Nora Madeline Bernard (September 22, 1935 – December 26, 2007) was from Millbrook First Nation. She was a Mi’kmaq activist for her community and First Nations across the country. Ms. Bernard was instrumental in ensuring justice, recognition and compensation for the survivors of the Canadian Indian Residential School system. As a survivor herself, Ms. Bernard founded and became president of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School Association in 1987, and launched a class-action lawsuit on its behalf. The action inspired residential school survivors across the country to file suits, creating the largest class-action lawsuit in Canadian history.
