2. Areas of Focus
Over the next several months, the One Nova Scotia Coalition will be focusing its energies and
efforts on six key areas:
1. Renewing Education and Our Future
2. Our Universities and NSCC as Strategic Opportunities
3. Energizing Entrepreneurship & Innovation
4. Rebuilding our Trading Economy: Going global
5. Responsible Development of Our Natural Resource Advantages
6. Adapting to a Changing Demographic: Retaining youth,
attracting and retaining immigrants, enhancing workforce
participation and aging well
3. Objectives
The Coalition is being tasked with 5 core objectives.
Objective Description
1. SETTING A COMMON AGENDA Define and assess our OneNS population, economic, and attitude
challenges and set common agenda for concerted action across sectors,
defining roles and responsibilities for actions along the way.
2. TAKING ACTION NOW Following each meeting, the Coalition will publicly commit to undertaking
1-2 tangible actions toward achieving the goals and game changers laid
out in the One NS Report
3. DEVELOP A 10 YEAR PLAN Provide oversight and input into 10 year Comprehensive Development
Plan (“CDP”)
4. MODEL BEHAVIOUR Collaborate to foster and encourage concerted broad based action to
achieve the 19 Goals of the OneNS Commission Report
5. COLLECT, CONNECT & AMPLIFY Collect, connect and amplify citizen led initiatives across the Province.
Communicate with and engage Nova Scotians in setting the path for Nova
Scotia’s 10 year comprehensive development plan.
Engage NS to continue planned and ongoing engagement activities in
collaboration with the Public Engagement Support Unit of the Province of
Nova Scotia.
4. Monthly Themes
The Coalition is meeting at a minimum monthly, with each gathering being framed
around a core theme. Citizens from across the Province are encouraged to lead
conversations and actions around each of these themes and contribute to bold action.
Month Theme
September 2014 Startup Ecosystems & Driving Youth Entrepreneurship
October 2014 Global Competitiveness & Exports
November 2014 Youth & International Student Retention
December 2014 Youth & Social Entrepreneurship
January 2015 Immigration & Welcoming Communities
February 2015 Workforce Participation
March 2015 Energizing Entrepreneurship
April 2015 Cradle to Career:
from Early Childhood Education to the Workforce
May 2015 Getting More Out of Our Universities & Colleges: R&D, Innovation Labs & Entrepreneurship
June 2015 Green Economy: Sustainable Natural Resource Development
July 2015 Growth Clusters, Rural Communities & Economic Growth
August 2015 Our Natural Resources Advantage
September 2015 Other topic(s) as determined by Coalition
October 2015 Planning for Next Phase
