Organizations
Morton Horticultural Associates
Morton Horticultural Associates was established in 1982 to provide specialized consulting, advisory and coaching services to clients in the horticulture, agriculture and the agri-food industry. The company focus is on helping agriculture businesses and organizations chart a clear path to the future and to develop the business management skills that will get them there. The areas of expertise include industry analysis, new value-added product development and commercialization, direct marketing, agritourism, business development, strategic and business planning and market innovation strategy.
Nexus Robotics
Nexus Robotics is a Nova Scotian technology startup, developing autonomous robotic solutions for Agriculture using machine learning. Nexus provides farmers with a reliable and cost-effective way to produce crops. The Nexus Robotics team created an autonomous machine called R2-Weed2, which uses a camera system to differentiate between weeds and crops. The machine will be capable of cutting and spraying weeds, as well as able to fertilize crops and collect data about the crop and growing conditions.
Nova Scotia Community College
The School of IT & Creative Industries offers many dynamic programs that prepare you for a range of IT and creative careers. Our instructors are professionals who remain current in their fields of expertise. They’re ready to teach you the latest industry techniques so you’ll graduate with the creativity and know-how to excel in the workforce.
Nova Scotia Works
Nova Scotia Works employment services centres help Nova Scotians understand, prepare for, and fill the needs of the province’s job market. Nova Scotia Works also helps businesses recruit, manage and develop the talent they need to be more productive here at home and around the world.
Office of Industry & Community Engagement - Acadia University
Acadia’s Office of Industry & Community Engagement (ICE), identifies and connects Acadia’s researchers with industry, government and community groups interested in research, commercialization, outreach and entrepreneurship activities. As a member of Springboard Atlantic, ICE works with other universities in Atlantic Canada, as well as incubators and accelerators to ensure Acadia is making a strong contribution to the development and prosperity of our local and regional communities.
PrecisionHawk
PrecisionHawk is the leading provider of aerial data and safety platforms for drones. The Lancaster is PrecisionHawk’s fixed-wing, autonomous drone built to collect the highest quality terrestrial data using a host of integrated sensors including visual, thermal, LiDAR, multispectral and hyperspectral. PrecisionHawk houses three divisions that support its mission: DataMapper aerial mapping and analysis software, TerraServer satellite imagery and LATAS (Low Altitude Traffic and Airspace Safety).
Progeny Genealogy
Progeny Genealogy is the leading developer of family tree software and other useful, easy-to-use genealogy research resources, including Charting Companion™, Genelines™ and Map My Family Tree™. More than pretty charts, our genealogy software programs are also powerful research tools.
R-bar
R-bar is Acadia University’s scientific programming study group. They cover everything R: a programming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics. WHAT WE DO Skill Sharing: Share your favorite coding skills and tools with your friends and colleagues in friendly, no-pressure work-alongs. Co-Working: Get together to work on your coding projects, help each other out and share your work. Community Building: Meet new people in your field, organization or community - and find out what we can do when we work together.
Refresh Annapolis Valley
Refresh is a community of designers, developers and innovators working to refresh the creative, technical, and professional culture of digital technology endeavours in the Annapolis Valley while promoting design, technology, and entrepreneurship. Refresh Annapolis Valley was founded to create a cultural and educational space for our regional digital technology professionals, both current and future, to grow their skills and build regional synergies. We believe deeply in the digital economy as a component of a strong diversified Nova Scotian economy.
ScotiaCom
ScotiaCom (aka Scotia Computer Resources Inc.) is a small, independent business located in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia. What started as an educational software development company has become a leader in the development and deployment of services that allow organizations, groups, individuals and small businesses to take full advantage of the Internet.