Deputy Minister/CEO
Judith Sullivan-Corney Office of Aboriginal Affairs
Judith Sullivan-Corney is Deputy Minister and Chief Executive Officer of the Office of Aboriginal Affairs (OAA), an office established in 1998 to facilitate and promote a co-ordinated approach by the Nova Scotia government to Aboriginal issues in the province. She is also Deputy Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs.
She assumed her current position at OAA in July, 2002, after serving as Commissioner for the Public Service of Nova Scotia.
As deputy minister of the Office of Aboriginal Affairs she represents the Province’s interests in intergovernmental, bilateral and triparty initiatives and negotiations. The Office facilitates and supports a co-ordinated approach within government on matters related to Aboriginal issues. Under her direction, the OAA is the lead agency in treaty negotiations with the Mi’kmaq and Canada in the Made-in-Nova Scotia Process.
Ms. Sullivan-Corney has a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Education degree from Saint Mary’s University and a diploma in Adult Education from St. Francis Xavier University.
Married with two sons, she is a member of the school advisory committee of Dartmouth High School and a board member of the Senobe Aquatic Club.