Juanita Westmoreland-Traoré

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Juanita Westmoreland-Traoré (born March 10, 1942) is the first appointed black judge in the history of Quebec. She also holds the distinction of being the first black dean of a law school (University of Windsor's Faculty of Law) in Canada’s history.

Dr. Westmoreland-Traoré was born in Verdun, now part of Montreal, Quebec, in 1942. After receiving her law degree from the Université de Montréal and a doctorate from the University of Paris, she began practising law and has been doing so since 1970. From 1983 to 1985, she was a Commissioner for the Canadian Human Rights Commission. From 1991 to 1995, she was Employment Equity Commissioner of Ontario. She was appointed a Judge of the Court of Quebec for the District of Montreal in 1999.

In 1991, she was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec.