Multilingual Interactive Tour Guide app launches at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Developed by new Canadians, for new Canadians, the Interactive Tour Guide (ITG) uses Quick Response (QR) technology to translate content in the Canadian Immigration Story exhibit into Mandarin, Arabic and…
How an urban farm in Halifax is helping one woman with her mental health
By Alex Cooke, Halifax StarMetro, Oct. 11, 2018 HALIFAX—Having outgrown its current location of seven years, Common Roots Urban Farm in Halifax has launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund its transition to…
Newcomers participate in two art exhibits at Nocturne
Art has the ability to bring people together. On Saturday night, October 13, thousands of people gathered in Halifax and Dartmouth to take part in the annual Nocturne: Art at…
Celebrating Citizenship Week
It’s Citizenship Week in Canada! Over the past 10 years, Canada has welcomed over 1.75 million proud new Canadians. From October 8 -14 this year, we reflect on the rights…
IBM volunteers arrive to troubleshoot Halifax
By Brendan Ahern, The Chronicle Herald, Oct. 2, 2018. International IBM employees have arrived in Halifax where they’ll spend the next four weeks working on projects within government, academia, and…
ISANS to take part in IBM’s first-in-Canada Corporate Service Corps mission
ISANS is honoured to be one of four organizations in Nova Scotia selected to take part in this year’s Corporate Service Corps (CSC) mission, marking the first time the mission…
Wi’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…
Newcomer youth share their experiences with social justice through art
Newcomer youth from Halifax showcased their creative abilities at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia last week, and shared stories around social justice at the Social Justice in Focus Forum. The…
