Let's Talk Careers
Let’s Talk Careers sessions help families and communities to support youth in making informed career choices. This program is intended to open and support career dialogue, build connections and increase the sharing of information and resources among youth, families and their communities.
Nova Scotia Works School Liaison (NSWSL)
Nova Scotia Works School Liaisons (NSWSL) provide students and families support with:
- access to and understanding of Labour Market Information
- access to potential employment opportunities for youth
- delivery of workshops and sessions (one-on-one or group sessions), related to career planning and labour market information, both virtually and in-person
- delivery of workshops and sessions for schools, community groups, families, workplaces and other both at the school and in the community
Reach out to the NSWSL connected or nearest to your local high school.
School Assignment | School Liaison |
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Auburn Drive High School Cole Harbour District High School Woodlawn High School |
Aisha Bear email: aisha.bear@halifax.ymca.ca |
Amherst Regional High School Oxford Regional Education Centre Pugwash District High School Tatamagouche Regional Academy |
Alex Brown email: alex.brown@cansa.ca |
Halifax West High School JL Ilsley High School |
Alisha Hill email: alisha.hill@jobjunction.ca |
Barrington Municipal High School Drumlin Heights Consolidated School Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School |
Amanda MacKay email: amackay@swemployment.com |
Cobequid Educational Centre | Arshdeep SIngh email: arshdeep.singh@futureworx.ca |
Memorial Composite High School Rankin School of the Narrows Sydney Academy |
Avery Varnes email: avarnes@nedac.ca |
École acadienne de Pomquet École Beau-Port École NDA |
Brenna Gould email: bgould@cdene.ns.ca |
Liverpool Regional High School Lockeport Regional High School North Queens Community School Shelburne Regional High School |
Catherine Gillis email: cgillis@empsolutions.ca |
Annapolis West Education Centre Bridgetown Regional Community School Digby Regional High School Islands Consolidated School |
Cathy White email: cwhite@nsworksdigby.ca |
Eastern Shore District High School Island View High School Marine Drive Academy Musquodoboit Rural High School |
Dawn Howe-Power email: dawn.howepower@halifax.ymca.ca |
Étoile de L'Acadie | Devon Pierre email: devon.pierre@cb.ymca.ca |
North Nova Education Centre Northumberland Regional High School Pictou Academy |
Joey Desmond email: jdesmond@careerconnections.ca |
Advocate District School Parrsboro Regional High School River Hebert District School Springhill Junior-Senior High School |
Kaitlyn MacDonald email: kaitlyn.macdonald@cansa.ca |
Dr. John Hugh Gillis Regional High Fanning Education Centre Guysborough Academy St. Mary's Education Centre/Academy |
Katie Pellerin email: kpellerin@careerconnections.ca |
Charles P. Allen High School Lockview High School West Bedford High School |
Kyle Lantz email: KLantz@opportunityplace.ca |
Bay View High School Millwood High School Sackville High School |
Kyle Lantz (TEMP, liaison TBD) email: klantz@opportunityplace.ca |
Breton Education Centre Glace Bay High School Riverview High School |
Lijia Cara Jiang email: cara.jiang@cb.ymca.ca |
École Rose-des-Vents École secondaire de Clare École secondaire de Par-en-Bas St. Mary's Bay Academy |
Lisa Comeau email: serviceemploiclare.3@cdene.ns.ca |
Avon View High School Central Kings Rural High School Horton High School |
Lisa Diggs (TEMP, liaison TBD) email: ldiggs@vansda.ca |
Forest Heights Community School New Germany Rural High School Park View Education Centre |
Lorenda Barkhouse email: lbarkhouse@empsolutions.ca |
Baddeck Academy Cabot Education Centre Cape Breton Highlands Education Centre/Academy Inverness Education Centre/Academy |
Mat Noble email: mnoble@nedac.ca |
Citadel High School Dartmouth High School |
Matt Jamieson email: mattjamieson@teamworkbridge.org |
Hants East Rural High School Hants North Rural High School South Colchester Academy |
Meagan Kuhn email: meagan.kuhn@futureworx.ca |
Middleton Regional High School Northeast Kings Education Centre West Kings District High School |
Melanie McCulloch email: mmcculloch@peopleworx.ca |
Dalbrae Academy East Antigonish Education Centre/Academy Richmond Education Centre/Academy Strait Area Education and Recreation Centre |
Patti MacDonald-David email: patti.macdonald-david@ymcacanada.onmicrosoft.com |
Centre Scolaire de la Rive-Sud École acadienne de Truro École secondaire du Sommet École secondaire Mosaïque |
Rim Elbaze email: rim.elbaze@halifax.ymca.ca |
School Assignment | School Liaison |
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Advocate District School | Kaitlyn MacDonald email: kaitlyn.macdonald@cansa.ca |
Amherst Regional High School | Alex Brown email: alex.brown@cansa.ca |
Annapolis West Education Centre | Cathy White email: cwhite@nsworksdigby.ca |
Auburn Drive High School | Aisha Bear email: aisha.bear@halifax.ymca.ca |
Avon View High School | Lisa Diggs (TEMP, liaison TBD) email: ldiggs@vansda.ca |
Baddeck Academy | Mat Noble email: mnoble@nedac.ca |
Barrington Municipal High School | Amanda MacKay email: amackay@swemployment.com |
Bay View High School | Kyle Lantz (TEMP, liaison TBD) email: klantz@opportunityplace.ca |
Breton Education Centre | Lijia Cara Jiang email: cara.jiang@cb.ymca.ca |
Bridgetown Regional Community School | Cathy White email: cwhite@nsworksdigby.ca |
Cabot Education Centre | Mat Noble email: mnoble@nedac.ca |
Cape Breton Highlands Education Centre/Academy | Mat Noble email: mnoble@nedac.ca |
Central Kings Rural High School | Lisa Diggs (TEMP, liaison TBD) email: ldiggs@vansda.ca |
Centre Scolaire de la Rive-Sud | Rim Elbaze email: rim.elbaze@halifax.ymca.ca |
Charles P. Allen High School | Kyle Lantz email: KLantz@opportunityplace.ca |
Citadel High School | Matt Jamieson email: mattjamieson@teamworkbridge.org |
Cobequid Educational Centre | Arshdeep SIngh email: arshdeep.singh@futureworx.ca |
Cole Harbour District High School | Aisha Bear email: aisha.bear@halifax.ymca.ca |
Dalbrae Academy | Patti MacDonald-David email: patti.macdonald-david@ymcacanada.onmicrosoft.com |
Dartmouth High School | Matt Jamieson email: mattjamieson@teamworkbridge.org |
Digby Regional High School | Cathy White email: cwhite@nsworksdigby.ca |
Dr. John Hugh Gillis Regional High | Katie Pellerin email: kpellerin@careerconnections.ca |
Drumlin Heights Consolidated School | Amanda MacKay email: amackay@swemployment.com |
East Antigonish Education Centre/Academy | Patti MacDonald-David email: patti.macdonald-david@ymcacanada.onmicrosoft.com |
Eastern Shore District High School | Dawn Howe-Power email: dawn.howepower@halifax.ymca.ca |
École acadienne de Pomquet | Brenna Gould email: bgould@cdene.ns.ca |
École acadienne de Truro | Rim Elbaze email: rim.elbaze@halifax.ymca.ca |
École Beau-Port | Brenna Gould email: bgould@cdene.ns.ca |
École NDA | Brenna Gould email: bgould@cdene.ns.ca |
École Rose-des-Vents | Lisa Comeau email: serviceemploiclare.3@cdene.ns.ca |
École secondaire de Clare | Lisa Comeau email: serviceemploiclare.3@cdene.ns.ca |
École secondaire de Par-en-Bas | Lisa Comeau email: serviceemploiclare.3@cdene.ns.ca |
École secondaire du Sommet | Rim Elbaze email: rim.elbaze@halifax.ymca.ca |
École secondaire Mosaïque | Rim Elbaze email: rim.elbaze@halifax.ymca.ca |
Étoile de L'Acadie | Devon Pierre email: devon.pierre@cb.ymca.ca |
Fanning Education Centre | Katie Pellerin email: kpellerin@careerconnections.ca |
Forest Heights Community School | Lorenda Barkhouse email: lbarkhouse@empsolutions.ca |
Glace Bay High School | Lijia Cara Jiang email: cara.jiang@cb.ymca.ca |
Guysborough Academy | Katie Pellerin email: kpellerin@careerconnections.ca |
Halifax West High School | Alisha Hill email: alisha.hill@jobjunction.ca |
Hants East Rural High School | Meagan Kuhn email: meagan.kuhn@futureworx.ca |
Hants North Rural High School | Meagan Kuhn email: meagan.kuhn@futureworx.ca |
Horton High School | Lisa Diggs (TEMP, liaison TBD) email: ldiggs@vansda.ca |
Inverness Education Centre/Academy | Mat Noble email: mnoble@nedac.ca |
Island View High School | Dawn Howe-Power email: dawn.howepower@halifax.ymca.ca |
Islands Consolidated School | Cathy White email: cwhite@nsworksdigby.ca |
JL Ilsley High School | Alisha Hill email: alisha.hill@jobjunction.ca |
Liverpool Regional High School | Catherine Gillis email: cgillis@empsolutions.ca |
Lockeport Regional High School | Catherine Gillis email: cgillis@empsolutions.ca |
Lockview High School | Kyle Lantz email: KLantz@opportunityplace.ca |
Marine Drive Academy | Dawn Howe-Power email: dawn.howepower@halifax.ymca.ca |
Memorial Composite High School | Avery Varnes email: avarnes@nedac.ca |
Middleton Regional High School | Melanie McCulloch email: mmcculloch@peopleworx.ca |
Millwood High School | Kyle Lantz (TEMP, liaison TBD) email: klantz@opportunityplace.ca |
Musquodoboit Rural High School | Dawn Howe-Power email: dawn.howepower@halifax.ymca.ca |
New Germany Rural High School | Lorenda Barkhouse email: lbarkhouse@empsolutions.ca |
North Nova Education Centre | Joey Desmond email: jdesmond@careerconnections.ca |
North Queens Community School | Catherine Gillis email: cgillis@empsolutions.ca |
Northeast Kings Education Centre | Melanie McCulloch email: mmcculloch@peopleworx.ca |
Northumberland Regional High School | Joey Desmond email: jdesmond@careerconnections.ca |
Oxford Regional Education Centre | Alex Brown email: alex.brown@cansa.ca |
Park View Education Centre | Lorenda Barkhouse email: lbarkhouse@empsolutions.ca |
Parrsboro Regional High School | Kaitlyn MacDonald email: kaitlyn.macdonald@cansa.ca |
Pictou Academy | Joey Desmond email: jdesmond@careerconnections.ca |
Pugwash District High School | Alex Brown email: alex.brown@cansa.ca |
Rankin School of the Narrows | Avery Varnes email: avarnes@nedac.ca |
Richmond Education Centre/Academy | Patti MacDonald-David email: patti.macdonald-david@ymcacanada.onmicrosoft.com |
River Hebert District School | Kaitlyn MacDonald email: kaitlyn.macdonald@cansa.ca |
Riverview High School | Lijia Cara Jiang email: cara.jiang@cb.ymca.ca |
Sackville High School | Kyle Lantz (TEMP, liaison TBD) email: klantz@opportunityplace.ca |
Shelburne Regional High School | Catherine Gillis email: cgillis@empsolutions.ca |
South Colchester Academy | Meagan Kuhn email: meagan.kuhn@futureworx.ca |
Springhill Junior-Senior High School | Kaitlyn MacDonald email: kaitlyn.macdonald@cansa.ca |
St. Mary's Bay Academy | Lisa Comeau email: serviceemploiclare.3@cdene.ns.ca |
St. Mary's Education Centre/Academy | Katie Pellerin email: kpellerin@careerconnections.ca |
Strait Area Education and Recreation Centre | Patti MacDonald-David email: patti.macdonald-david@ymcacanada.onmicrosoft.com |
Sydney Academy | Avery Varnes email: avarnes@nedac.ca |
Tatamagouche Regional Academy | Alex Brown email: alex.brown@cansa.ca |
West Bedford High School | Kyle Lantz email: KLantz@opportunityplace.ca |
West Kings District High School | Melanie McCulloch email: mmcculloch@peopleworx.ca |
Woodlawn High School | Aisha Bear email: aisha.bear@halifax.ymca.ca |
Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School | Amanda MacKay email: amackay@swemployment.com |
Career Coaching Tools
There's no shortage of information to help youth and families learn about career planning, occupations, education/training, and the labour market. The following resources may be helpful to get started.
myBlueprint: This is an excellent resource available to all public high school students and families to support career development and helps students make informed decisions about career pathways.
Nova Scotia Works Online: This website is a great place to start! Find information on career planning, labour market information and more!
Careers Atlantic Canada: This site provides resources for students, families, and schools related to skills for success and labour market information.
Canadian Government Career Planning: This resource includes career quizzes, job profiles, local and national labour market information, and tools to find out about career trends.