IONS is situated in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaw people. Unceded means that the Mi’kmaq have never relinquished, sold, traded, or transferred ownership of their land to European settler colonies, yet land was taken over without their consent through various processes of settler colonialism. This territory is covered by the Treaties of Peace and Friendship, which the Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik people first signed with the British Crown in 1726. These Treaties did not involve the surrendering of rights to the lands and resources they had traditionally used and occupied. We are all Treaty People.

We further acknowledge that Nova Scotia is the birthplace of Black culture and heritage in Canada. People of African descent have shared these lands for over 400 years, and over 50 strong and resourceful African Nova Scotian communities exist here today.

We are committed to the struggle against systems of oppression that have resulted in profound inequities and the denial of self-determination rights. We are working actively to deepen our learning at an individual level, provide learning opportunities about anti-racism and decolonization, and to develop partnerships with organizations serving and led by underrepresented groups.

  • Felicia Guitton/Yellow Suitcase Life Coaching

    Helping people and organizations get where they want to be going, create what they want to see in community.

  • Veronica Merryfield of the Cape Breton Transgender Network

    Equity, Diversity and Inclusion education and training, HR workplace assessments and investigations, accessibility and 2SLGBTQIA+ assessments, facilitation, 2SLGBTQIA+ topics from a trans/intersex first person perspective, policy development

  • SKC Consulting

    SKC is committed to helping good organizations get good work done. We focus on climate change, the environment, energy efficiency, and inclusive community development. SKC concentrates on essential people skills (aka ‘soft skills’) and our services include: * Design Thinking, Project Ideation, Strategic Planning * Community & Stakeholder Engagement * Social / Sustainability Procurement Policy…

  • Briana Miller

    Facilitation, training, program design, public speaking on Youth Engagement Training Team Building Facilitation and Program Design Conference Design and Hosting Public Speaking Trainings Workshops/ Panels/ Programs on: Working with newcomers, immigrants and refugees Gender-Based Violence Gender-Based Violence and Newcomers 2slgbtqia+ Working with 2slgbtqia+ Sexualized Violence Youth Engagement System Change Work Collaboration Community Engagement Anti Violence

  • Sea Change CoLab Consulting

    Training and Curriculum Development

  • Write.Inc

    I can do many types of research – literature reviews, jurisdictional reviews, surveys and interviews or focus groups, consultations, etc. – and create plain language summaries.

  • Jason McDonald

    I also offer facilitator services for living works SafeTALK, suicide prevention. As well I also facilitate gender and sexuality, cultural competency, consent, and safer workplace training.

  • Common Good Solutions

  • Alison Knott, Alison K Consulting

    Analysis, facilitation, and team training on deepening your marketing efforts: – Email marketing (platform migration, list growth, engagement) – SEO (analysis, implementation support) – Website Experience (improving use and alignment with goals) – Audience Attraction/Research (articulating mission and impact in a way that attracts across multiple marketing channels) – Operational (development of playbooks/SOPs, internal workflows,…

  • Stefanie Ince. March Leadership Coaching

    I am a leadership coach with 20+ years working in the NFP sector. I coach leaders and teams with a goal to improve productivity, satisfaction and communication.