Sixteen teams of young innovators spent the weekend building apps, websites and models and pitching their ideas to judges as part of the province’s first open data contest at Dalhousie University. First place was awarded to Sunil Udhayakumar, Keerthana Mohan, Siddharth Thangharaj and Rasheed Andrews for using Crown land and weather data to create a model for determining the best places for wind turbines in Nova Scotia.
Category: Provincial Updates
Startups Selected for Clean Technology Acceleration Program
Five Nova Scotia startups will participate in an acceleration program to help grow their clean technology ventures. The CleanTech Accelerate Program provides the companies with financing and business guidance.
Nova Scotia Launches International Seafood Brand
Seafood exporters in the province have a new brand, Nova Scotia Seafood, to promote products in international markets. Establishing an effective seafood brand will help give Nova Scotia a competitive advantage in those key global markets and will also help communicate Nova Scotia’s key attributes – exceptional taste and premium quality.
Hundreds of Teachers Apply to the Council to Improve Classroom Conditions
More than 700 Nova Scotia teachers have submitted applications to be part of the Council to Improve Classroom Conditions, a cooperative initiative to improve the province’s teaching and student learning environment.
Contest Challenges Youth to Innovate with Data
The province and Dalhousie University are inviting youth to innovate using data at an open data contest. The contest will challenge participants to use data from Nova Scotia’s open data portal to come up with a unique product, like a website, app or model, that will promote tourism, help immigrants, manage natural resources or protect the environment.