Top 5 Thursday Nights in Halifax

1. The Mellotones at The Seahorse Tavern Put on your dancing shoes, and boogie down with the city’s best “dance band.” The ‘tones play funk, soul and R&B. *Horn section included. 2037 Gottingen Street, The Seahorse Tavern The Mellotones homepage, Facebook and YouTube 2. Karaoke at Oasis Pub & Eatery Cold beer and hot karaoke […]

Top 5- Halifax’s Best Places Downtown

1. Citadel Hill in the Sunshine
 Bring a good book and a blanket for a lay on Halifax’s historic fortress. Address: 5425 Sackville St, Halifax, B3J 3Y3 Website 2. Uncommon Grounds
 Great coffee, urban design and they’ll let you take your dog in! 1030 South Park Street Website 3. Atlantic News
 Halifax’s newsstand for over […]

Top 5 – Halifax’s Food Trucks

1. OL’ SCHOOL DONUTS
 A tricked-out school bus serving warm, ol’fashioned mini donuts with topping options like lemon cream cheese, cinnamon-sugar and Reese’s Pieces. Ol School on Facebook @olschooldonuts 2. GECKO BUS
 Modern Mexican cuisine, with a twist! You’re gonna taco ‘bout it after.  @GeckoBus 3. TIN PAN ALLEY
 Thick Dutch-style fries with a variety […]

Top 5 – Halifax’s North End

1. ACE BURGER AT GUS’ PUB
 Voted by The Coast reader’s as the best handcrafted burger in the city. Settled in to Gus’ Pub a live music staple for the local punk, rock, metal scenes. 2605 Agricola Street, aceburger.ca
 @aceburgerco 2. BIG PONY
 New to the street, Big Pony is the purveyor of new and […]

Université Sainte-Anne – Bachelor of Science

My final decision on what university to attend was based on student life. Most science programs have very similar requirements so I was looking for a university that had heart and where you weren’t just a number—I was looking for opportunities to be able to have a close relationship with my professors. I started in […]

Direction Emploi – Career found

For people in my situation—moving here and being worried that their English would not be good enough, Direction Emploi is there to help you find jobs when moving to an English-speaking province, to help you at the start: finding job opportunities, resume help, translating things—anything to help you. They have small classes, such as how […]

Memorial University – Grenfell Campus

Grenfell Campus offers a supportive learning environment and small class sizes, which result in truly close connections between faculty and students. The small campus size also affords unique research, publishing and travel opportunities for undergraduate students, with progamming in arts, fine arts, science, nursing and education. The library is part of the Memorial University library, […]

Vancouver Film School – Digital Design Program

Why Vancouver Film School? After graduating university with a degree in architecture, I was looking to expand upon my design background, but in a digital environment. I was inspired by the quality of work that I saw coming out of the Digital Design Program at VFS, and by what people were accomplishing in its one-year […]

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