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NEWS RELEASE (CNS813) -->> HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION--HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICER APPOINTED HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION--HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICER APPOINTED ----------------------------------------------------------------- The appointment of Odette MacLeod to the position of human rights officer in Digby, has been announced by Wayne MacKay, executive director of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission. She replaces Cherry Paris who retired in July. "We are fortunate to have Ms. MacLeod join the commission," said Mr. MacKay. "Her interest in human rights and her training as an investigator are valuable assets and I am very confident she will serve the community very well." Ms. MacLeod has worked in the investigative field for several years. She spent four years with the office of the correctional investigator in Ottawa as well as two terms with the office of the New Brunswick ombudsman. Ms. MacLeod is a member of the Bar of Nova Scotia and the Ontario Bar. She has had particular training and experience with human rights legislation, and has worked in the labour law field with the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton's and with the RCMP external review committee. She has also worked, on a volunteer basis, with the Canadian Deaf-Blind and Rubella Association and the Canadian Criminal Justice Association. -30- Contact: Wayne MacKay 902-424-4111 trp Nov. 19, 1996 - 10 a.m.