Member Profile: Global Convention Services

From humble beginnings over twenty years ago, Global has become one of Canada’s premier display companies and is now the preferred decorator for most major facilities in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island with the new office opening in 2011 in British Columbia.  With fully stocked, fully staffed branches in all of our locations, we are pleased to offer our clients cross Canada service for all of their trade show, conference and special events needs.



Give us a call for any and all of your event’s needs
at: (902) 425-1400 Or Email to:  info@globalconvention.ca 

July August 2009

THIS MONTH’S TOP NEWSMAKERS

Training by video and overseas, LeMoine and Theriault hire new employees; Awards handed out by three groups ’round here, environmental enhancements not just blowing in air; Childcare joins ‘Inn’ with opening queues, all this is done by our Members in the News…

Kids & Company recently opened its first east coast childcare facility at 3260 Barrington Street with a grand opening celebration for corporate clients, parents and kids. “We’re happy to provide childcare service that understands and caters to the needs of working parents,” says Trish McCourt, site director of the Halifax location. “Our new facility will serve up to 127 kids from infant to 13-years old and will make finding childcare in Halifax easier for working parents. We’re Canada’s leading provider of corporate- sponsored childcare, enabling clients to add childcare assistance to their employee benefits.” For more information visit www.kidsandcompany.ca.

Voluntary Planning’s Phase 1 report, titled Our Common Ground: The Future of Nova Scotia’s Natural  Resources, has been released. ”PONO ConsultantsInternational Inc. is privileged to have worked closely with Voluntary Planning to create and implement a successful citizen engagement process that allowed Nova Scotians to voice what they value in terms of our natural resources. The end result produced a process such as Nova Scotia has never seen before. The success of this process is demonstrated by the Government of China’s visit with Voluntary Planning to explore their own citizen engagement model,” says Judith Richardson, PONO principal and CEO. The report can be viewed at http://vp.gov.ns.ca/. For more information about PONO visit www.ponoconsultants.com.

MacDonnell Group recently signed a license agreement with the College of the North Atlantic in Doha, Qatar (CNA-Q), giving CNA-Q the rights to deliverMacDonnell Maritime Security Training Programs  throughout the Middle East. “We at the Security Academy are excited about our partnership with  MacDonnell,” says Bernard Barbe, executive director of the Security Academy for CNA-Q. “We’re looking forward to delivering our first course shortly.” Damian Stoilov, director of Marketing and Business  Development for MacDonnell, adds, “The conclusion of the MacDonnell-CNA-Q license achieves our objective of bringing world-class maritime security training programs to the region’s port facilities. This is part of our global plan to expand our training business by licensing training providers on several  continents.”

Eddie LeMoine Consulting has appointed Christine MacDonald as Director of Business Development. “Our business is focused on building relationships and Christine’s leadership background in human resources and recruitment lends a great fit to our organization. Christine’s approachable style has helped her develop a strong reputation as a business development leader with an incredible focus on service,” Eddie LeMoine says. Adds MacDonald, “I’m so pleased to be part of an organization that has real impact on businesses and individuals. There are heightened labour market challenges now and there’s an immediate need to retool leaders and employees to meet today’s unique challenges.” For more information please visit www.eddielemoine.com.

Scotian WindFields Inc. recently announced the installation of a 100kW wind turbine at the Atlantic Superstore in Porters Lake – its first commercial scale wind generator in Nova Scotia. The turbine will provide onsite renewable energy and will account for approximately 25 per cent of the store’s energy  usage. “Nova Scotia has one of the world’s best wind resources,” says Scotian WindFields COO Dan Roscoe. “We find that local businesses are realizing they can capitalize on one of Nova Scotia’s great natural advantages in our superior wind energy resources. Turning it into a business advantage has great potential to stimulate Nova Scotia’s economic development throughout the province.”

Students from Halifax and Dartmouth recently worked on a project called Settling into Schools, in  partnership with video production company Pink Dog Productions. These educational video tools were developed to assist teachers in helping immigrant youth integrate into Canadian school culture and to celebrate diversity in the classroom with all students – those born in Canada, as well as students born in other countries. Created by students for students, they’re used in schools as part of the Career and Life Management or Social Studies curriculum. They’re specifically designed to engage students in their own words, in their own worlds – video and the Internet. For more information please visit www.pinkdog.ca.

In recognition of International Day for Biological Diversity (May 22), the Nova Scotia Nature Trust took a pledge to increase its efforts to reduce biodiversity loss in Nova Scotia by committing to Countdown 2010, an international effort to step up efforts to stop biodiversity loss before the end of the year 2010. 2010 signals the deadline under the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity to “achieve a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss.” Canada is a signatory to this UN treaty and many groups in Canada, including governments, individuals and conservation organizations, carry out the work of reducing biodiversity loss. For more information visit www.countdown2010.net or www.nsnt.ca.

On April 16, Dartmouth Crossing welcomed the new Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton. The hotel features 163 guest rooms, including 48 suites; all rooms feature 32-inch flat-screen TVs. Hotel amenities include free wireless high-speed Internet throughout the building; the Suite Shop; complimentary hot  breakfast buffet; 1,800 square feet of meeting space; and an indoor heated pool with 138ft waterslide, two whirlpools and on-site fitness centre. Located close to Shubie Park and in the heart of the retail and entertainment area, including Costco and a planned amphitheatre, the hotel offers bikes for guests to explore the area. Learn more at www.dartmouthhampton.com.

Theriault Financial Inc. recently welcomed Chad Lavers to its team as sales associate. Lavers enters the group benefit market after eight years in the service industry with Infiniti of Halifax and brings in excess of 12 years experience in the customer service field with him. “Chad’s unforgettable ability in  helping people and identifying their needs will be a warm welcome to Theriault Financial and the group benefit market,” says associate Jeff Theriault. Lavers can be reached at (902) 434-9088 or chad@tfi.cc.

The Nova Scotia Export Achievement Awards for 2009 were handed out at a recent ceremony in Halifax. Honoured Chamber members include Maritime Paper Products (longterm exporter award); TeamSpace Canada Inc. (export growth through partnership award); Origin BioMed Inc. (export growth through sales award); and top winner Nautel Limited, which took home the export growth through product development award as well as Exporter of the Year. The winners “should be especially proud of their accomplishments,” says Stephen Lund, president and CEO of Nova Scotia Business Inc. “In spite of a worldwide economic crisis, Nova Scotia exporters continue to find success in the global marketplace.” For more information visit www.exportachievementawards.com.

The 2009 Summit Creative Awards competition recently honoured Spectacle Group with the Silver Award for its brand redesign of Taste of Nova Scotia. This is the second year in a row that Spectacle Group has won in this category. “It was exciting to win the Silver Award for brand redesign again this year,” says Siobhan Cleary, creative director of Spectacle Group. “We’re proud to have won the award, but even prouder of how our work has helped Taste of Nova Scotia succeed in promoting culinary excellence in Nova Scotia.” Chester + Company was also honoured with a number of awards, including Best in Show for a billboard created for Garrison Brewery. “Great beer deserves great creative,” says Garrison Brewing President Brian Titus. “Witty and beautiful, it makes you thirsty!”For more information on the awards visit www.summitawards.com.

The first Taste of Nova Scotia Cutting Edge Culinary Competition took place recently at the annual Saltscapes Exposition. Ten Taste of Nova Scotia chefs faced-off on the culinary stage and executive chef Renée Lavallée of the Five Fishermen restaurant took home first prize. “It was an honour to compete in this competition. I was very surprised when the winner was announced given the tremendous amount of talent I was up against,” Lavallée says. “It was a blast being up on the Taste of Nova Scotia stage with a member of the audience as my sous-chef.” For more information about The Cutting Edge, Taste of Nova Scotia and its members visit www.tasteofnovascotia.com