News releases from Office of Equity and Anti-Racism Initiatives

Nova Scotians now have the option to provide race and language information online, by phone or when they renew their health card (MSI) as part of an initiative to make the healthcare system more equitable and responsive to communities’ health needs.

Nova Scotians can give feedback on proposed definitions for types of discrimination and racism that will be addressed in the Province’s equity and anti-racism strategy.

Legislation introduced today, March 24, with the support of all parties, will make Nova Scotia a leader in addressing systemic racism, hate and inequity.

Four more public engagement sessions will take place in February on proposed equity and anti-racism legislation being developed by an all-party committee.

Quatre séances supplémentaires de consultation auront lieu en février au sujet d'un projet de loi sur l'équité et l'antiracisme qui est en cours d'élaboration par un comité formé de tous les partis.

On invite les gens de la Nouvelle-Écosse à soumettre leurs commentaires au sujet d'un projet de loi sur l'équité et l'antiracisme qui est en cours de rédaction par un comité formé de tous les partis.

Nova Scotians are invited to give their feedback on proposed equity and anti-racism legislation being developed by an all-party committee.

The government is streamlining how some land claims are handled to help people in historic African Nova Scotian communities receive clear title to their property faster.

The province is launching an equity assessment of individual program plans (IPPs) to identify and remove systemic barriers in education that affect students of African and Indigenous descent.

The Nova Scotia government has established a community-based working group to support the collection of race-based data in the health system.

Nova Scotia will officially designate Aug. 1 as Emancipation Day in recognition of the history and impacts of slavery in the province.

Today, March 5, Premier Iain Rankin announced a $3 million compensation fund to accelerate efforts to address the legacy of systemic racism relating to land ownership in historic African Nova Scotian communities.