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Nova Scotia Labour Market Information: September 2020
An Update from Service Canada Employment in Nova Scotia increased by 8.3% in the third quarter (Q3 2020), representing a two-thirds recovery from the sweeping layoffs that occurred during Q2 as a res…
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:…
Damage Labs Studio Startup Program
Launching sustainable game studios by marginalized founders The Damage Labs Studio Startup program is a free program for founders from historically marginalized and underrepresented backgrounds ready…
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…
Halifax Partnership's ShopHERE Program
Halifax Partnership has teamed up with Digital Main Street and Google Canada with support from the Atlantic Canadian Opportunities Agency to support businesses and get up to 100 companies online. The…
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…
Annual General Meeting and 2020-21 Board of Directors
Digital Nova Scotia (DNS) would like to thank everyone who attended our virtual Annual General Meeting (AGM) on September 17! Since the last AGM, we've certainly all experienced unusual times with th…
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