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Meet our Skills for Hire Students of the Month for August 2021!
The last year has been challenging for many people, and sometimes it takes something new and exciting to help get you out of a rut. That’s exactly what Skills for Hire was for our Nova Scotia student…
DNS Launches Get Into IT
Training program launches to support underrepresented youth to become active members of the province’s tech sector, and contribute to a diverse and innovative industry. AUGUST 20, 2021 - HALIFAX, NS…
Highlighting Last Years 2020 Winners: Mi'kmaw Economics Benefit Office (MEBO)
Mi’kmaw Economics Benefit Office (MEBO) has, time and time again, advocated and fought for diversity in the workplace and the development of inclusive hiring practices for Indigenous persons across N…
Enginuity: If It Needs Engineering, It Needs Enginuity
Meet Atlantic Canada’s Engine for Innovation and Premier Creative Design Engineering Firm - Enginuity . Problem solvers - that’s the simple way to explain the team at Enginuity. The longer explanatio…
Atlantic Labour Market Brief: July 2021
Canada Employment grew at a strong pace in July, up from the prior month by 94,000 jobs. The growth occurred in both full-time and part-time positions, though primarily full-time. The unemployment ra…
Digital Transformation: The Next Big Leap in Healthcare
Telehealth, virtual care, and wearable devices were embraced across Canada during the pandemic to meet the demand for distance health. Moving forward, the continued expansion of digital technology ad…
TDAP: A Game Changer for Tourism in Nova Scotia
For tourism operators, having a digital presence has proven to be a valuable asset, even essential during the COVID-19 pandemic. With travel restrictions loosening and borders opening, many people ac…
Removing Barriers - Access Changes Everything Inc.
When barriers from digital materials and media are removed, access changes everything for the person, society and the world. “I want to help make the digital world barrier-free so that everyone can a…
MNP: Investing in Canada’s East Coast
Although founded out west over 60 years ago, MNP Technology Solutions has found a new home, here, in Atlantic Canada and Nova Scotia. Established by a small group of entrepreneurs, the company has gr…
Emergent Employment: Canadian Findings of the Future of Work
Flexibility and non-standard working arrangements will be key features of the future of work, which will require good policy and practices to address potential challenges such as precarity, inequalit…
Highlighting Last Years 2020 Winners: Mrugakshee Palwe
Mrugakshee Palwe, the recipient of the 2020 Next Generation Leadership Award , has chosen to be a voice in one of tech’s newest and often misunderstood topics: blockchain and cryptocurrency. Moving f…
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