Events from May 4, 2022 – May 17, 2022 – Digital Nova Scotia – Leading Digital Industry

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Post with Purpose Through Photography and Social Media

Online

Allison Smith is a photographer & social media coach. She shares actionable methods to create photo galleries and content strategies that level up your brand visibility. Get away from stock photos with DIY flatlay photos that showcase your products or services. Take away the overwhelm and understand the workflow of a social media post that consists of scroll stopping images, a caption that tells your story, and offers a call to action.

Modern Fortran for scientific programming

Online

This workshop will be a hands-on introduction to the FORTRAN programming language. Prerequisites: Familiarity with another programming language Fortran, one of the initial high-level programming languages, continues to be an excellent option for high-performance computing due to its superb performance. The newer versions offer many modern features, including object-oriented programming capabilities to programmers. This course will cover some of these features. The session will take place on: Wednesday, May 4th - 12:00pm - 4:00pm (Atlantic time) You need to have a laptop with a Mac, Linux or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc) on which you have administrative privileges, as you will need to pre-load specific software packages. Participants must register using their institutional / organizational email address (not a personal email, ie. gmail) Instructions for how to join will be sent out one day prior to the start of the event.

Women in Tech Day 2022

Online

Women in Tech Day is an interactive exploration which encourages young women to explore computer science and technology! Women in Tech Day is an inspiring, stereotype-busting, interactive exploration which encourages young women to consider the many career pathways and ever-increasing employment openings which exist through the study of computer science and technology. This event will help young women realize the possibilities offered through a career in technology by hearing important messages of the future from other students, faculty, and industry. The skill sets needed by industry through the study of computer science and IT can be linked to every aspect of study from communication, art and design, business, medicine, health, engineering, law, and more. In addition to hearing from our industry and student mentors, your students will be working through a series of activities using python to solve problems in data types, variables, input/output, if statements, and loops. With the help of our instructor and female mentors, they will be put into groups to solve logic and coding problems to build their confidence in computing! Coding experience isn’t necessary to attend the event.

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Bringing Tech Talent to Nova Scotia: What’s Your Tech Immigration Strategy?

Online

Multiple immigration pathways have been created by Canada’s immigration system to support tech companies across the country. It can be confusing to choose from a variety of pathways when bringing foreign tech talent to work for your team in Canada. This webinar will walk you through some of the most popular and fastest ways to bring the best foreign talent to Canada. A Q&A session will focus on your questions related to this subject. After this webinar you will understand: Each immigration program has its own target applicants. It’s important to get it right when submitting your foreign workers application as Immigration Canada will not think this out for you. Time is of the essence and thus a thorough planning and a tech immigration strategy is needed. Not all foreign workers are the same. Each applicant’s particular background, skills and objectives can pivot you to a certain immigration pathway. Multi-step immigration may be needed to help your foreign workers come to Canada and retain those workers in your company.

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Online Computer Training: Microsoft Excel I (May 10-26)

Online

Level: Beginner Number of Sessions: 6 Session Length: 2 hours In this course, you will use Microsoft Office Excel 2016 to learn how to: Create, open, save, print, edit, and close worksheets and workbooks Insert, copy, move, delete, and rename worksheets Add headers and footers and prepare print layout Select, insert, define width/height, and delete columns and rows Hide and unhide rows, columns, and worksheets Create simple formulas and use defined functions (sum, average, min, max, and count) Use relative, absolute, and mixed references Format cells, and enter and format data Sort and filter data Find and replace data Auto and flash-fill data Remove duplicates Apply “Text to Column” Apply “Freeze Panes”

Exploring multigenerational workforces in 2022 & beyond (Host: MB)

Nova Scotia, Canada

Today’s workforce is more complex than ever before as aging populations and an economic crisis have resulted in a labour market where five generations coexist. This multigenerational workforce gives rise to unique challenges for organizations in understanding and addressing disparities in values, needs, and expectations, and in creating advancement opportunities for young professionals while recognizing and including older workers. Research conducted by the World Economic Forum, AARP and OECD found that 83% of global executives agree that multigenerational workforces are key to business growth and success, and 80% of organizations employ a multigenerational workforce. However, 53% do not include age in their diversity and inclusion policy and 58% do not provide training or support related to managing a multigenerational workforce. Furthermore, Deloitte’s 2021 Global Human Capital Trends reported that only 6% of survey respondents strongly agree that their leaders are equipped to effectively lead a multigenerational workforce. The challenges of a multigenerational workforce, exacerbated by the changes COVID-19 forced on or brought about in the world of work as organizations transformed operational models, make it difficult for many organizations, employees, and job seekers to navigate and succeed in this new complex workforce demographic. Join leaders as they share their personal […]

Open Source Community Day

Online

Open Source Community Day #OSSDay (Hybrid Event) Registration Required - https://tibco.swoogo.com/ossdayaustin22 Join us at the upcoming #OSSDay, and learn more about various open source projects, connect with fellow developers, and find your next project or opportunity! Date: May 12, 2022 Time: 10 AM CT to 9 PM CT Hybrid Event (both in-person and virtual) Location: TopGolf Austin Cost to Attend: FREE Agenda 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM - Announcing 4/1 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM - AWS: Trusted AI 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM - Announcing 4/1 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM - TIBCO: Keynote with TIBCO CTO 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM - Announcing 4/8 12:30 PM - 1:00PM - Lunch 1:00 PM - 1:20 PM - TIBCO - Spotfire 1:20 PM - 1:50 PM - Microsoft 1:50 PM - 2:10 PM - Announcing 4/8 2:10 PM - 2:40 PM - Google 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM - Announcing 4/15 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM - TIBCO: Web3, NFTs, and More for the Enterprise 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM - Intel 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM - Project Air (IoT) Challenge - must bring a laptop to participate (participation is for In-person attendees only, no virtual option) 6:00 PM […]

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Planning Ahead for Engaging Year-round Social Media Content

Online

In tourism, the off-season represents an opportunity to work in your business and free up time during the busy months. In this 1-hour webinar, we will be covering: Content you can create ahead of time Tools you can use to bulk schedule content The difference between evergreen content (content that can be created ahead of time, and reused throughout the season) vs. non-evergreen content (posts that should be happening live, in a timely manner, that cannot be reused regularly) and finally, content you should be stockpiling during the tourism season to prepare for getting ahead next winter.

Technation Prairies CIO Briefing

Nova Scotia, Canada

TECHNATION works with CIO leaders from across Canada at all levels of the public sector. For our next CIO briefing, we will be bringing forward-thinking leaders from the prairie provinces to discuss critical issues and to identify digital acceleration opportunities for government services (including ongoing Covid recovery and response). This curated dialogue will create an open and transparent value exchange between industry and government; increased awareness of current challenges and opportunities; and identify opportunities for innovative, citizen-centric digital solutions and collaboration, partnership, and co-creation. Confirmed Speakers Penny Rae, CIO, Alberta Health Services Steve McMahon, Chief Operating Officer, InnoTech Alberta Kim Wieringa, Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Information Systems, Alberta Health May 12, 2022 | 10:00-11:15 am MDT | 12 noon – 1:15 pm EDT VIP Sponsor Reception will follow with speakers TECHNATION Members $25 | Non-members $50

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ISNS Industry Session – Co-ops and Funding

Online

Learn about the SITE co-op programs, recruitment process, and wage subsidy programs that are available to support student hiring. Lori Baker is an Employer Development Coordinator with Dalhousie University’s Science, Information Technology, Engineering (SITE) Co-op office. She works with employers, including those in the technology industry, to assist them with their co-op student recruitment needs. Please join Lori to learn more about the SITE co-op programs, recruitment process, and wage subsidy programs that are available to support student hiring.

Ocean Frontier Institute Conference 2022

Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel 1919 Upper Water St, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Climate is at the top of the international policy agenda and is creating massive risks and opportunities in the commercial sector. Understanding the changing ocean is critical to predicting the future of climate. The ocean stores hundreds of times the heat and 50 times more carbon than the atmosphere and takes up more carbon than all the rainforests combined. Some of the most pressing global issues at the frontier of the ocean-climate nexus are achieving net zero, developing sustainable food from the ocean, and protecting ocean biodiversity. Conference delegates from industry and policy will share their visions and challenges for sustainable development of these topics over the next decade. They will motivate the next frontier of ocean research by highlighting key questions to advance the field and outline their commitments to action to make an impact on solving some of the most pressing issues at the ocean-climate nexus. Ocean Frontier Institute researchers will join the dialog and present results from their studies that contribute directly to enabling the future of critical policy and industry decisions.

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Online Workplace Culture Workshop: Recruitment and Interviews – Intercultural Barriers and Solutions (Part 1)

Nova Scotia, Canada

Immigrants bring skills, experiences and perspectives that can make your workplace more competitive and responsive to your market. We’ll offer you the tools, examples, and personal support your organization needs so immigrant colleagues can shine! Our workshops are highly interactive with breakout rooms, Google Jamboards, and other activities to engage participants. In this 90-minute workshop for staff, managers, and directors with interest in recruitment and interviews, we identify barriers that interfere with effective recruitment and interviewing for immigrant newcomers, and we propose solutions. To register, please: Email wcp@isans.ca Ensure you have access to a laptop or a desktop computer with functioning audio and video, as well as a space suitable to engage and learn If you would like more information about this workshop, please contact: Paul Pickering, 902-406-8693, ppickering@isans.ca; or, Jordan Remedios, 902-406-4089, jremedios@isans.ca