Events

On this page, you will find upcoming and past Commision and community events. We encourage all Nova Scotians to participate and celebrate our diverse communities. If you have an event we should include here please contact us.

Past Events

December 10th, 2023 - December 10th, 2023 - Imagining the Future of Human Rights Through Two-Eyed Seeing

How could the legal foundation of 75 years of human rights law and thousands of years of historic and traditional Indigenous knowledge be considered together to evolve a more holistic approach to human rights in the context of our natural environment and ways of being? Tune in to this online discussion between John R. Sylliboy (Executive Director of the Wabanaki Two-Spirit Alliance), Tuma Young (Two-Spirit L'nu lawyer), and Joseph Fraser (Commission CEO), andimagine how the next 75 years of human rights could be shaped through the application of an Etuaptmumk (“two-eyed seeing”) perspective.

Time: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. AT
Location: Zoom (Registration required)

December 10th, 2023 - December 10th, 2023 - International Human Rights Day
December 8th, 2023 - December 8th, 2023 - Nova Scotia Human Rights Awards Presentation

Each year on or around International Human Rights Day the Commission recognizes our province’s human rights champions through the presentation of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Awards. This year’s awards will be presented on December 8 beginning at 2:00 p.m. in Paul O’Regan Hall at the Halifax Central Library located at 5440 Spring Garden Rd., Halifax. This event is open to the public. Join us in person or tune-in to the livestream which will be viewable on this page at the time of the event and as a recording after.

Livestream

December 7th, 2023 - December 7th, 2023 - Trans Representation in Film Panel

Join filmmakers Shelley Thompson (Dawn, Her Dad & the Tractor), Brody Weaver (Youth Project), and Marley O'Brien (Artist), to discuss how transgender representation in film can help to advance understanding and offer an opportunity to unpack assumptions and misconceptions. This panel accompanies the 10-day free screening of Dawn in partnership with the Atlantic International Film Festival.

Date: Thursday, December 7, 2023
Time: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. AT

Location: Zoomm (Registration required)