Mica Daurie is a 2SLGBTQIA+ community advocate, human rights leader, and TEDx Speaker with years of experience in spaces like government public service, legal and legislative services, corporate services, community engagement, and a wealth of government and community DEIA (diversity, equity, inclusion & accessibility) work.
Mica has held roles such as Court Administrator, Election Area Officer (Planning), City Hall Legislative Support, Administrative Coordinator for Council Support, Board of Inquiry Administrator for the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, and more. Mica has smashed glass ceilings as the first openly transgender woman to work at Halifax City Hall, the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, and more. Mica is also a current Adjunct Professor of Field Education (Social Work) with the University of Calgary.
Mica is a radical forward thinker who has brought difficult and thought-provoking conversations to every space she's been in. Her work is approached from her lived experience as a queer transgender woman raised in Mi'kma'ki, and her services are offered in a manner that is accessible, inclusive, restorative, decolonized, and culturally competent. Mica has training in Gender Based Analysis+, Restorative Practices, Trauma Informed Care, French language at Université Sainte-Anne and more.
Mica serves on the Board of Executives for the Local Council of Women Halifax, and has several ties to community organizations and government bodies and NGO's across the country Mica also serves as the Vice President of Health, Housing and Social Development for National Council of Women Canada. Mica has contributed to a Legislative Gender Equity Strategy, modernization of Human Rights Inquiries and more. She approached the idea of opening her own business after a difficult few years of watching misinformation, demonization and near constant discrimination against the 2STGNC+ (2-spirit, trans, gender non-conforming) community run rampant both at home and across the country.