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Communication Strategies for OSCEs
Are you a doctor or a pharmacist looking to improve your chances of passing the Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs)? This 8-week, online course will help you improve your communication…
Read MoreCanadian English Language Benchmark Assessment for Nurses (CELBAN)
Are you an Internationally Educated Nurse (IEN)? Do you want to improve your chances of passing the Canadian English Language Benchmark Assessment for Nurses (CELBAN)? ISANS is offering the Strategies…
Read MoreMore than Economic Integration: An Independent Evaluation of our English in the Workplace Program
A qualitative study that offers an in-depth exploration of our innovative one-to-one language and cultural training program, English in the Workplace (EWP). Drawing on the experiences and perspectives of 30…
Read MoreISANS hosts TESL NS Fall Conference
ISANS was host to the Teachers of English as a Second Language (TESL) Nova Scotia (NS) Fall Conference on Saturday, November 17. More than 100 EAL teachers and program administrators…
Read MoreNewcomers learn to camp
Friday was a beautiful day to learn to camp! More than 60 newcomers in language classes at ISANS took part in the Parks Canada Learn to Camp program at Westmount…
Read MoreISANS using literacy app to accelerate refugee children’s English reading skills
By: Aya Al-Hakim, CBC News April 28, 2018. Children from newcomer families are learning to read English letters and words faster by using a literacy app at Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS) children’s centres. Squiggle Park is a reading game created by a Halifax start-up in 2015 to help accelerate kids’ reading skills in only 30 minutes of weekly play. The app has been used since February as part of a pilot program sponsored by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
Read MoreSquiggle Park & Early Childhood Education at ISANS
ISANS is known for its extensive list of services for newcomers, including settlement services, language classes, employment counselling and job-readiness programs, support for immigrant business and much more. Our Early…
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