Spryfield 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…

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CBC 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.”

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Marketplace 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…

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Immigration key to Nova Scotia future

ISANS CEO Jennifer Watts spoke to CBC’s Information Morning to talk about the results of an Angus Reid poll on immigration, attitudes and economics of immigration in Canada, and newcomer…

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