Description
For ten years Danny Graham was the Chief Negotiator on Aboriginal Rights and Reconciliation for the Province of Nova Scotia. He is credited with starting the Nova Scotia Restorative Justice Program and has worked to advance justice reforms in countries spanning four continents. He was the Leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party and an MLA in the Nova Scotia Legislature from 2002-2005. He was the Founding Chair of Engage Nova Scotia (Engage), and for the past eleven years has been its Chief Engagement Officer. Engage has built a new data-informed, community-driven, approach for improving quality of life for everyone. Together with the Canadian Index of Wellbeing, in 2019, their Quality of Life Survey created the largest data set of its kind in Canada - with over 12,000 residents answering over 230 questions. Partners and advocates in all sectors, and across all levels of government, are relying on Engage’s survey findings and ground-breaking tools to commit to evidence-based strategy, policy and budget decisions that leave fewer people behind. In the fall of 2025, they are repeating the survey, with outreach to a larger number of residents. The work of Engage is supported by all three sectors of government, and has garnered the attention of the United Nations, OECD and International Foundations.
