VC’s of Canada and the USA. Our judges are venture capitalists, who come to VCIC for the opportunity to reconnect with their alma maters, network with other VCs and get a peek at some early stage startups as well as bright students. Each VCIC regional finals showcases three of the Most VC-Backable Startups in the area. For founders, VCIC is like “an accelerator for the fundraising process” and “the most value for time invested.”. With multiple prizes to be won, this is an event you won't want to miss out on! Register

Women Entrepreneurship Conference: See It Be It – Crushing Entrepreneurial Stereotypes

An official event of the Women Entrepreneurship Conference; a free, month-long event series, presented by the Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH) in partnership with Women Enterprise Organizations of Canada (WEOC). Entrepreneurial stereotypes shape the design of funding programs, incubators and training, and influence financing decisions. Perhaps more importantly, they shape the aspirations and confidence of women. During this session, we will discuss the gendered and culturally specific assumptions about entrepreneurship and the challenges they present to women and introduce WEKH’s new See It Be It database of 1,000+ award-winning, Canadian women entrepreneurs. Register

International Women’s Day 2021 with Meena Harris

International Women's Day is a time to come together as a community and marvel at how far we've come as women, while also recognizing the work that still needs to be done. Join us as we host an intimate and impactful conversation with MEENA HARRIS, Founder & CEO of PHENOMENAL, to talk about family, justice, women's rights, making history and challenging norms. A portion of proceeds from this event will go directly to our nonprofit Momentum in support of women entrepreneurs. Register  

How Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Helps

In this free webinar, IGNITE has teamed up with Tranquility to bring you the benefits and understanding of cognitive therapy. Join us on March 8th at 11am to 12:30 am with Dr. Richards for a free webinar on Cognitive Therapy. This webinar will teach you the difference between normal worries and sadness versus anxiety and depression. It will include proven ways to help you reduce your anxiety and depression (or support a loved one). An online program, Tranquility, will be discussed as one way to manage anxiety and depression from the comfort of your home. You’ll learn tips on how to ; (1) boost your mood (2) challenge unhelpful thoughts (3) begin to overcome your fears using scientifically supported methods. Dr. Richards is a clinical psychologist registered with the province of Nova Scotia. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Dalhousie University after completing her undergraduate studies at St. Francis Xavier University. She completed her residency training at the Edmonton Consortium where she served individuals from urban and rural Alberta, and the Northwest Territories. Since graduating, she has remained involved in clinical research and is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of New Brunswick. Dr. Richards currently holds […]

Business Resilience Basics

In Halifax Partnership's first Business Recovery and Continuity Webinar we will cover foundational principles of business continuity and resilience. We’ll share stories of how businesses have effectively used their business continuity plans to respond to disruptions, both locally and across Canada. Register

Ocean Solutions Exchange

Join us for our virtual discussion to learn from global industry experts about opportunities to solve major ocean sector problems. The Ocean Startup Challenge will award $1.4 Million in 2021 to start and grow new ocean tech companies in Canada. Leading up to the launch of the Challenge, we're hosting a six-part series of industry-led presentations and interactive networking sessions. This speaker series will bring together ocean industry experts in shipping and transportation, fisheries and aquaculture, naval and defence, offshore energy and marine bio-resources. You will hear from industry leaders who will discuss the challenges faced by each sector, highlight opportunities in the market, and share other insights into their respective fields. Join us on Tuesday, March 9 at 1 pm AST for part four of the virtual dialogue series focused on offshore energy. After the panel discussion, you'll have a chance to connect with speakers and other attendees during sector networking. You'll hear from: Melanie Nadeau, CEO of Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship (COVE). Jason Hayman, CEO at Sustainable Marine Energy Ltd Moya Cahill, CEO & Co-founder PanGeo Subsea Inc. Neil Hamel, Head, US Innovation & Venture Hub at Ørsted - Offshore North America Register

DeepSense Discovery Session

Join Dr. Tony Kess, Researcher at Fisheries and Oceans Canada based at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, to learn about the project “Polygenic architecture of life history divergence in North American Atlantic Salmon”. Simply put, the team has been using machine learning to better understand the genetic basis of traits important for the life cycle of the declining population of North American Atlantic Salmon. For this session, Tony will explain why DFO has been exploring the genetic basis of salmon life history, and describe how understanding variation in this adaptive genetic variation can support the management and potential restoration of this critical species. For those interested in some technical aspects, Tony will also touch on statistical and machine learning tools used in population genetics, including principal component analyses, genome-wide association, and random forest and out of bag sampling. Who should attend: Those who are interested in understanding machine learning use in genetic analysis Those with marine conservation focus Dr. Tony Kess holds a PhD in Integrative Biology from the University of Guelph, completed in 2017. After an NSERC Visiting Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Bedford of Institute of Oceanography, he is currently a Researcher with the Department of Fishers and Oceans. […]