Sheila Livingstone

• Nova Scotia fined for housing people with intellectual disabilities in hospital

  Wednesday's decision also levies fines on the province for the time Beth MacLean, Joseph Delaney and the late Sheila Livingstone - who died before the hearing was completed - were held at the Emerald Hall ward in Halifax.

  Canada

  Dec 5, 2019
  
• N.S. inquiry finds that hospital violated human rights of people with disabilities

  Walter Thompson, the chairman of the board of inquiry, found that the province discriminated against the complainants on account of mental and physical disability.

  Canada

  Mar 4, 2019
  
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• Expert who warned of ‘incarcerating’ people with disabilities speaks at Nova Scotia inquiry

  In 2006, Dorothy Griffiths and Dr. Chrissoula Stavrakaki delivered a report to the Nova Scotia Hospital that concluded it was "verging" on violating the basic rights of people with disabilities.

  Canada

  Mar 23, 2018
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• Woman with intellectual disability details 15-year quest for release from N.S. hospital

  The human rights inquiry is considering whether human rights for two Nova Scotians were breached when the province refused to move them from hospital-like settings into small homes where assistance is provided for meals, mental health and other care.

  Canada

  Mar 6, 2018
• People with disabilities stuck in Nova Scotia hospital for years : Report

  An inquiry is considering whether 46-year-old Beth MacLean and 45-year-old Joseph Delaney should be permitted to move from the hospital-like settings into small homes where assistance is provided for meals, mental health and other care.

  Canada

  Feb 20, 2018
• Nova Scotia’s confinement of people with disabilities a ‘lawsuit waiting to happen’

  A Dalhousie law professor said the province should have found housing in the community with supports for the residents, after the review was delivered to senior health officials almost 13 years ago.

  Canada

  Feb 19, 2018
• N.S. inquiry told of slow change to support those with disabilities

  An inquiry is looking at whether two Nova Scotians with disabilities have the right to live in supported housing - meaning, in the community, rather than institutions and psychiatric facilities.

  Canada

  Feb 13, 2018
• Nova Scotia argues that supported housing for disabled is not a right

  Nova Scotia's government says it's not necessarily a human rights violation for the province to refuse to fund supported housing in the community for people with disabilities.

  Canada

  Feb 5, 2018