Featured Nova Scotian Archive

Craig Aucoin

- Aug 10, 2012

“Craig Aucoin (right) and his friend and personal trainer Lloyd McLean will be biking across Canada beginning in August 2013 for the “Craig Gives Back-to-Back Cross Canada Bicycle Tour 2013,” to give back to charities that have helped him throughout his life.” [Photo credit: Christopher Cameron – The News]Read more

Rany Ibrahim

- Mar 22, 2012

Rany Ibrahim is the only Nova Scotian nominated among the Top 75 finalists in the fourth annual Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards. The awards are a program of Canadian Immigrant Magazine and RBC Royal Bank.

 Ibrahim is a Marketing Program Manager at the Nova Scotia Office of Immigration, a part-time professor of International Business Strategy at Dalhousie University Faculty of Management, and a governor at Cape Breton University.Read more

C.F. “Babe” Paris

- Feb 29, 2012

Nova Scotia's 28th annual African Heritage Month celebrations pay tribute to Unsung Heroes: Men who Make a Difference.

C.F. “Babe” Paris
New Glasgow

“Babe” Paris has fought racism and stood up for human rights for decades, in ways big and small. An inaugural member of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission in 1967 and a frequent speaker on social justice, he worked with groups from the Black United Front to the Black Business
Consortium.Read more

Everett Desmond

Jeff - Feb 17, 2012

Nova Scotia's 28th annual African Heritage Month celebrations pay tribute to Unsung Heroes: Men who Make a Difference.

Everett Desmond
Upper Big Tracadie

Everett Desmond is a pillar of support in the Guysborough area as a volunteer and lay leader with Tracadie Baptist Church and other community groups. He selflessly gives of his time, energy,and even finances to help the young and old and anyone in need.Read more

Joel Marsman

Jeff - Feb 8, 2012

Nova Scotia's 28th annual African Heritage Month celebrations will pay tribute to Unsung Heroes: Men who Make a Difference.

Joel Marsman
Lower Sackville

Over the course of a successful career, Joel Marsman has had an impact on occupational health and safety practices across the province. He is an active community member who volunteers at Emmanuel Baptist Church, shares his expertise with non-profit organizations, and mentors youth and young professionals.Read more

Keith Miller

- Feb 1, 2012

Nova Scotia's 28th annual African Heritage Month celebrations will pay tribute to Unsung Heroes: Men who Make a Difference.

Keith Miller
Yarmouth

For more than 25 years Keith Miller has volunteered as an Auxiliary Constable at the Yarmouth RCMP Detachment. He has helped train dozens of recruits and served as a mentor, teacher, coach, friend, and role model to many African Nova Scotian youth.Read more

Archbishop Vincent Waterman

Jeff - Jan 23, 2012

Nova Scotia's 28th annual African Heritage Month celebrations will pay tribute to Unsung Heroes: Men who Make a Difference.

Archbishop Vincent Waterman
Sydney

Born in Barbados and raised in New York, Archbishop Waterman has pastored St. Philips African Orthodox Church in Whitney Pier since 1983. At age 85 he is still active as a pastor and known in the community for his
commitment to justice and equality.Read more

Pardis Parker

Jeff - Oct 4, 2011

Pardis Parker is an award-winning director, writer, actor, and comedian.Read more

Jonny White

Jeff - Sep 6, 2011

Jonny White shows how we each create our world through the stories we make up, or through those we are fed. He passionately whips through the psychology of social media, ads, film, books, and games, demonstrating why the importance of understanding stories is increasing at the pace of technology. He then asks: "What lies behind these stories?"Read more

Kayla Hoolwerf

Jeff - May 19, 2011

Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Kayla Hoolwerf moved to Lantz, Nova Scotia at the age of 5. After living here for over 12 years, Nova Scotia is where Kayla calls home. Currently a Grade 12 high school student at Hants East Rural High, Kayla is a dancing enthusiast – participating in jazz, tap, lyrical, ballet, hip hop and contemporary dance classes with locally owned and operated, Dance Zone Performing Arts Centre. In addition to her love of dance, Kayla also has interests in drawing, photography and creating short videos.Read more

Cooper Tardivel

Jeff - Feb 2, 2011

Born and raised in Halifax, Cooper Tardivel has been bartending for 14 years, having "worked the stick" in pubs, fine dining restaurants, cocktail lounges, and nightclubs around the world.Read more

Lucinda Low

Jeff - Nov 17, 2010

Lucinda Low
Founder and Executive Director
Bridgeway Academy

Lucinda Low believes in children. She believes any child with a learning disability can learn, and she refuses to give up on that belief, even when that child may have given up on herself.Read more

Robin McAdam

Jeff - Nov 4, 2010

Robin McAdam, executive vice-president of sustainability for Nova Scotia Power is among representatives from Nova Scotia's energy sector on the first executive forum on renewable energy opportunities at the 18th annual Canada-U.S. Trade and Technology Conference in Boston, November 4 & 5.Read more

J. Chalmers Doane

Jeff - Oct 15, 2010

J. Chalmers Doane of South Maitland, Hants Co., has been called one of the most outstanding music educators in Canada. He was a supervisor of music education in the Halifax school system from 1967 to 1984. He established an innovative music education program that taught thousands of children to play an instrument and helped foster a lifelong appreciation and love of music. His unique, accessible program, featuring the ukulele, was so successful that it quickly became adopted in schools across North America. He is a multi-instrumentalist and has founded many orchestras and bands.Read more

Raymond Rashed

Fiona - Sep 10, 2010

Shortly after graduating with a finance degree from McGill University in 2003, PEI-native Raymond Rashed looked east for opportunity. “Halifax is a vibrant city, I saw lots of diversity and development here, and I knew it was a place where I could thrive.” Rashed quickly landed a job with Scotiabank, eventually becoming a district banking manager where he works closely with the company’s vice-president to support 26 branches in North East Nova Scotia and their clients.Read more