Language Services: Nova Scotia and News Award

language services: Nova Scotia had a huge influx of immigrants last year blowing previous years' stats out of the water and that included welcoming about 1,200 Syrian refugees, according to The Chronicle Herald. In response, Mills says, ISANS launched a new site to promote their expansion of language services. ISANS executive director Gerry Mills says ISANS has continued to grow after their nomination for a Now! Nova Scotia Good News Award. They've also been busy developing new employment bridging programs to support the needs of the increased number of refugees the province received in 2016. They served 4,972 clients 1,969 refugees their business development team helped immigrants open 109 new businesses, their employment services team helped 768 immigrants secure employment, and their language services team provide language training to 1,249 clients. By the numbers, ISANS has had an incredibly successful year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.