Posts by ISANS Communications
Private Sponsorship Applications Update
ISANS will soon open our online Private Refugee Sponsorship selection process for our 2019 allocation from Immigration, Citizenship & Refugees Canada (IRCC). Individuals or groups interested in sponsorship should continue…
Read MoreNew resource for internationally educated teachers provides orientation to teaching in Nova Scotia
A new website, created to provide internationally educated teachers with comprehensive information and orientation to the education system in Nova Scotia, launched Thursday, February 28, 2019. Teach-in-NovaScotia.ca offers contextual awareness…
Read MoreCrisis Supports & Resources
We encourage all Nova Scotians to connect with newcomers in their community and offer support in this difficult time and beyond. We also want to provide a list of resources…
Read MoreSpryfield Tragedy
With great sadness, we inform the greater ISANS community that a tragic house fire took the lives of seven children in a newcomer family in Spryfield on Tuesday. Our deepest…
Read MoreCBC News: Now recruiting – Nova Scotia starts testing foreign-trained family doctors
By Carolyn Ray, CBC News, 8 February 2019.
Nova Scotia has reopened its doors to family physicians trained in other countries in a move that could help cut down on the province’s lengthy wait list for a doctor. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia has begun to screen applications for a long-awaited program that will allow foreign-trained doctors to prove they possess the clinical skills and knowledge to work in the province.
“I’m excited,” said Dr. Fiona Bergin, clinical director of the Nova Scotia Practice Ready Assessment Program, which is being run by Dalhousie University in Halifax.
“I’m very hopeful that we’ll be able to contribute to the need for family physicians in the province.”
Read MoreOn International Volunteer Day, we say “thank you”!
Today is International Volunteer Day, a time to recognize the role that volunteers play in helping to build communities. This year’s theme, “Volunteers build Resilient Communities”, recognizes volunteers across the globe…
Read MoreMarketplace app helps immigrant entrepreneurs
By Brendan Ahern, Chronicle Herald, October 19, 2018. Newcomers starting businesses in Nova Scotia are using an app that makes promotion easy. The Immigrant Business Marketplace App was launched by ISANS during last year’s small business week. On the first day, 38 businesses signed up. Today there are 125…
Read MoreWi’kipatmu’k Mi’kmawey – Honouring of the Mi’kmaw Way
October is Mi’kmaq History Month, a time to increase our knowledge and awareness of Mi’kmaw culture, history and heritage. October 1 is Treaty Day, an annual ceremony to reaffirm the…
Read MoreNew location, same great services: ISANS Desmond
We are happy to announce that on September 10 we are opening additional space in the Bayers Road Professional Centre (Desmond Avenue entrance) so that we can continue to provide…
Read MoreVisit ISANS’ table at the Halifax Seaport Farmers Market!
Our Bridge to Entrepreneurship Program supports immigrant entrepreneurs by helping them prepare and sell products at ISANS incubator table at the Halifax Seaport Market. The program helps newcomers develop entrepreneurial…
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