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Jody Collin, Consultant Pharmacist and Certified Menopause Practitioner

Jody Collin has been a pharmacist for five years in various community pharmacies. She is compassionate and loves spending time with her patients to help resolve drug related problems. Because she can not always take the time her patients deserve while working in the pharmacy, she recently became a menopause practitioner and is opening her own women’s health consulting business.  She is offering one-on-one consultations focusing on the treatment of perimenopausal and menopausal women and women experiencing adverse effects from birth control. To kick start the business, she will be presenting a two day women’s health program with a variety of health professionals at the Hub in May. Her other interests include outdoor activities and playing music.

Alex MacCaull
w.alex.m@gmail.com

Alex is an entrepreneur specializing in the creation of organized, flexible systems that can be run effortlessly by anybody, with minimum training.  This year Alex’s project is a loan funding and payment processing organization.  Named HMS Financial, its mission is to enable Nova Scotians to better understand and to take command of their insurance payments.

 

 

 

Gia Greer, Owner
Tamper Sustainable Fashions
tamperling@gmail.com
(902)233-2749

Gia Greer is a craftsperson and educator. She owns Tamper Sustainable Fashion and coordinates the art space at the Hub. You can find Gia on Saturdays vending clothing and accessories made from local, recycled and organic materials at the Halifax Seaport Farmer’s Market. In the classroom Gia is an advocate of art education as an agent of social change.”

 

 

Marc Almon
Story Engine Pictures
marc@storyenginepictures.com

A Genie-Award nominated filmmaker, Marc Almon is founder and principal of Story Engine Pictures, a dynamic production company that specializes in the crafting of high-quality independent feature films and narrative-driven web content.  The company’s primary focus is to nurture the work of great storytellers in the service of entertaining and inspiring audiences.  Story Engine Pictures’ first feature, BYE BYE BLACKBIRD, will make its debut in 2012, while the comedy webseries GAMERZ will enter production this Summer.

 

 

Kat Kitching, Owner / Operator
Outdoor Active Fitness Halifax
kat@outdooractive.ca

Kat Kitching has extensive experience in educational program coordination & leadership.  She is the owner of OutdoorActive Fitness Halifax, specializing in nordic walking, cross-country skiing and outdoor exercise classes.  Kat also dabbles in nature interpretation, arts & crafts, and graphic design.  She works part-time as a research co-ordinator at SMU, in the field of co-operative enterprise.

 

Ryan Cooper
Empirica Software Solutions
ryan@empiricasoftware.com
902 401 9022
Ryan runs a small software development firm, Empirica Software Solutions.  His focus is building custom solutions to meet custom business needs, using whatever tools are right for the job.  He’s worked on projects big and small throughout Canada and the US, and has a proven track record of understanding how business needs and technology can fit together.  Ryan’s worked with Java, Ruby, PHP, Python, Javascript, and every major database on the market.

 

Sarah Craig, Founder
I Heart Bikes HFX -
sarah@iheartbikeshfx.com
Twitter: @iheartbikeshfx

Sarah considers the HUB her business family having completely incubated her first business, I Heart Bikes HFX here. I Heart Bikes provides Halifax Bike Tours and Bike Rental show casing best the City of Halifax.  Sarah’s dream is to see everyday people on bikes, everyday.

 

Drew Pettit
drewpettit@gmail.com
Twitter: @drew_pettit

IT director supporting three divisions of Time Inc. (print media arm of Time Warner). The divisions are in the fundraising business, and predominantly sell magazines. I have a home office + hub membership + travel about 20 weeks a year in the US and Canada. Formerly I worked for Readers Digest in Pleasantville, NY, and before that with a software startup company in Greenwich Connecticut. My career thus far has been filled with some very exciting and demanding projects, people and successes. I will be moving on from my current position in Mar 2012, due to an acquisition of my divisions in Jan 2012.

 

Janet Rhymes
Oxfam Canada
janet.rhymes@oxfam.ca
Twitter: @oxfamcanada

Janet Rhymes is an outcome-oriented strategist with twenty years experience as an educator, social justice advocate and community development practitioner. She is skilled in designing and implementing opportunities for public engagement, learning and change. At the Hub, Janet works as an Outreach Officer for Oxfam Canada in the Maritimes. Oxfam works with partner organizations in developing countries, tackling the root causes of poverty and inequity and helping people to create self-reliant and sustainable communities.
Lizzy Hill
lizzyfh@gmail.com
Lizzy Hill is a writer, researcher and editor, who loves exploring topics relating to arts & culture, human relationships, food & lifestyle, harm-reduction, sexual politics, environmental sustainability and social justice issues. Keep up to date with her projects by following her website and feel free to contact her about story ideas or journalistic work.

Christopher Cohoon
christopher.cohoon@gmail.com

Christopher Cohoon is a Nova Scotia native and a PhD candidate in philosophy at Stony Brook University (New York), where he is completing a dissertation on Emmanuel Levinas and environmental philosophy.

 

 

Galen Conroy
www.excalibur-music.com/portfolio

Galen Conroy has been involved in music since the age of 7. This interest has morphed from playing piano and saxophone, to studying jazz at StFX University, to learning electronic music production from industry greats such as ill.gates and DJ Vespers. Most recently, Galen started Excalibur Music, which makes music for video games. His style is whimsical and novel, drawing on his background in jazz, classical composition, and electronic music.

 

Aaron Whitman
aaron@ablesense.com
Twitter: @aaronwhitman

Aaron believes the web makes it possible to put efficiency and convenience at the centre of everything we do. In thirteen years working as a producer, developer, and agency general manager, he has delivered web projects for gigantic, medium, and small clients.  Since 2010 Aaron has operated Able Sense Media (http://ablesense.com) a website agency specializing in “Craftsmanship for the web”.  Aaron is also the creator of Project Birdie (http://projectbirdie.com) – a web application for tracking personal golf statistics.
Andrew Burke
Shindig Digital Constructions Inc.
andrew@shindigital.com

Andrew is a software developer and entrepreneur. He builds web-based business applications with Ruby on Rails, and has recently moved into iOS development as well. He recently built “Remembary” an iPad diary app that helps you remember what you did every day by collecting your social media feeds. He also runs “Starshipsstarthere.ca“, a site that mixes iconic ships and characters from science fiction with equally iconic Nova Scotian scenery.
Mike Kennedy
Twitter: @its_mike_k
Mike Kennedy is a high-energy, community-minded Chartered Accountant with a passion for active living, volunteerism and social entrepreneurship. Hailing from Halifax, Nova Scotia, he currently works as a Manager in the Province of Nova Scotia’s Department of Health and Wellness at identifying ways to the make the health system more sustainable. Mike is active in his community, serving on the Board of Directors of Associated Alumni of Acadia University, East Coast Music Association, Halifax Awesome Foundation, Cardiac Cycling Society of Nova Scotia and Halifax Running Club and loves coffee and helping people work through the economics of decisions and business plans.

Steve Lionais,
YellowBlue Designs
info@yellowbluedesigns.com
Twitter: @YellowBlueDsgns
YellowBlue Designs is a marketplace for Green, eco-friendly house plans. We partner with architects and designers from all over North America who create great house plans that consume less energy than conventional house designs. Our house plans often include passive solar features to provide heat from the sun, some are ‘solar ready’ to accomodate solar panels on the roof,others are efficiently designed to reduce waste, and some are just plain small to reduce your overal footprint and energy needs.All plans are available for instant download via PDF file. You can also purchase consultation time directly with the original designer to help you make customizations to the house design or to provide consultation on your building project.
Mandy Wintink
drwintink@canc.ca
Twitter: @ajwintink
My work involves facilitating greater awareness, happiness, and purpose in life and work. I started the Centre for Applied Neuroscience Coaching after finishing my PhD in Neuroscience and Psychology and after becoming a certified yoga teacher. My work is based on the life-coaching approach, Neuropsychoidiology, which involves guiding people to draw awareness to how their brains and minds work by understanding thinking, emotional, and behavioural patterns. I also run a life-coaching certification course.

Andrew Breen
Outshine Online
Andrew@OutshineOnline.ca
902-293-1771

Twitter: @breenandrew

Outshine Online is a Halifax SEO company with a global reach. We offer internet marketing and advertising services for a range of international clients

We have experience. The type of experience that comes with managing over $1,000,000 in online spend. The type of experience that comes from generating 1000’s of leads online. The type of experience that leads to more sales and leads for your company. If you’re serious about online marketing, let’s talk.

 

 


Cecilia Jamasmie
www.mining.com
cjamasmie@mining.com
Twitter: @CeciliaJamasmie

Cecilia Jamasmie is one of the editors at mining.com, a web-based global mining publication focusing on news and commentary. She is also developing a Spanish version of the site to be launched soon. Mining.com is a “one-stop-shop” for mining industry professional, educators, investors, and the general public. We cover all the important mining news of the day, including but not limited to: mergers and acquisitions, education, financings, market data and commentary.

 

 

 

David Upton
902 790 2600
david.upton@cbdc.ca

David Upton leads the Atlantic Council for Community and Social Enterprise www.accse.ca .  The organization is committed to supporting the development of enterprising solutions for our region’s most vexing social, environmental and economic challenges through advocacy for supportive policy, capacity building in the sector and public awareness.  He also delivers the Students in Business www.studentsinbusiness.ca program for Blue Water CBDC in HRM.  The program provides “No interest” loans to students looking to engage in entrepreneurship.

 

Marian White
Cuso International
atlanticonnect@cusointernational.org
1 800 676-8411

Cuso International is a non-profit volunteer sending organization works through volunteers doing community development.  Founded in 1961, Cuso has sent over 15,000 volunteers to over 40 countries in Asia, Africa and Americas-Caribbean.  Short and Long term contracts are available in areas of Education, Health, HIV-AIDS, Disability, Participation & Governance, Secure Livelihoods & Sustainable Development. Open jobs are listed at www.cusointernational.org Local events – Team in the Bluenose Run in May;  Info Sessions by former volunteers.