About ansd
African Nova Scotian Directory
The African Nova Scotian Directory (ANSD) is a service that connects people to the African Nova Scotian community online.
ANSD offers site visitors the ability to search for or contribute to a comprehensive public database of African Nova Scotian points of interest, including, but not limited to, culture, food, business, spirituality, education, and music.
The African Nova Scotian Directory is an integral part of Nova Scotia’s virtual landscape by offering an expansive public database of businesses, events, and cultural information. In today’s fast-paced, technologically advanced, information-driven society, an online directory will draw positive attention to business, arts, and cultural opportunities originating from Canada’s most prominent indigenous black population.
ANSD has identified three keys that will improve unity and awareness thought-out the African Nova Scotian community.
The first key is to improve access to information sharing throughout the African Nova Scotian community by creating a comprehensive database.
The second key is to provide a centralized platform where individuals, businesses, societies, organizations, and government groups can implement communication strategies that increase awareness of programs, services, and events within the African Nova Scotian community and abroad.
The last key is to offer attractive time-sensitive advertising packages that enable advertisers to benefit from the high traffic potential of ANSD.
Our Purpose - To increase exposure, access and awareness of the African Nova Scotian Community online.
Our Mission - Ease of information access via a digital platform linking all aspects of African Nova Scotian Culture.
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- Meaning: To work jointly with individuals, businesses and organizations to spotlight African Nova Scotian Culture.
- Belief: We believe that we can achieve significantly more than any expected outcome by working together.
- Behaviours: Be clear on what you’re going to do. Do what you say you’re going to do. Stay true to what you are doing and prioritize relationships.
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- Meaning: Our goal is to help bring together individuals, businesses and organizations of the African Nova Scotian Diaspora to create new relationships and expand existing relationships.
- Belief: We believe that more connections contribute to building a nourishing, prosperous community.
- Behaviours: Create opportunities to connect locally and globally. Be bold, brave and authentic when seeking new connections. Show open gratitude for every new connection.
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- Meaning: The African Nova Scotian Community is the reason that we exist. Community to us means to love, respect and honor the African Nova Scotian Diaspora.
- Belief: We believe that affective change is amplified and accelerated by the collective voice of many.
- Behaviours: Be kind and compassionate for your own and others’ time, space & energy. Be authentic and trust in ourselves and others. Operate in love.