The New Brunswick Human Rights Commission has announced a new chair.
Amber Chisholm began her three-year term on Aug. 19. She’s replacing Phylomène Zangio, who had served as chair since 2023.
“Human rights are an essential pillar of society,” Chisholm said in a news release announcing her appointment. “They have pressing relevance in our present historical moment.”
Chisholm worked as a lawyer at a firm in Fredericton until 2018, before joining the Public Legal Education and Information Service of New Brunswick. She is currently the associate director of that agency.
Chisholm has worked to ensure access to justice rights for New Brunswick’s vulnerable groups and given support to marginalized people and communities in a variety of areas, including family law, tenant rights and LGBTQ2IA+ rights.
“The commission has a rich legacy of protecting and promoting human rights in New Brunswick,” she said. “In my role as chair, I will strive to advance its mandate to ensure that the protections of the Human Rights Act are upheld, and all persons are treated with dignity, equality, inclusion and respect in our province.”
