TVET
Education & Workforce Development
Competency-based education, technical training, applied learning, workforce readiness, and industry-aligned learning.
About DeveNova
Development plus innovation, grounded in practical implementation.
DeveNova Consulting is a Halifax-based consulting practice founded by Ammar Alshalabi in 2009.
The DeveNova idea.
The name DeveNova reflects two connected ideas: development and innovation. The work is about helping organizations grow through better systems, stronger skills, and practical solutions.
- ✓Development: building people, organizations, capabilities, and opportunities.
- ✓Innovation: finding better ways to solve operational, training, and business problems.
- ✓Implementation: turning ideas into tools, workflows, training, and action.
What DeveNova connects
PeopleTraining and capacity
ProcessWorkflow and operations
TechnologyAutomation and dashboards
BusinessGrowth and partnerships
WorkplaceErgonomics and wellbeing
Experience base.
DeveNova’s experience spans Canada, the Middle East, Asia, and international development contexts.
BD
Business Advisory
Small business support, cooperative development, market access, sales systems, entrepreneurship, and operational planning.
TR
Training Design
Workshops, manuals, facilitator notes, participant tools, training agendas, practical exercises, and learning materials.
ER
Ergonomics & Wellbeing
Office ergonomics, workplace wellbeing, health and safety awareness, and practical workplace improvement.
RE
Research & Program Support
Research methodology, ethical fieldwork, data confidentiality, reporting integrity, and capacity-building.
PM
Project Coordination
Project planning, implementation support, stakeholder engagement, reporting, proposals, and delivery coordination.
What makes DeveNova different.
DeveNova combines disciplines that are often treated separately.
Systems thinking with a practical mindset
Problems are approached through process, people, tools, training, and implementation — not isolated advice.
Cross-sector experience
Experience covers education, SMEs, cooperatives, community programs, research support, workplace improvement, and international advisory contexts.
Outputs that can be used
The focus is on clear workflows, tools, training materials, dashboards, and action plans.
Positioning statement
DeveNova helps organizations improve how they work through practical automation, training, business development, ergonomics, and implementation support.