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On May 31, the Honourable Juanita Westmoreland-Traor茅 will receive a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, and give the commencement address at the Faculty of Law鈥檚 convocation ceremony. 听

Westmoreland-Traor茅 is the first African Canadian appointed judge in the history of Quebec. She also holds the distinction of being the first African Canadian law dean after her 1996 appointment at the Faculty of Law, University of Windsor. In 2012, she retired from the Court of Qu茅bec and sat as a supernumerary judge until 2017.

Westmoreland-Traor茅 laboured tirelessly in the public sector as a board member of the Office de protection des consommateurs du Qu茅bec, as a Canadian Human Rights Commissioner, and as the first Chair of Quebec鈥檚 Conseil des communaut茅s culturelles et de l鈥檌mmigration. Her influence extended to Ontario, where she served as the first Employment Equity Commissioner, and internationally, through her role on the Board of the South Africa Educational Trust, on several observer missions to Haiti, and as legal counsel to that country鈥檚 Commission nationale de v茅rit茅 et de justice.

Westmoreland-Traor茅 has a long history of service to the community, in particular with Centraide of Montr茅al, La ligue des droits et libert茅s, the Congress of Black Women of Canada, and the Women鈥檚 Legal Action and Defense Fund. She was a Board member of the Canadian Chapter of the International Association of Women Judges and a co-chair of the Equality and Diversity Committee of the Canadian Association of Provincial Court Judges.

An officer of the Ordre national du Qu茅bec, she has also received numerous awards: the 2008 Rights and Freedoms Prize from the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Touchstones Award from the Canadian Bar Association, and the Prix Christine-Tourigny from the Barreau du Qu茅bec.

鈥淚 am delighted to see 捆绑SM社区 recognizing the lifetime contributions made by the Honourable Juanita Westmoreland-Traor茅,鈥� said Dean Robert Leckey. 鈥淗er commitment to equality and access to justice have inspired me and I know many other members of the 捆绑SM社区 Law community.鈥�

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