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Accessibility First Voice Experts Roster
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The Accessibility Directorate is pleased to launch the Accessibility First Voice Experts roster, and ask that you share this opportunity with your organization and networks.
Nova Scotians with disabilities are invited to sign up to provide their advice on accessibility projects, such as awareness activities, training and educational materials, and policy and program development.
Over the past few years, Nova Scotians with disabilities have provided advice on development of the Introduction to Disability and Introduction to Accessibility Barriers and Solutions webinars, among other projects. The Accessibility Directorate is interested in opening the opportunity to provide lived experience advice so any Nova Scotian with a disability can participate.
Nova Scotians with disabilities can sign up on the Access includes Everyone website. The sign up form includes a variety of questions, such as where the individual lives, age, gender, disability type, etc. These questions help to ensure a wide variety of perspectives are included in our work.
After signing up, individuals will receive invitations to participate in projects as they arise (depending on the number of projects underway). Honouraria will be provided for providing advice on projects, the amount will vary depending on the project and time involved.
We recognize and appreciate the lived experience and expertise of Nova Scotians with disabilities, and the importance of providing financial compensation for providing advice on these projects.
Please share this opportunity with your organization and networks, and print and display the attached poster or include this opportunity in your newsletter or other materials.
Please contact if you have any questions.
Nova Scotia Accessibility Directorate
Department of Justice
Phone: 902-424-8280
Website: https://novascotia.ca/accessibility/
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Richmond County and Town of Port Hawkesbury Announce Manager of Energy Sector Development
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PRESS RELEASE - March 22, 2024
For Immediate Release
Richmond County and Town of Port Hawkesbury Announce Manager of Energy Sector Development
RICHMOND COUNTY, NS - The Municipality of the County of Richmond, the Town of Port Hawkesbury, and the Cape Breton Partnership are proud to announce that Martin Thomsen will be the new Manager of Energy Sector Development for the two municipalities, made possible through a secondment from the Cape Breton Partnership.
As the Manager of Energy Sector Development, Thomsen will be responsible for the oversight of the strategic development of a Local Port and Infrastructure Strategy and an Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence. The role will engage with both existing and emerging industry partners and stakeholders to optimize local benefits in relation to the green energy sector.
This new three-year position will be shared jointly by both the Municipality of the County of Richmond and the Town of Port Hawkesbury and hosted administratively by the Municipality of the County of Richmond. The position is made possible with funding from both municipal partners, the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources and Renewables.
Since January 2023 Thomsen has been part of the team at the Cape Breton Partnership, based in Richmond County and the Town of Port Hawkesbury in the role of Innovation and Economic Development Officer and has previously worked for Highlands and Islands Enterprise, a public-sector economic development agency in Scotland.
“I’m excited and humbled to embark on this new journey with Richmond County and the Town of Port Hawkesbury,” says Martin Thomsen. “Through my work with the Cape Breton Partnership I have become very familiar with the opportunity that the green energy sector represents for the Strait Area, and I’m looking forward to taking on this new challenge.”
“The Cape Breton Partnership is proud to support Martin in taking on this new exciting role with two of the Cape Breton Regional Enterprise Network’s partners to help pave the way for the green energy sector here on the Island,” says Tyler Mattheis, President & CEO of the Cape Breton Partnership. “We are thrilled to be able to provide this opportunity for career development and progression through this secondment, and are excited to be part of the collaborative efforts to continue building this industry in the Strait Area, and look forward to continue working with Martin and the rest of our partners on this exciting work.”
Martin Thomsen commences in the role on 2nd of April, while the Cape Breton Partnership will be advertising for a new Economic Development Officer for Richmond County and Port Hawkesbury shortly.
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Media Contact:
Cape Breton Partnership
Jeremy Martell, Director of Communications
902-562-0122
Left to right: Tyler Mattheis, President & CEO of the Cape Breton Partnership, Martin Thomsen, Manager of Engery Sector Development, Troy MacCulloch, CAO, Municipality of the County of Richmond
Wellness Fund - Nova Scotia Health Community Health Boards
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WELLNESS FUND
2024 APPLICATION PROCESS IS NOW OPEN
DEADLINE IS 5PM, MAY 6th!
Request for Proposals
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Request for Proposals - RFP # MOCR202403
The Municipality of the County of Richmond (MCOR) has declared the former Walter Fougere School located at 19 School Rd., Evanston, NS, PID# 75221366, 75035865, surplus and will consider proposals from proponents for the purchase and use of the building and property.
The detailed Request for Proposals is available from the Provincial Procurement Services Web Portal at https://procurement-portal.novascotia.ca/ or may be requested electronically by contacting the undersigned. Not necessarily the lowest or any bid will be accepted.
Request for Proposals may be submitted in a sealed envelope marked “RFP-MOCR202403-WF”, or in an email to the undersigned with the subject line to read “RFP-MOCR202403-WF”, no later than 2:00 pm on Wednesday April 17, 2024.
Municipality of the County of Richmond
P.O. Box 120
2357, Highway 206
Arichat, Nova Scotia
B0E 1A0
For further information please call 902-226-2400.