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Atlantic Labour Market Brief: October 2020
Canada Employment grew at a strong pace in October, up from the prior month by 83,600 jobs, making it the sixth consecutive monthly gain. The growth occurred in both full-time and part-time positions…

2021 Halifax Business Awards Finalists Announced!
We are excited to celebrate the 35 finalists for this year’s Halifax Business awards, led by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce . An extra round of applause to our members who were nominated; Bloxo Inc…

October SEO Brunch Audit with DeepSense
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is arguably one of the most important factors to successfully build a website and brand. At our most recent SEO Brunch on October 26, 2020, our partner MacMillan Sear…

ResMed, supporting technology that helps people live healthier, happier lives
Digital Nova Scotia Member ResMed is a global leader in digital health and cloud-connected medical devices. Helping millions of people with sleep apnea, COPD and other chronic diseases sleep, breathe…

Atlantic Labour Market Brief: September 2020
Canada Employment grew at a strong pace in September, up from the prior month by 378,200 jobs, making it the fifth consecutive monthly gain. The growth occurred in both full-time and part-time positi…

NewAE Technology, Providing Unparalleled Security Solutions
Digital Nova Scotia member, NewAE Technology Inc. is a self-funded Canadian company that is revolutionizing the hardware security market by making every engineer and designer aware of advanced hardwa…

Join Us For The 5th Annual Digital Diversity Awards Ceremony
You’re invited! Join Digital Nova Scotia , at the Centre for Women in Business's annual INNOVATE event celebrating innovation and diversity in technology on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 from 3:30 – 5:…

Trade Accelerator Program (TAP) Applications OPEN
Canada’s Trade Accelerator Program (TAP) is an innovative and dynamic program aimed at helping Halifax's enterprises overcome barriers to exporting. The Halifax Chamber of Commerce is pleased to offe…

Global Student Entrepreneur Awards Program - Applications OPEN!
The Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) program, hosted by Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO), is designed for post-secondary students who own and operate businesses. Unlike other year’s s local…

September SEO Brunch Audit with The Family Knife
Why? - While there are more robust sales tools that can help you track individual users (HubSpot sales, leadfeeder, clearbit), the Insights tag can give you a lot of broad data about your visitors an…

NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing Applications OPEN
The NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing (AiC) honours students from grades 9-12 who self-identify as women, genderqueer, or non-binary for their computing-related achievements and interests, and…

SocialAtHome - Fall 2020
Stay Ahead of the Trends and at the Top of Your Game From October 14th - 15th, the SocialAtHome: Forward Conference will feature 30+ expert Canadian digital marketers and communications professional…

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