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What is Strategic Foresight and Why You Need to Care About It
'- By Ramy Nassar, Founder of 1000 Days Out Looking Into a Crystal Ball The year was 2015 and I was working with a US-based company that primarily manufactured and sold deli meats across the lower 48…

Upgrade your Website with the Tourism Website Bootcamp
Tourism Nova Scotia ’s Website Bootcamp program , offered in partnership with Digital Nova Scotia, helps eligible tourism businesses develop new mobile-friendly websites and learn the skills to creat…

Future Leaders: Technical Request For Proposals
Digital Nova Scotia is looking for a technical development partner to build an application focused on promoting leadership skills called Future Leaders. This new application will allow employees of o…

Join us for our Digital Marketing Basics Series!
Join us for a series of digital marketing training sessions with top-tier facilitators from Nova Scotia this fall. Participants can register for a single session, all five, or a few that fit the spec…

Digital Discovery Camp Returns to Spryfield Through Online Delivery
Digital Nova Scotia and the Discovery Centre are thrilled to announce that we will be offering a Digital Discovery Camp Online for children living in Spryfield! Two years ago, MLA Brendan Maguire con…

Help Us Plan For Future Training Programs and Topics
We want to hear from you! We're looking for your feedback about which topics you'd like to see offered through our training and programs. Digital Nova Scotia supports the tech sector in addressing cu…

Introducing the Tourism Digital Assistance Program
Connecting Tourism with Tech! Digital Nova Scotia and Tourism Nova Scotia are partnering on the Tourism Digital Assistance Program , a creative new initiative that provides funding for qualified digi…

Dalhousie Computer Science Boosts Women in STEM
Last year, Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Computer Science won the Diversity Champion of the Year Award at the Digital Diversity Awards, celebrating an organization for going above and beyond to a…

The Rising Star of 2020: Eilidh Lindsay-Sinclair
Passionate, hardworking, and determined to equal the playing field for women in tech, Eilidh Lindsay-Sinclair plays a fundamental role in elevating inclusion in Nova Scotia’s tech sector. Eilidh won…

Tourism Nova Scotia Webinar Series
Restrictions on non-essential travel to the COVID-19 health pandemic have had a significant impact on tourism businesses in Nova Scotia and around the world. Tourism Nova Scotia and Digital Nova Scot…

REDspace Creates Virtual Activity for Kids in Response to March Break Cancellations
When the March Break Digital Discovery Camp co-hosted by the Discovery Centre and Digital Nova Scotia had to be cancelled due to COVID-19, EPIC Gigabyte Sponsor REDspace jumped into action to create…

Kim Scaravelli: A Woman Empowering Others
Kim Scaravelli is working hard to empower others in the tech sector when it comes to diversity and inclusion. The owner of Trust Communications , walked away with the Women Leaders in the Digital Eco…

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