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Shebib, Maureen
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[196-] -
History
Maureen Shebib is an activist and human rights lawyer. Born in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, she worked as a postal carrier before studying law at Dalhousie University, where she earned her LLB in 1984 and articled with Dalhousie Legal Aid. After several years spent working in Ontario she returned to Nova Scotia and earned her LLM from Dalhousie in 1998, where she also taught. She served as legal counsel to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission for five years and was the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal Adjudicator for three years. In 2005 she was appointed the Coordinator of Equity and Community Issues at St. Francis Xavier University.
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Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia (1987-1994)
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associative
Dates of relationship
1987 - 1992
Description of relationship
Maureen Shebib was a key figure in Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia, which lobbied the provincial government for inclusion of sexual orientation in the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act.