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We’re offering a Language Learning Strategies webinar next week! Join us for some tips & tricks to strengthen your language skills. The webinar will be on Janua...ry 19 & 20. Please visit www.nscc.ca/eal for more information and to join the webinar.

TechNova is working on preparing and conducting a Salary Survey for our members! What are some questions you would like to know? Let us know!

Congratulations to our 2020 TechNova President's Award recipient Raquel Pires! She sent us a wonderful story about her background and goals as a Engineering Technology Graduate! Industrial Engineering Technology, Ivany Campus "I'm an international student from Brazil. Back home, I used to work as a chemistry technician, and after a couple of months in this role, I felt the urge to go beyond. I can say that living during a pandemic while I am not in my home country was not in ...my plans, and financial instability comes with that. In the middle of everything that is happening, this award gives me some hope and security to focus more on my education, and worry less about how I am going to afford it. Receiving this award makes me feel more confident about the things I can achieve and how far I can go, and this will definitely be an asset in the upcoming academic year. I want to stay in Nova Scotia as a permanent resident and build my career as an Industrial Engineering Technologist here. Also, I want to support other international students to achieve their goal to access a high-quality postsecondary education. I believe that receiving this award; I can inspire other students to pursue their dreams by showing them that this is something feasible and that they should go for it as well. I feel extremely blessed for having this opportunity and I hope to honour your expectations!" See more

Congratulations Lee-Anne!

Our friends over at NSAA is looking for a Public Representative to the Nova Scotia Association of Architects’ Governing Council! The Nova Scotia Association of Architects (NSAA) is seeking an individual to serve as one of its two public representatives on the governing Council. The NSAA is the regulating body for the architectural profession whose purpose is to serve and protect the public interest in the practice of architecture in Nova Scotia. The public representative ca...nnot be a member of the architectural profession. A Public Representative provides a positive and effective mechanism for the NSAA to demonstrate transparency, independence and accountability. The Public Representative will ensure that the public perspective is represented in the decision-making of NSAA Council. He/She will have full voting rights and will be expected to attend monthly Council Meetings, as well as the Annual General Meeting, either in person or virtually (via Zoom or other virtual platform). The Public Representative is also eligible to sit on the various Committees within the NSAA and is expected to sit on either the Finance and Risk Committee or the Governance and Human Resources Committee. Appointment shall be for a 1 year-term from Fall 2020 to Spring 2022. Desirable Public Representative attributes include: Open-mindedness Knowledge of the position Familiarity with the Nova Scotia Association of Architects Understanding of the meaning of public interest Experience with community volunteer activities Communication skills and behaviours grounded in respect and transparency, and with tact and discretion where appropriate Integrity and application of high ethical standards in all actions and exchanges of information Collaborative interpersonal skills and sound business judgement Ability to place the interest of the Association above any personal agenda Free of conflicts of interests that would affect their ability to perform duties as council member Enhancement to the diversity of the governing Council Ability to commit time to prepare for and attend council and other required meetings, planning sessions and Association events In addition to experience with governing council and volunteer boards, experience with policies and processes in one or more of the following areas is an asset: Professional registration Professional conduct Finances Human Resources Interested candidates are requested to forward a cover letter indicating their reasons for wishing to serve on the NSAA Council, along with a current resume, no later that September 30, 2020 to Nominating Committee c/o Margo Dauphinee, Executive Director Nova Scotia Association of Architects 1361 Barrington Street, Halifax, NS B3J 1Y9 or email: [email protected]