Tanovich to speak at conference honouring Justice Westmoreland-Traoré

Professor David Tanovich has been invited to speak at Social Justice, Law and Equality, a conference at McGill University on March 16-17, 2012 "to honour and celebrate" Justice Westmoreland-Traoré's "long career fighting for social justice."  2012 will mark Justice Westmoreland-Traore's retirement from the bench.

The conference is being co-sponsored by the Aisenstadt Equality and Community Initiative (McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism) and the Labour Law and Development Research Laboratory.

Justice Westmoreland-Traoré is a former Dean of Windsor Law, the first Black Canadian to hold this position.

Professor Tanovich will participate on a panel entitled "Racialized Communities and the Administration of Justice".