New Chair Appointed

Eunice Harker, long-time human rights advocate, is the new chair of the Human Rights Commission, effective immediately.

"Ms. Harker has been a member of the commission since 2005 and has spent most of her working life on human rights issues," said Ross Landry, Minister responsible for the administration of the Human Rights Act. "She will be a strong advocate for the people of Nova Scotia and her extensive experience will help her meet the challenges of this new appointment."

Ms. Harker was a senior staff member with Amnesty International and a member of the Refugee Protection Division of the Immigration Refugee Board of Canada. Most recently, she was on the board of directors of the Adult Learning Association of Cape Breton County and chair of Howard House, a halfway house in Sydney.

Ms. Harker is the provincial representative on the Cape Breton Regional Municipality Board of Police Commissioners and a member of the Association for Safer Cape Breton Communities. She is also on the advisory board of Cape Breton University Press.

The Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission is an independent government commission that administers the province's Human Rights Act.