News Release Archive
HUMAN RIGHTS--HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS
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Marlene Ruck of Halifax has been appointed to the Nova
Scotia Human Rights Commission. The new appointment was
approved this week by the all-party human resources
committee of the House of Assembly.
The commission is responsible for administering and
enforcing the provisions of Nova Scotia's Human Rights Act.
This includes complaints investigation and determination,
public information and education on race relations, advice
and assistance to government departments, and co-operation
with and assistance to any person or organization concerned
with human rights.
The new commissioner has been a teacher in the
Halifax/Dartmouth area since 1991. She has extensive
community volunteer experience, especially in the areas of
education and race relations.
The other members of the commission are: Alison Scott
Butler, Port Williams, Kings County, a lawyer with
considerable experience and interest in the area of family
law and children's rights; Norbert Comeau, Church Point,
Digby County, a school principal who is active in the
Acadian community; Mary MacLennan, Halifax, a lawyer active
in the disabled community; Joseph Benjamin Marshall,
Eskasoni, Cape Breton County, a recent law graduate of
Dalhousie Law Schools's Indigenous Black and Mi'kmaq
Program, who has a lengthy involvement in Mi'kmaq community
affairs; Dr. Kenneth Ozmon, Halifax, president of Saint
Mary's University and commission chair; Prof. Wayne MacKay,
Halifax, a faculty member at Dalhousie Law School, and
executive director of the Human Rights Commission; and, B.
J. Tan of Waverley, Halifax County, a federal government
employee who has been an active community volunteer for many
years.
Commission members are remunerated at a rate of $100 per
meeting, with meetings held once a month. The commission
chair receives an additional annual honoraria of $6,000.
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Contact: Prof. Wayne MacKay 902-424-4622
trp Oct. 27, 1995