Hey Nova

Hey Nova is a Canadian digital agency based in Nova Scotia, founded by Kirsten Dodd. It describes itself as women-led, purpose-driven, and remote-first, and it positions accessibility and inclusivity as core pillars of its work rather than as a checklist item. The agency designs and builds websites and digital products, and it also provides accessibility services including audits, remediation, implementation support, and training. Its stated aim is to help organizations embed digital accessibility into their products and to exceed compliance by prioritizing real-world usability. The agency works with non-profits, the public sector, purpose-driven businesses, and education and learning platforms. Its portfolio includes work for Canadian Women & Sport, Hackergal Learning Hub, Viridian Operations Solutions, Community Legal Information, and Blooming House, and it has been used by organizations such as TakingITGlobal. Hey Nova says it ensures every site it delivers meets WCAG 2.2 Level AA standards and is built with semantic HTML and W3C coding best practices, with accessibility evaluated at multiple points from initial wireframes to final development. Hey Nova is a certified diverse supplier and states that it is WBE Canada certified. It emphasizes that clients own everything it builds, including code, design files, and content, and that ongoing support is optional rather than engineered as a necessity. The agency also says it uses AI responsibly to move faster while keeping strategy, design decisions, and community understanding with its human team. Its accessibility services are framed around the growing importance of digital inclusion, citing statistics such as one in six people globally living with a disability, more than 95% of websites still containing detectable accessibility barriers, and rising screen reader usage. Hey Nova connects this work to regulations and standards including the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the European Accessibility Act, noting that accessibility can reduce legal risk and support procurement readiness while also improving usability and SEO.

Hey Nova is a digital agency based in Nova Scotia, Canada, founded by Kirsten Dodd. The agency describes itself as women-led, purpose-driven, and remote-first, and it has built its identity around accessibility and inclusivity as core pillars of its work. From its founding, Hey Nova has focused on designing and building websites and digital products for organizations that aim to create social impact, including non-profits, the public sector, purpose-driven businesses, and education and learning platforms. The agency's service offering combines custom website design and development with accessibility services. On the design and build side, Hey Nova creates websites and digital products that it says are accessible, maintainable, and built to grow with clients. It emphasizes that clients own everything it builds, including code, design files, and content, and that ongoing support is optional. It also states that it uses modern, fast, secure, and flexible systems paired with a content management system that client teams can manage, avoiding bloated page builders and proprietary lock-in. On the accessibility side, Hey Nova helps organizations audit, remediate, and embed accessibility into digital products through accessible design, development, and training. The agency says it ensures every site it delivers meets WCAG 2.2 Level AA standards and is built with semantic HTML and W3C coding best practices. Accessibility is evaluated at multiple points throughout a project, from initial wireframes to final development, so that barriers are identified and addressed early. Hey Nova frames this work as going beyond compliance, prioritizing real-world usability and aligning with regulations such as the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and European accessibility requirements including the European Accessibility Act. Hey Nova is a certified diverse supplier and states that it is WBE Canada certified. Its portfolio includes work for Canadian Women & Sport, Hackergal Learning Hub, Viridian Operations Solutions, Community Legal Information, and Blooming House, and it has been used by organizations such as TakingITGlobal. The agency positions itself as a partner for mission-led organizations, using behavioural insights to guide strategy and designing inclusively for all humans. It also says it uses AI responsibly to move faster while keeping strategy, design decisions, and understanding of the community with its human team.

Women-led, purpose-driven digital agency focused on accessibility and inclusivity, building websites and digital products for non-profits, public sector, purpose-driven businesses, and education platforms.

• Custom Website Design and Development

  Websites and digital products built to be accessible, maintainable, and scalable, with client ownership of code, design files, and content.

• Accessibility & Inclusion Services

  Audits, remediation, implementation support, and training to embed accessibility into digital products, aligned with WCAG 2.2 Level AA and regulations such as AODA, ADA, and the European Accessibility Act.

1. 1Digital Systems for Real Peopleheynova.io
2. 2Custom Website Design and Developmentheynova.io
3. 3Our Valuesheynova.io
4. 4Services Beyond Complianceheynova.io
5. 5Hey Novawikidata.org