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Latest Issue: November / December 2024

Spotlight

Artificial Intelligence and the human element in tech

November 1, 2024

Spotlighting local business leaders and changemakers for Agents of Change 2024

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Member Profile

Events East and half a billion dollars in impact

November 1, 2024

Halifax Convention Centre and Scotiabank Centre meet major milestones

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Member Profile

Ingrained in Halifax

November 1, 2024

Lloyd Heimbecker reflects on the growth and impact of P&H Milling Group

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Skilled workforce

Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency's opportunity for talent

April 11, 2019

Apprenticeship is exemplary in combining learning on the job with technical training that takes place off the job and provides our youth with opportunities to work and live in Nova Scotia.

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Skilled workforce

Booming bio-opportunities

March 1, 2019

Life sciences sector playing growing role in Nova Scotia economy

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Skilled workforce

Co-ops provide ‘endless value’ for employers

February 1, 2019

Work-integrated learning benefits everyone involved, but it takes effort

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Skilled workforce

Building skills, capacity and careers

December 11, 2018

Halifax’s not-for-profit sector plays a key role in workforce development

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Skilled workforce

Accessing the skilled workforce

November 1, 2018

Our focus is to increase the number of skilled workers available to employers within our region. We want our youth and immigrants to have the skills and education that our employers are looking for, so supply can match demand.

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Skilled workforce

Purposeful destruction

July 1, 2018

In June, Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) – Atlantic graduated its first cohort of nearly a dozen new companies looking to clear ground to grow their own businesses on through a nine month course using objective-based mentoring.

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Skilled workforce

Startup city

July 1, 2018

Nova Scotia Community College has come a long way in the last couple of decades. NSCC has grown to a complement of more than 120 programs, covering everything from skilled trades to the very latest in science and technology.

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Skilled workforce

Bringing the World to Our Shores

June 1, 2018

After spending years and millions of dollars building a new Halifax Convention Centre to attract people to the city, the success of the enterprise will depend on convincing delegates to leave the building.

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Skilled workforce

Keeping up with the millennials

May 1, 2018

Last year, a popular Chrome extension automatically replaced “millennials” in headlines with “snake people.”

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Canada's Ocean Supercluster

April 1, 2018

Canada’s ocean economy presents both immense opportunity and considerable challenges.

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