Build your future here with ISANS

Last year, ISANS worked with over 15,000 clients to build a future in Nova Scotia. At ISANS, we help you find your pathway to possibility.

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Turn to immigrant physicians to alleviate doctor shortage

Opinion piece by Jan Sheppard Kutcher and Dr. Geoff Williams, Chronicle Herald, September 25, 2018.  Although it’s a problem many years in the making, and despite almost daily media coverage…

Chadia Kayinamura, 23, stands with a painting inspired by her refugee experience. Born in the Congo, she and her family spent 17 years as refugees in Uganda before immigrating to Canada last year.  (TARYN GRANT / STARMETRO HALIFAX)

Halifax youth express refugee experience through art

By Taryn Grant, Halifax StarMetro, September 22, 2018.  HALIFAX—Youth from Halifax and around Eastern Canada gathered at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Saturday afternoon to talk about their experiences…

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United Way Blog: Jennifer Watts on what immigrants bring to our city and how we can be more welcoming

From the United Way Community Exchange Blog. September 20, 2018.  ISANS inspiring video, I Am Today, features three young refugees who are building a strong future in Canada.  At United Way…

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After escape to Halifax from Syria, brothers work to reunite their family

By Brendan Ahern, The Chronicle Herald, September 8, 2018 Mohammad and Mihyar al-Masalma were crammed into a van with the rest of their family. They were approaching an intersection where…

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New 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…

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Visit 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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They Will Surf Again!

Surfs Up! On Saturday, August 18, 30 new Nova Scotians travelled to Martinique Beach for the fifth annual They Will Surf Again event hosted in partnership by SurfAble and Life…

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In film, 3 new Canadians challenge myths of what it means to be a refugee

By Aya Al-Hakim, CBC, Aug 25, 2018 In a short film produced in Halifax, a refugee from Bhutan recites a poem dedicated to his mother who struggled to raise him…

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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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Helping to build a welcoming & inclusive province: Gerry Mills

“This is an amazing place to work. I come up the back stairs every morning and as I walk in it’s a jolt of electricity. Okay, here we go!” That…