The Community Sector Council is proud to host Common Good Solutions for their first 'Social Enterprise Roundtable'.   The evening will start off with a screening of The Social Shift, a documentary that follows three young Nova Scotians journey across Canada to highlight businesses that are adding economic and social value to world. Following the documentary we will […]

Opening Doors for Everyone (ODE) Lunch & Learn Under the direction of The Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage, reachAbility is excited to introduce to you this FREE workshop! Business Accessibility laws are changing! How will it affect you? ODE is a disability and inclusion awareness workshop focused around Nova Scotia’s new Accessibility Act, the Business ACCESS-Ability […]

For this particular Executive Director Network meeting for the Northern region the Community Sector Council of Nova Scotia (CSCNS) will highlight pensions & benefits in Nova Scotia's community sector.  Nick Mombourquette from NewGround Financial will be on hand to present information to the community sector in regard to pensions and benefit program options that can work in […]

GRANTS:  FINDING & WRITING Introduction (morning):  Finding grants and writing them can seem like a mysterious art form, but it’s really about figuring out what funders are looking to invest in and seeing if there is a match with your organizational goals.  Participants in this workshop will: look at common challenges in grant finding and […]

Community sector participants are invited to the CLARI Room at Saint Mary's University, March 25, 2019 from 9am-12noon for presntations on LISNS (Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia) and the Accessibility Act (reachAbility) About LISNS Legal Information Society of NS helps Nova Scotians build legal life skills to minimize conflicts, and promotes access to justice […]

GRANTS:  FINDING & WRITING Introduction (morning):  Finding grants and writing them can seem like a mysterious art form, but it’s really about figuring out what funders are looking to invest in and seeing if there is a match with your organizational goals.  Participants in this workshop will: look at common challenges in grant finding and […]

The KAIROS Blanket Exercise™ program is a unique, participatory history lesson – developed in collaboration with Indigenous Elders, knowledge keepers and educators – that fosters truth, understanding, respect and reconciliation among Indigenous and non-indigenous peoples. The KAIROS Blanket Exercise™ is a workshop that explores the nation-to-nation relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. Blankets arranged […]

You and your employees are the heartbeat of what we do, so it has become a priority of mine to improve the way we take care of our people. One way I'm hoping to achieve this is by finding an easy, cost-effective way to offer pension and benefits options across the sector. I see it […]

The KAIROS Blanket Exercise™ program is a unique, participatory history lesson – developed in collaboration with Indigenous Elders, knowledge keepers and educators – that fosters truth, understanding, respect and reconciliation among Indigenous and non-indigenous peoples. The KAIROS Blanket Exercise™ is a workshop that explores the nation-to-nation relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. Blankets arranged […]

The Community Sector Council of Nova Scotia is happy to host a discussion on community-engaged research.Leading the discussion will be CLARI (the Change Lab Action Research Initiative). Based at Saint Mary’s University, CLARI is a partnership of seven post-secondary institutions in Nova Scotia. It’s purpose is to promote and support the engagement of CLARI-member faculty/students in community-identified […]