Ottawa adds retired judge Corrine Sparks to diversity council after pushback over membership

Hard to see how this oversight occurred but the discussions and debate being increasingly over religious diversity and the impact on integration and cohesion may have played a part:

The first Nova Scotian of African descent to be appointed to the province’s judiciary is joining the federal government’s newly formed Advisory Council on Rights, Equality and Inclusion, after scathing criticism directed at Ottawa for its initial omission of a Black representative.

Corrine Sparks, whom the federal government describes as “a national leader in judicial education,” will be part of a body tasked with fighting racism and hate, according to a news release issued by the Canadian Heritage department on Friday.

She retired from Nova Scotia’s Family Court in December 2021, after more than three decades of service in the judiciary. 

Source: Ottawa adds retired judge Corrine Sparks to diversity council after pushback over membership