Contact an Employer Engagement Specialist in your area to find out more about government programs and resources that are available, and the services that they can provide to help you with hiring, training and retaining your staff. 

Cape Breton:

Leith McFadgen (Serving Baddeck and area)
Northside Economic Development Assistance Corp. (NEDAC)
Office: 902-295-1649   
Email: lmcfadgen@nedac.ca
 

Scott Purdie (Serving Glace Bay and New Waterford)
YMCA of Cape Breton
106 Reserve Street Glace Bay
Office: 902-276-5509
Email: scott.purdie@cb.ymca.ca

 

Derek Theriault (Serving Cape Breton Regional Municipality)
Northside Economic Development Assistance Corp. (NEDAC)
Office: 902-578-1205
Email: dtheriault@nedac.ca

 

Derrick Hawley (Serving Northern Victoria County - Englishtown to Bay St. Lawrence)
Northside Economic Development Assistance Corp. (NEDAC)
Office: 902-285-2696
Email: dhawley@nedac.ca
 

Debbie Martel (Port Hawkesbury and Inverness and Richmond Counties)
YMCA of Cape Breton
Office: 902-202-5937
Email: Debbie.martel@cb.ymca.ca

 

Karen Furey (Serving Sydney)
YMCA of Cape Breton
Office: 902-270-3818 
Email: karen.furey@cb.ymca.ca
 

Brenda LeBlanc (Serving Inverness County (Pleasant Bay to Mabou & Whycocomagh) Bilingual Services

Conseil de développement économique de la Nouvelle-Écosse (CDÉNÉ)
Phone: 902-224-2774

Email: bleblanc@cdene.ns.ca

 

 

Northern Region:

Brent Noiles (Serving Amherst and Cumberland County)
Cumberland African Nova Scotian Association (CANSA)
Office: 902-661-1509 [Ext. 227]
Email: brent.noiles@cansa.ca 
 

Tyler Pearson (Serving Truro & Colchester) 
Futureworx
Office: 902-956-1040
Email: Tyler.Pearson@futureworx.ca
 

Kim Avery  (Serving Antigonish/Antigonish County/Guysborough County)
Career Connections
Office: 902-867-6020 
Email: kim.avery@careerconnections.ca
 

Ann MacGregor (Serving Pictou County)
Career Connections
Cell: 902-759-1101
Email: amacgregor@careerconnections.ca

 

Tracy Isenor (Serving Elmsdale and East Hants)
Futureworx
Office: 902-883-7025
Email: tracy@futureworx.ca
 

South Shore/Valley:

Charles Batstone (Serving Digby, Digby County & Annapolis and County)
Employment Opportunities Partnership
Office: 902-245-5716
Email: cbatstone@nsworksdigby.ca 

Charlotte Scott (Serving Shelburne County)
Southwest Employment Services
25D King St., Kings Corner,
Office: 902-875-2200
Email: cscott@swemployment.com
 

Deborah Kendall (Serving Coldbrook to Middleton)
Peopleworx
Office: 902-599-0090
email: dkendall@peopleworx.ca

 

Westin McMullin (Annapolis Royal)

Peopleworx

253 St. George Street, Annapolis Royal

Office: 902-523-0605
email: 
wmcmullin@peopleworx.ca 

 

Jamie Patterson (Serving Windsor/West Hants & Hants County)
Community Inc.
Office: 902.798.5627 Cell: 902-790-0024
Email: jpatterson@communityinc.ca

 

Jim Key (Serving Lunenburg & Queens Counties)
Employment Solutions Society
Office: 902-543-2479  [Ext. 23]
Email: jgkey@empsolutions.ca

 

Tanika Seabrook (serving Yarmouth & Yarmouth County)                             

Southwest Employment Services                                                                         

902.742.5859 ext 331/ Cell: 902.746.9292                                 

Email: tanikaseabrook@swemployment.com

 

TBD- contact VANSA at office number  (Serving Wolfville to Coldbrook)
Valley African Nova Scotia Development Association (VANSDA)
Office: 902-678-7410 
 

Patsy Hicks (Serving Municipalities of Clare and Argyle)
Conseil de développement économique de la Nouvelle-Écosse (CDENE)
Office: 902-769-3284
Cell: 902-778-2645
Email: phicks@cdene.ns.ca

 

Halifax Regional Municipality:

Joanna Hilchie (Serving HRM)
Job Junction
Office: 902-830-9417 

Email: joanna.hilchie@jobjunction.ca 

 

Donny Fairfax (Serving Westphal, Lake Loon, Cherry Brook, East Preston, North Preston)

YMCA Greater Halifax/Dartmouth
Office: 902-466-7604
Email: donny.fairfax@halifax.ymca.ca
 

Karl Jackson (Serving HRM & Mt Uniacke Corridor of East Hants) 
Opportunity Place Career Resource Centre
Office: 902-233-0342
Email: kjackson@opportunityplace.ca


Tammy Hiltz (Serving Cole Harbour, Eastern Passage, Dartmouth and Halifax)
YMCA Greater Halifax/Dartmouth
Office: 902-430-2804 
Email: tammy.hiltz@halifax.ymca.ca
 

Pratibha Popat (Serving HRM and Surrounding Areas)
Team Work Cooperative 
Office: 902-422-8900  ext 124
Email: ppopat@teamworkbridge.org
 

Nancy Hayes (Serving Employers requiring French and Bilingual services in the HRM and beyond)
YMCA Greater Halifax/Dartmouth
Office:  902-292-8739
Email: nancy.hayes@halifax.ymca.ca
 

Kathy Dillman- Smith (Serving Eastern Shore, Musquodoboit Valley, Lake Echo to Ecum Secum, and Dutch Settlement to Dean) 
YMCA Greater Halifax/Dartmouth
Office: 902-751-0105
Email: kathy.dillmansmith@halifax.ymca.ca
 

Click here for the location of all Nova Scotia Works Centres in Nova Scotia 

 

To provide feedback about the HR Toolkit or advise regarding broken links please contact: 


Workplace Initiatives Division
NS Department of Labour, Skills & Immigration
103 Garland Place. Suite 301
Dartmouth, NS B3B 0K5

Email: workplaceinitiatives@novascotia.ca