Events from February 3, 2023 – February 13, 2023 – Page 16 – Digital Nova Scotia – Leading Digital Industry

Global Game Jam

The Global Game Jam® (GGJ®) is the world’s largest game creation event taking place in physical locations across the globe. Think of it as a 48 hour hackathon focused on game development around a theme.

Leading with Trust: Developing a high-performance team based on trust

Building a high-trust environment in the workplace provides employees with a culture of honesty and psychological safety to perform at their best. This webinar will help leaders build trust amongst their teams that will enhance collaboration, teamwork, and overall productivity. During this webinar you will: Learn why you should embrace trust-based leadership and how it will impact your team’s performance. Learn how to cultivate a high-trust environment for your team to collaborate and work effectively towards goals. Discover how to create an environment for accountability, where team members take ownership of their results and work independently. Meet your Presenter Ange MacCabe, CEO, Co-Founder of Intuity Performance Ange is an established HR Workplace Trainer, Coach, Facilitator focused on Whole Person Performance. She has spent the past ten-plus years building Human Resources and performance systems and processes for private and public sectors within construction, logistics, manufacturing, IT and retail businesses. Fostering culture change, coaching managers to lead with trust and respect, and creating safe to fail environments for teams to succeed. Ange holds a Certificate in Human Resource Management, is a credentialed ACC Coach and holds DISC, EI-Q and Facilitator certifications.

Join CGI Atlantic Canada

Online

Are you a senior Java developer, Full Stack developer or a Front end / Back end developer and looking to integrate a team that will allow you to work on great projects and reach your full potential? Join them to their career information session to discover opportunities with CGI in Atlantic Canada: They're offering onsite jobs only - you must be willing to relocate. This will be a 45 minute presentation (followed by a Q&A session) to hear from their team of Java experts, gain valuable information and get an idea of the benefits, experiences and knowledge you'll gain as a part of CGI Atlantic Canada’s growing team.

CPX 360 2023 – Americas

Online

Sign up now for the most important cyber security event of the year! Day 1: Partners and Employees Day 2: Partners, Customers, and Employees Day 3: Partners, Customers, and Employees This is your opportunity to learn about groundbreaking industry advances and how to use them to your advantage for years to come. At CPX 360 2023, you will receive best practices and insights to secure and manage your entire security landscape, from network to cloud to endpoints, and your users and access, no matter where they are located. Their world-renowned experts will deliver keynote presentations and in-depth sessions covering: A sneak peek of Check Point's new product announcements. Unveiling of the 2023 product roadmap. Expert predictions to advance your security planning for 2023. Detailed steps to protect your organization from advanced cyber threats. Deep-dive best practice breakout sessions and workshops on Zero Trust Network Access, Cloud & Network Security to address your pressing security concerns. Latest advances with our technology partners. Let's get started!

Strategy Up Webinar

Online

Handyconnect using frontline technology, brings technology solutions to areas where you will traditionally source for service providers with orthodox methods. Handyconnect is the go-to system for getting jobs done better, quicker, faster with their community of diligent, qualified and verified service providers who are able to respond with proposals that will help with your casual jobs. Our system enables proposals generation through mapping of your job requisition to multiple partner-service providers based on skills, capabilities and geo-location. You will also have the benefit of comparing proposals based on feasibility, cost, proposed duration and the profile of the service providers before engaging them. Wide range of services can be obtained on Handyconnect from Catering, Ironing, Cleaning, and House chores, repairs to Tree cutting, Yard work, Gardening, Lawn mowing, Dog walking, Car detailing, Hairstyling, Deejaying, Carpentry, Plumbing, Painting, Remodeling, Handymen, Tutoring, Child caring, and Messenger services. With Handyconnect you are able to seamlessly source multiple service providers in real-time based on geo-location. Get the job done with Handyconnect!

Creative Computing Course 2023

Wolfville School 19 Acadia St, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada

Creative Computing is a course developed by an international network of educators passionate about exposing kids to the computer sciences. This course uses the popular Scratch programming environment to aid young people (grades 4 to 6) in learning the basics of software development. Scratch is used over the world by students to easily create interactive artwork, interactive stories, and video games while acting as a stepping stone to the more advanced world of computer science. Course Objectives First and foremost, they aim to provide opportunities for young learners to become exposed to the computer sciences. Their goal is to provide a learning environment that goes beyond what students are taught in public schools about the computer sciences. They will explore software as an interdisciplinary creative act. Requirements None! Students will be provided a Chromebook as well as snack.

Video Game Dev With Godot

Hillcrest Avenue 2-22 Hillcrest Ave, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada

Are you interested in video games, programming, or creating virtual experiences? Take your skills to the next level with this beginner Godot course! Learn the fundamentals of game design, the ins and outs of the Godot game engine, and create your own video game in the process. What is Godot? Godot is a free game engine that enables you to create any 2D or 3D experience you can dream up. It’s an all in one tool for building games for many different platforms such as desktop, mobile, and the web. Godot is friendly to beginners, and gives you the power to make amazing things. What will I gain from this Course? In this course, you will learn how to use the Godot development environment, Godot nodes and scenes, programming with the GDScript language, and how to design a video game. By the end, you will have all the tools you’ll need to get started on making games by yourself! It is recommended that you have an understanding of basic programming concepts before taking this course (like Scratch, for example), however, it is not required.

$150

Fintech Hub | Atlantic Division: Webinar + Speed Dating

Online

READY TO GROW YOUR FINTECH? Does your company or a company that you know work on financial processes, or, have application to the financial industry? From AI & Data, to ESG, to insuretech, to paytech and much more, there is a growing community of over 140 fintech companies in this region! Are you next on this list? If you’re a pre-Series A company that is looking for like-minded founders, industry experts, fintech-focused content that is accessible, NOT a checkbox program and consumed on YOUR schedule to help you grow, look no further. On February 9th, Atlantic Fintech and Fintech Cadence will be holding a webinar to discuss the Fintech Hub program, as well as giving entrepreneurs and opportunity to be paired with industry experts in a 1-1 matchmaking session. Come and grow with them in this no-equity program that is focused on YOU and your needs!

Digital Nova Scotia: Digital Skills for Women Mixer @ Volta

VOLTA 1800 Argyle Street #Unit 801, Halifax, NS

Please join us for a night of mixing & mingling and panel discussions with the Digital Skills for Women co-founders Laura Hawkins and Eilidh Lindsay-Sinclair, our many talented speakers throughout the program cohorts & key industry counterparts to discuss hiring, what makes candidates stand out and so much more! The panel will be moderated by our very own Project Coordinator, Vimbayi Handara, and the panellists include: Emily Peterson, Human Resources Manager @ Verb Interactive Steph MacIntosh, IT Recruitment Specialist @ Venor Emily Yach, Specialist, People & Culture @ Outshine Sheeba Kochhar, Manager of Human Resources @ Proposify This is the perfect opportunity to come together and connect with current & past cohort participants. Partners throughout the tech sector will join us to celebrate the successes of the program. Special thank you to our friends and partners at Volta for hosting us.  

Should you get a Cloud Certification?

Online

This is a online event premiered on their YouTube channel With the acceleration in cloud technology adoption, knowledge of working with the cloud is poised to become a valuable asset for IT professionals. Cloud certifications to consider come from several different cloud service providers. Just starting out with AWS? They will discuss the certifications good for you. Interested to go hybrid with Azure? With the second largest market share in the cloud space, Azure can be a useful cloud platform to learn. Their session will focus on foundational certification for Azure as well. Want more? They discuss other related certifications, CKA being one of them

Data: Collect it, Own it, Keep it

Online

There are important and timely concerns related to the growing need to collect, license, and use data, which organizations need to be aware of. In this 60 minute session, industry thought leaders will discuss: - Key practical considerations for licensing data – both inbound and outbound - Risks and pitfalls for those licensing and using data and how to avoid them - How to secure your data assets when engaging in a funding round *Time on banner is PT

TECHNATION’s Digital Marketplace Lunch & Learn Webinar

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With the backing of big tech NATIONAL PARTNERS, in just two short years, Canada’s Digital Marketplace has produced irrefutable results: Small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) and under-represented tech businesses now have better and direct access to government contracting opportunities There’s an increase in the diversity of bidders. Canada’s public sector now has greater visibility into the innovative tech solutions on offer across the country. Why attend? Learn about Canada’s Digital Marketplace including a demo of the platform and benefits of registering your company. Understand how Shared Services Canada is leveraging the Digital Marketplace to target solicitations with under-represented groups and Indigenous Business.