Called the "Margaret Bourke White of Canada" and compared to Paul Strand, celebrated photographer, Nance Ackerman has been taking pictures around the world for over 20 years. Her work has also been featured in Time, Newsweek, Canadian Geographic, New York Times, and Canada's national newspaper, the Globe and Mail. Her photographs of First Nations women have been exhibited at the Aperture Foundation in New York. She has also freelanced for the Smithsonian Institution, documenting Indigenous cultures. Ackerman teaches workshops in Guatemala during the winter months, and her book, Womankind: Faces of Change Around the World - a collection of portraits and essays of women activists around the world, was released in 2003 and is available by email order.

In 2005 Ackerman turned her eye to directing film with the National Film Board feature documentary, Cottonland and won Best Director at the Atlantic Film Festival. She is now in production on another documentary about Child Poverty and is in development with CBC for a television series. She and partner, Jamie Alcorn, have recently opened an exciting new studio in Halifax, Heartstring Productions offering video/music/soundtrack recording and mixing for the film and advertising industry.