News releases from Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission (Page 24)

The Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission is sponsoring a new award to recognize reporting on human rights topics and to advance human rights as a subject for reporting.

For the first time, the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission has organized an open house as part of Mi'kmaq History Month celebrations.

An affirmative action agreement signed today between Bryony House and the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission will help to promote better services for battered women and human rights in the workplace.

Nova Scotia's Human Rights Commission has appointed four boards of inquiry to consider complaints of discrimination based on political affiliation, race and color and religion.

Settlements reached in two significant human rights cases involving same-sex couples are a step forward for Nova Scotia, says Wayne MacKay, executive director of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission.

The Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission is hosting a national conference of human rights organizations from May 31 to June 2, 1998.

The Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission is going before the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, Thursday, March 26, to defend the authority of a Board of Inquiry to consider whether provincial legislation is discriminatory.