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2019 Digital Diversity Awards
2019 Call for Nominations are now CLOSED for t he 4th Annual Digital Diversity Awards. If you know a change maker, leader, or diversity champion - it's time to speak up! Nominations are now officiall…

Students, Welcome!
Yesterday I participated in the NSCC Job Fair for students from the Institute of Technology Campus. Our Digital Nova Scotia team had the chance to talk to students about our free student membership,…

Welcome to Digital Nova Scotia, Maria!
For the first time ever, we are excited to offer an ISANS Professional Practice Placement. Welcome to our new Communications Coordinator, Maria!

Applications for the Digital Skills for Women Spring 2019 cohort are now open!
Digital Skills for Women is a learning cohort created by women for women aimed at female professionals who do not have experience in the tech/digital/IT industry. This cohort is for them to learn mor…

DNS Member QRA Corp Completes Project with Ultra Electronics Maritime System
DNS Member QRA Corp have successfully completed a project with Ultra Electronics Maritime Systems (Ultra) to reduce the time and cost to revise their functional requirements to catch errors as early…

Women in Tech program in Silicon Valley March 2019
The Consulate of Canada in Silicon Valley is hosting a two-day Women in Tech program March 27-28, 2019 for selected women founders/C-level executives of Canada-based technology companies.

Welcome to Digital Nova Scotia, Victoria!
Today, we welcomed another new member to the Digital NS team, our new Project Coordinator, Victoria Jeha! Victoria is the perfect addition to our team, and brings with her enthusiasm, organization an…

$20K prize for Women in Digital
L’Oréal Canada, along with URelles and Campus InfoPresse, is sponsoring a $20K prize for Women in Digital. The Women in Digital contest is an initiative of L’Oréal Canada, in partnership with URelles…

DNS Request for Proposals - Video Production
Do you love telling stories through engaging videos? We are looking for creative content to help us increase awareness of opportunities in our sector and inspire our youth to explore Nova Scotia's th…

Cybersecurity Solutions Mission to Mexico
March 11 to 15, 2019.

International Pitch Competition
Alberta Innovates is seeking innovators to participate in the event as part of Inventures 2019, a global innovation conference in Calgary, Alberta, held June 5-7. It brings together the brightest ide…

Introducing the Cheryl Hilton Encore Entrepreneur Bursary
This past November, Cheryl Hilton – a valued member of the Volta community and participant of the first Volta Academy cohort – passed away after a courageous battle with cancer.

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