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.
Upcoming Events
There are no upcoming events scheduled
Past Events
December 1st, 2025 - December 1st, 2025 - Built Environment Accessibility Standard Information Session
Monday, December 1 from 2:00 - 3:30 pm (Atlantic)
The Built Environment Accessibility Standard is now law in Nova Scotia. This means that organizations have new requirements, for designing, constructing, and managing their infrastructure. Learn more about the Standard here.
This information session about the Built Environment Accessibility Standard will explore:
What is the Standard?
Which organizations need to follow the Standard?
When do organizations need to follow the Standard?
What is the role of the Nova Scotia Building Code versus the Built Environment Accessibility Standard?
What are the requirements of the Standard?
Helpful reminders for accessibility in the built environment
Questions & answers
September 16th, 2025 - September 16th, 2025 - Virtual Panel: Human Rights on Screen: What We Dreamed of Then
Date: Tuesday, September 16 Time: 3:00-4:30 pm (Atlantic)
Register via Zoom
Join filmmaker Taylor Olson (What We Dreamed of Then), Canada’s Federal Housing Advocate Marie-Josée Houle, and Tanya Ellsworth of Dominion, Cape Breton, in a discussion about the film What We Dreamed of Then, and the issues impacting the lives and experiences of the unhoused.
July 24th, 2025 - July 24th, 2025 - Beyond Visibility: Leading with Pride and Disability in the Non-Profit Sector
This panel lifts the leadership, resilience, and contributions of disabled 2SLGBTQIA+ people in nonprofit and community work. Panelists will explore how lived experience informs more equitable, accessible, and inclusive organizations—while challenging systems that often overlook or erase complex, intersecting identities. From advocacy and policy to program design and organizational culture, this conversation centers first-voice leadership at the intersections of disability, queerness, and trans experience.
The discussion will be moderated by Dr. Christina Flemming, Faculty of Education, St. F.X. University.
Panelists
Caden Flynn – Easter Seals Nova Scotia
Patricia George Zwicker, Autism Nova Scotia
Holly Green
March 21st, 2025 - March 21st, 2025 - Changing the Game: Racial Discrimination in Sport
Sports provide a platform where people from diverse backgrounds can come together, promoting values like fairness, respect, and inclusion. It can empower marginalized groups, including women, people with disabilities, and other members of equity deserving groups by providing opportunities for participation and recognition.
Unfortunately, racial discrimination in sport in Nova Scotia is a long-standing issue impacting the experiences of athletes across all ages and sports. Both Sports Nova Scotia and the Canadian Sports Institute Atlantic have dedicated staff positions supporting coaches and sports organizations to invest in equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility. These positions are unique to Nova Scotia and reflect the need for changes to how clubs and communities address issues of discrimination, including racial discrimination.
Join us March 21 in commemoration of the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination for the first in a series of panel discussions introducing the issue of racial discrimination in sports and the uniquely Nova Scotian approach being taken to fostering greater understanding and building the capacity needed to prevent it.
Facilitated by Shruti Gola Taraschi-Carr, Director, Race Relations, Equity and Inclusion, Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission
Panelists:
Sheila Srinivasan-Thomas, Sport & Recreation Lead, Department of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage
