Growing Forward
The region is growing in exciting areas like agriculture, technology, smart building design, green energy, data analysis, and advanced tools like LIDAR, which helps map the ocean floor and improve environmental and city planning.
Learn about more business advantagesThe Annapolis Valley Advantage – Campus-Based R&D
The Annapolis Valley offers a rich concentration of talent, post-secondary institutions and R&D services, with research centres at Acadia University, in Wolfville, and at Nova Scotia Community College, which has two campuses spread across three sites. in the Valley.
Acadia University
Acadia is one of the top 5 under graduate universities in Canada and one of the oldest universities in Canada. For 25 consecutive years, Maclean’s has ranked Acadia as one of the top five undergraduate universities in Canada.
Address
15 University Avenue
Wolfville, Nova Scotia, B4P 2R6, Canada
With its nationally and internationally recognized undergraduate and graduate research initiatives, small classes and technology-rich teaching and learning environments, Acadia offers students an experience that includes academic achievement combined with personal growth and development.
Middleton Campus – Pilikan House
Pilikan is a hands-on learning tool for the students in NSCC’s Energy Sustainability Engineering Technology program, as well as a research tool with 30 monitoring and control points to track energy consumption. This house is a “living lab” and demonstration site where the next generation of residential construction professionals can learn how to incorporate sustainability into their work. It is designed to be an affordable and practical home to show home-owners how sustainable design and energy-efficient options can be within their reach.
Nova Scotia Community College
Centre for Geographic Studies (COGS) – Canada’s largest geomatics-focused learning environment. The high-quality programs offered in the fields of surveying, mapping, land-use planning, and related computer programming have earned COGS its reputation as a world leader. The COGS campus is the only one in Canada equipped with topographic-bathymetric lidar (light detection and ranging) to map and study the ocean floor. This technology is being applied to aquaculture, oceans management and environmental and municipal planning.
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50 Elliot Road
Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia, B0S 1M0
Innovative & Supportive Business Culture
The Valley is home to a strong network of innovative business and professional associations and academic centres with a shared purpose: to support local business and grow the regional economy. Contact us today to connect with the right organization for your needs!
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