Additional Initiatives BEST Conference After the 2020 in-person version of the event was cancelled due to COVID-19, the BEST (Building Employment Skills for Successful Transitions) Conference came back with a bang as a virtual event in 2021. Working together with our members and other partners across Nova Scotia, this year’s BEST Conference set a record with 556 registrations, with 333 live attendees recorded at the conference. The conference included 12 workshops, as well as a virtual services expo, which allowed students to connect with services and supports available to them across the province.
Webinar Series EduNova has been expanding retention initiatives since early 2020, where we found a gap of pre-employment supports available for international students in Nova Scotia. Over the past year, EduNova hosted two webinars, with an overall registration of more than 450: 1. Tax return information session (in collaboration with Canada Revenue Agency); and 2. Immigration session about permanent residency (in collaboration with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and Nova Scotia Immigration and Population Growth).
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EduNova Annual Report 2020 - 2021
