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Former NSNWA President files human rights complaint against NS Aboriginal Affairs Minister

November 18, 2019 Maureen Googoo

The former president of the Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association has filed a complaint with the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission against Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil, who is also the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs. […]

Nova Scotia, Newfoundland Mi’kmaw Chiefs remove Morley Googoo as AFN regional vice-chief

October 11, 2019 Maureen Googoo

Morley Googoo has been removed as the Assembly of First Nations regional vice-chief for Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. In a news release issued on Friday afternoon, Mi’kmaw chiefs in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland announced its […]

Former NSNWA president files human rights complaint against AFN Vice-Chair, Tripartite Forum

August 10, 2019 Maureen Googoo

The former president of the Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association is taking her harassment and discrimination complaints against a regional vice-chief for the Assembly of First Nations to the Canadian Human Rights Commission. Cheryl Maloney, […]

Former NSNWA president says harassment complaint against AFN vice-chief caused emotional, financial stress

July 25, 2019 Maureen Googoo

The woman who filed a harassment and discrimination complaint against an Assembly of First Nations vice-chief says the ordeal has taken an emotional and financial toll on her. “I have experienced considerable stress over the […]

New Brunswick Mi’kmaw leader wants physician to apologize for ‘racist’ note

June 16, 2017 Maureen Googoo

A Mi’kmaw leader in New Brunswick wants an apology from a doctor in Miramichi who posted a sign at his office for “Native People” not to “ask for tranquillizers or pain medications.” George Ginnish, Chief […]

Judge dismisses Millbrook’s request to overturn human rights tribunal’s discrimination ruling

August 6, 2016 Maureen Googoo

A federal court judge has dismissed a Nova Scotia First Nation’s request for a judicial review of a 2015 Canadian Human Rights Tribunal decision that found it discriminated and retaliated against one of its female […]