Institute for Human Services Education

IHSE was originally founded in 1976 and was known as Child Development Services. Child Development Services was a joint project of the Nova Scotia Departments of Education and Community Services (formerly Social Services), and was housed at the Nova Scotia Teachers College in Truro. In 1992, we incorporated as a private college under the name of the Institute for Early Childhood Education and Developmental Services. In June of 2002, the Board of Governors decided to rename our college the INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN SERVICES EDUCATION . It is felt that this name is more inclusive of our diverse programs and the types of services we offer. The first program offered by the Institute provided education for day care personnel. By 1980, the enrollment had increased from an original class of fourteen to over four hundred students studying in both full and part-time programs throughout Nova Scotia and the rest of Atlantic Canada. In order to house its expanding student population, a second building known as the Froebel Centre in Princeport, NS was acquired for Institute use. The Institute became recognized both nationally and internationally and continued to grow and develop its programs to include Special Education, Public School Program Assistant and Youth Worker. In 1992, IHSE was removed from under the auspices of the NSTC and the provincial government, and became a private, non-profit, college, which is now registered with the Department of Education Private Career Colleges Division. In 1996, in an effort to accommodate its ever growing programs, faculty and staff, the Institute consolidated its two campuses (NSTC and Froebel Centre ) and relocated its entire operation to 60 Lorne Street, Truro . This move, in addition to allowing IHSE to even better meet the needs of its students, has provided the opportunity to expand its playschool, early intervention program and library services. Today, we proudly take with us our history of delivering quality programs to our students. We consider our heritage a firm foundation on which we can continue to design, build and deliver human services programs that will continue to meet the ever-changing needs of the students and communities we serve.