Joseph Fraser Appointed New CEO of Human Rights Commission
April 14, 2021 - 12:14 PM
Nova Scotia has appointed longtime human rights leader Joseph Fraser as the new director and CEO of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission. The appointment takes effect April 19.
Mr. Fraser, currently the director of human rights and equity services with Nova Scotia Community College, has more than 20 years experience in leadership and the promotion of human rights, diversity, equity and inclusion. His previous experience includes a variety of roles with the Nova Scotia Public Service Commission where he was accountable for government-wide workplace policy and diversity programming.
Mr. Fraser will take over from interim director and CEO Kymberly Franklin, a senior solicitor with the commission.
Panel of experts appointed to help lead Nova Scotia s mass shooting inquiry
RCMP investigators search for evidence at the location where Const. Heidi Stevenson was killed along the highway in Shubenacadie, N.S. on Thursday, April 23, 2020. The public inquiry into the April mass shooting in Nova Scotia has announced the hiring of six experts who will help set a course for the investigation.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan January 22, 2021 - 7:49 AM
HALIFAX - The public inquiry into the April mass shooting in Nova Scotia has announced the hiring of six experts who will help set a course for the investigation.
Panel of experts appointed to help lead Nova Scotia s mass shooting inquiry
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated Jan 22, 2021 at 8:56 am EDT
HALIFAX The public inquiry into the April mass shooting in Nova Scotia has announced the hiring of six experts who will help set a course for the investigation.
Those joining the inquiry include Thomas Cromwell, a former Supreme Court of Canada justice who will serve as commission counsel.
As well, the inquiry has appointed Christine Hanson as executive director and chief administrative officer.
Hanson is director of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission.
The inquiry has also appointed a community liaison, a mental health expert, an investigations co-ordinator and an expert in charge of research.