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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION--SOLICITOR HIRED
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The Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission has hired its first
full time solicitor.
Maureen Shebib was selected from a pool of over 70
applicants, and will assume her new post Jan. 15,1996.
The hiring is an implementation of one of the
recommendations of the Marshall Inquiry and is designed to
enhance the independence of the Human Rights Commission from
government.
Ms. Shebib is a North Sydney native who received her
undergraduate education at Mount Saint Vincent University
and graduated from Dalhousie Law School in 1984. She has
been a member of the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society since
1985 and spent most of her years as a practising lawyer at
Dalhousie Legal Aid, Halifax. Since 1994 she has been a
member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, and has served as
program coordinator of the Guelph-Wellington Sexual Assault
Program and Sexual Assault Care Centre since 1993.
She has been active in a wide range of community activities
throughout her career and has served as a member of the
tribunal panel for both the Canadian and Nova Scotia Human
Rights Commissions. Ms. Shebib has been actively involved as
a member of the equality rights panel of the Court
Challenges Program; the Legal Education Action Fund; Nova
Scotia Persons with Aids Coalition; Halifax Women's Housing
Cooperative; North End Parent Resource Centre and Women's
Employment Outreach.
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Contact: May Lui 902-424-4111
trp Dec. 06, 1995