Susan MacKay

Susan MacKay has spent most of her legal career with the Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service. After articling and two years in private practice in Truro, Susan was a front-line Crown attorney for more than twenty years, handling a full range of criminal prosecutions with a focus on sexual violence and homicides. In 2017 she was appointed PPS Regional Crown Attorney, based in Dartmouth, with shared management responsibility for Halifax Region. Since 2021 she has been PPS Director of Policy Development and Education. Currently, Susan also volunteers with efforts being made in Nova Scotia to pilot and roll out Mind Traps, a unique, evidence-based program to build youth resilience against online manipulation, polarization, and radicalization.