Juanita Westmoreland-Traoré

Juanita Westmoreland-Traore, (born March 10, 1942) and from 1976 to 1991 at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Westmoreland-Traoré has received other awards, including from Canadian Jewish Congress, the Montreal Association of Black Business Persons and Professionals, and the Canadian Bar Association. In 2021, she received the Medal of the Barreau de Montréal.

In March 2013, Université du Québec à Montréal's Département des sciences juridiques founded the Juanita Westmoreland-Traoré scholarship. The $3000 scholarship is to be awarded annually to a single undergraduate law student who uses their training to promote human rights, social justice and equality.

Westmoreland-Traoré received honorary doctorates from University of Ottawa in 1993, Université du Québec à Montréal in 2001, and McGill University in 2018.

In June 2026, she was named a Member of the Order of Canada.