Candace joined Nova Scotia Health in July 2024 as the Vice President, Legal, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.
Prior to joining Nova Scotia Health, Candace was the Deputy Minister of Justice and the Office of Equity and Anti-Racism and Deputy Attorney General for the Province of Nova Scotia. Before her appointment as Deputy Minister in April 2020, Candace practiced corporate law in the Nova Scotia Office of a leading Regional Law Firm.
Candace was selected by her peers to be included in the 2017-2020 editions of The Best Lawyers in Canada for her work in corporate law and received her Queen’s Counsel (now King’s Counsel) designation in 2017.
Candace has always been an active community leader and champion of literacy and higher education, which she believes are social equalizers that lead to self-empowerment and self-sufficiency. She is currently a member of the Boards of The Dartmouth General Hospital Foundation and The Africadian Empowerment Academy Society.
Candace is a graduate of Saint Mary’s University and the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University. A proud native of East Preston, Candace resides in Dartmouth with her husband and their 18-year-old daughter.
