Pathways to Purpose – ISANS Annual Report 2020/2021

If there’s one thing we have learned this past year – a year of overwhelming challenge, social upheaval, and collective uncertainty – it’s that living our values of diversity, inclusion, respect, collaboration, innovation, and accountability will guide us through.

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Building Connections Through Business

Celebrations for Small Business Week began early when members of the Halifax business community came together for last Thursday’s “Networking in Motion” event. Currently in its seventh year, Networking in…

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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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Networking in Motion

There was great food and conversation at the 6th annual business Networking in Motion at Paul O’Regan Hall on October 17. Over 250 people attended the event hosted by ISANS, in partnership…

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Peace by Chocolate names new bar after the Mi’kmaq word for peace

A Canadian chocolate company founded by Syrian refugee Tareq Hadhad has produced its first chocolate bar — and given it an Indigenous name. Peace by Chocolate of Antigonish revealed Wednesday its new milk chocolate and hazelnut bar is to be called Wantaqo’ti (pronounced Wan-tahk-oo-di), the Mi’kmaq word for peace.

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