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Shannon Harding

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President & CEO at JA Nova Scotia
📍 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Shannon Harding is the President and CEO of JA Nova Scotia, leveraging a career dedicated to education and empowerment. With a background in environmental resource management from Trent University and seven years at the Clean Foundation, she is a recognized leader in sustainability, honored as a 2019 Clean50 award winner.

Outside of her executive role, Shannon is a mother to three daughters and moved to Nova Scotia in 2016. She is actively involved in community leadership, serving on boards like the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation and the Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication.

She and her husband built their family home from the ground up in Fall River, Nova Scotia.

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Experience
17 Years
Current Role
President & CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Youth Empowerment
Leads JA Nova Scotia, a non-profit providing free financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship programs to youth aged 5-25.
Environmental Education
Spent seven years at Clean Foundation leading sustainability education initiatives and was recognized as a 2019 Clean50 honoree for her contributions.
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Career

Work history

9-2023
President & CEO
JA Nova Scotia
1-2018 - 7-2023
Director - Programs - Electric Transportation, Energy & Equity, Education & Engagement
Clean Foundation
1-2017 - 1-2018
Managing Coordinator- EnviroEd
Clean Foundation
3-2016 - 1-2017
Program Coordinator: Sustainability & Environmental Education
Clean Foundation
11-2012 - 2-2016
Education Manager
Manuels River
In the press

Media appearances

JA Nova Scotia Appoints Shannon Harding as new President & CEO. Featured in Junior Achievement Nova Scotia (official announcement PDF)
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Education
2001 - 2005
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
Trent University
2005 - 2006
Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.)
Trent University
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