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Celebrating Our Volunteers: Cindy Hirtle
Cindy Hirtle has been volunteering as an EAL tutor for twenty years! Thank you, Cindy, for your continued commitment to creating a welcoming community and for giving your time and…
Read MoreCelebrating Our Volunteers: Paul MacDonald
We asked Paul MacDonald, classroom assistant extraordinaire, about the benefits of volunteering. Paul shares some of the reasons you can find him three afternoons a week in a language classroom.…
Read MoreCelebrating Our Volunteers: Gillian Power
Gillian Power is a volunteer in our Community Connections program, and has been matched with a family to help them integrate and settle in Halifax. “I retired the same month…
Read MoreCelebrating Our Volunteers: Neema Mwaungulu
Neema Mwaungulu has been a volunteer EAL tutor and Conversation Circle Facilitator and shared what volunteering means to her. Why did you volunteer at ISANS? “I became familiar with ISANS…
Read MoreCelebrating Our Volunteers: Sue Rosson
We are very lucky to have volunteers like Sue Rosson who contribute their considerable expertise and skills, connections and time to ISANS. Sue provides practice interviews for immigrant professionals who…
Read MoreNational Volunteer Week 2018
National Volunteer Week (NVW) is a time to celebrate and thank Canada’s 12.7 million volunteers. This year’s theme is: “Celebrate the Value of Volunteering – building confidence, competence, connections and community”…
Read MoreCelebrating Our Volunteers: Craig Bannon
Craig Bannon is Senior Manager at Royal Bank of Canada and a volunteer with our Professional Mentorship Program. Craig goes above and beyond to provide guidance and support…
Read MoreCelebrating Our Volunteers: Jim Hall
It’s Volunteer Week in Canada! We want to take the opportunity to say thank you to our volunteers who make our programs and services possible. We asked Jim Hall, EAL…
Read MoreBringing farmers together
The ACORN Conference connected new Canadians who were farmers with the local organic farming community.
Read MoreAnother successful SupperNOVA
A photo and video recap of the SupperNOVA community potluck on March 10.
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