Past Events from March 26 – March 27 – Page 2 – Digital Nova Scotia – Leading Digital Industry

Ocean Farming Series – Food Security & Environmental Sustainability

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Join the Cape Breton Partnership and Nova Scotia Community College for the second Ocean Farming session in a FREE five-part series: Ocean Farming – Food Security & Environmental Sustainability on Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 1 p.m. via Zoom. The session will feature panel presentations and discussions with Stacey McCarthy, Marketing & Communications Manager, Aquaculture Association of Nova Scotia, Alicia Lake, Executive Director, Cape Breton Food Hub, and Allison McIsaac, Biologist of Eskasoni Fish & Wildlife Commission. The session will be moderated by Amanda Mombourquette, Community Innovation Lead at Nova Scotia Community College. This event is part of the Cape Breton Partnership's and Nova Scotia Community College’s Ocean Farming Series, bringing our local Cape Breton - Unama'ki business community together to hear from industry experts on a range of topics important to the success and growth of the ocean farming sector on Cape Breton Island.

ICTC’s WIL Digital Student Wage Subsidy Information Session

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Wage subsidy support for hiring students. ICTC’s WIL Digital student wage subsidy program currently provides up to $7500 per eligible student and has supported more than 500 students across Atlantic Canada this year in full and part- time positions of varying duration. Join ICTC’s Atlantic coordinator, Tim Perron, at one of the WIL Digital workshops this spring to hear more about this program and how it can help you make student part of your talent strategy. The next workshop session is March 11 with Melanie Little, CEO & Founder of NS Startup vLife. Melanie will share her experience of hiring her first student and talk about the ICTC application process. Don't miss this session and be sure to check out the vLife site at https://vlifeapp.ca/

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).

Hoist Spryfield: Knowing Your Competitive Edge

Captain William Spry Centre 16 Sussex St, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Hoist sessions are led by industry experts and are designed to help teens explore and expand their interests in technology and entrepreneurship. Workshops develop skills in areas like design, coding, game development, and much more. Hoist sessions take place one Saturday a month (with the exception of July, August and December) and are targeted for teens ages 12 to 19. Topics change each month and are based on current trends, as well as the needs and interests of Hoist participants. This helps make each session unique and fun for the participants. March's Topic: When you are looking to start a business, you often have an amazing idea, but are entering into a space that already has a lot of competition. It is then up to you to look at what products are similar to yours and what is going to make you stand out . During this activity, we will be comparing and trying similar products made by different companies and seeing why they are good or bad.

Hoist North Preston: Knowing Your Competitive Edge

North Preston Community Centre 44 Simmonds Road, North Preston, Nova Scotia

Hoist sessions are led by industry experts and are designed to help teens explore and expand their interests in technology and entrepreneurship. Workshops develop skills in areas like design, coding, game development, and much more. Hoist sessions take place one Saturday a month (with the exception of July, August and December) and are targeted for teens ages 12 to 19. Topics change each month and are based on current trends, as well as the needs and interests of Hoist participants. This helps make each session unique and fun for the participants. March's Topic: When you are looking to start a business, you often have an amazing idea, but are entering into a space that already has a lot of competition. It is then up to you to look at what products are similar to yours and what is going to make you stand out . During this activity, we will be comparing and trying similar products made by different companies and seeing why they are good or bad.

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 […]