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Meet our web development students of the month for April | Rencontrez nos étudiants du mois de dévelopment web
Français en bas With cohort three of the Skills for Hire Atlantic program already past the halfway mark we are seeing so many dedicated participants push forward through the content. For the month of…
Meet our April students of the month in data analytics | Rencontrez nos étudiants du mois de avril en analyse de donées
Français en bas With cohort three of the Skills for Hire Atlantic program already past the halfway mark, we are seeing so many dedicated participants push forward through the content. For the month o…
Tech Forward Award nominations are now open!
We’re excited to announce nominations have officially opened for our 2023 Tech Forward Awards, presented by RBC! Do you know an individual, organization or company making a difference in Nova Scotia'…
Meet our website development students of the month! | Rencontrez nos étudiants du mois de development web
Français en bas After a 13 year hiatus, Jack Lanphear was ready to rejoin the tech sector and dive back into software development. Jack views the Skills for Hire Atlantic program as a great opportuni…
Meet our data analytics students of the month! | Rencontrez nos étudiants du mois en analyse de données
Notre première étudiante du mois en analyse de données est Nathalia Alecrim Moreira. Nouvellement arrivée au Canada, Nathalia est originaire du Brésil et s'est installée au Cap-Breton avec sa famille…
Wayne Sumarah, CEO of Digital Nova Scotia Announces Retirement
Following three years of exceptional leadership, Digital Nova Scotia’s CEO, Wayne Sumarah has officially announced his retirement as of the end of May 2023. Joining the non-profit in 2020 during the…
DNS named Dalhousie University Top Emerging Co-op Employer
Last night, our team at Digital Nova Scotia was honoured to receive the Dalhousie University Top Emerging Co-op Employer Award, at their annual event, hosted at the Atlantica Hotel! Surrounded by ove…
Meet our Web Development Students of the month!
Francais en bas We are thrilled to present our first students of the month for the current cohort from the Skills for Hire Atlantic’s web development program! So far participants have displayed a tir…
Meet the Data Analytics SFHA students of the month!
Notre deuxième étudiante du mois en analyse de données est Meaghan May. Après être revenue dans sa ville natale de Halifax (Nouvelle-Écosse) en 2021, Meaghan a décidé qu’il était temps de changer de…
Government of Canada announces projects aimed at removing barriers to equality in federally regulated workplaces
Today, Minister O’Regan made the announcement with Wayne Sumarah, Chief Executive Officer of Digital Nova Scotia, along with project partners, and Andy Fillmore, Member of Parliament for Halifax. Dur…
Welcome to Digital Nova Scotia, Adam!
I joined Enactus in 2019, which gave me the step I needed to enter the world of entrepreneurship. With this experience, I was able to lead a social enterprise and guide a team of students to a Nation…
Skills for Hire Atlantic continues to prove popular in Atlantic Canada
As quickly as it began, another cohort of Skills for Hire Atlantic participants have officially wrapped up their 20 weeks of learning. The program runs two concurrent streams - one in data analytics…
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