We are thrilled to announce our Digital Champions skills program is coming to the pan-Canadian settlement sector. Thousands of staff and volunteers from newcomer-serving organizations will receive training over the next two years thanks to GEO Nova Scotia, our partners, and a $1.6 million grant from the Department of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development (ISED). The funding has…
Category: Announcements
Now Hiring: Four New Digital Inclusion Facilitators
Join our team! GEO Nova Scotia is growing. We offer living wages, generous vacation, health insurance, and the opportunity to work from home. Check out this exciting opportunity. Maybe you are the perfect fit, or maybe you know someone who is! With this position you can work from anywhere in the Province with good Internet…
Now Hiring: Digital Inclusion Faclitator (Cape Breton)
GEO Nova Scotia is growing and to do our job well, we need more great people to join us. We offer living wages, generous vacation, health insurance, and the opportunity to work from home. Check out this exciting opportunity in Cape Breton. Maybe you are the perfect fit, or maybe you know someone who is!…
GEO Nova Scotia 2022 Staff Team Introduced
Beginning with an Executive Director in April, GEO Nova Scotia has been busy building a staff team that is ready to work with community partners, developing and delivering programs to ensure everyone has what they need to be online. We are very proud to introduce the 2022 Staff Team for GEO Nova Scotia, and look…
Online Hip Hop Program “The Source” Launches In Partnership With GEO Nova Scotia
Attention youth-serving partners! We are proud to announce a new partnership with Unity Charity to help deliver their newest program, The Source, virtual Hip Hop programming facilitated by African Nova Scotian Hip Hop artists and serving African Nova Scotian youth (ages 14 – 19) living in rural communities. Working at the very frontier of digital inclusion and accessibility, Unity…
GEO Nova Scotia Programming Update
The new GEO Nova Scotia staff team is ready and excited to begin delivering the two programs we’ve been developing over the past months, our remade GEO Connects program, and our new GEO Digital Champions program. November 1 – December 16 will be used to test our new programs with a selection of our past…
2021-2022 Evaluation Report
It is with pride and gratitude that we share our 2021-2022 Evaluation Report and infographic. Thank you to everyone who played a role in making all this happen: Delivery Partners, Referral Partners, Strategic and Funding Partners, suppliers, volunteers, and participants. And a special thanks to our brilliant Learning & Evaluation Lead, Cari Patterson, and everyone who contributed…
New Funding Partnership Supports Continued Growth and Development of GEO Nova Scotia: Getting Everyone Online
GEO Nova Scotia is proud to announce an investment of $1.5m from the Department of Community Services to enhance and expand Digital Inclusion services across the province in 2022-23. “Digital Inclusion means having good, affordable internet access; a good, affordable device; and the basic digital skills to use them confidently and safely,” said GEO Nova…
GEO Nova Scotia Board Announced
“After two years of success and growth, we are proud to announce the recent certification of GEO Nova Scotia as a not-for-profit society and our inaugural Board of Directors,” said Matt Spurway, GEO Nova Scotia founder and Executive Director. GEO Nova Scotia began in April 2020 as a small, community-led initiative in Dartmouth North in…