Kelly Hannah-Moffat named 2024 Woman of Distinction by YWCA Toronto

Kelly Hannah-Moffat, the University of Toronto’s vice-president, people strategy, equity and culture, has been named a 2024 Woman of Distinction by YWCA Toronto.

The annual award celebrates extraordinary women who are working to advance gender equity across a range of areas such as business, education, social justice, advocacy, health, arts and philanthropy.

Hannah-Moffat, a professor in the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies who is cross-appointed to the department of sociology, is a world-renowned scholar, administrator and advocate for penal reform who is playing a leading role in pushing for change in the criminal justice system, YWCA Toronto noted.

“Her work advocates for human rights and challenges oppressive practices within the justice system, especially those that harm criminalized women who are disproportionately Indigenous and Black. She has forged a path through uncharted territory since the late 1990s,” the award citation reads. “Kelly’s expertise and recommendations have been sought out for numerous legal cases and inquests investigating women’s prison conditions, solitary confinement and rights violations, impacting policies with the prison system.”

YWCA Toronto also cited Hannah-Moffat’s groundbreaking work on risk algorithms and AI’s potential to reproduce bias, structural inequalities and racial discrimination.

She and four other laureates will be celebrated at YWCA Toronto’s Women of Distinction Awards Gala in May.

"I hope learning about the YWCA Women of Distinction Award and its recipients motivates at least one more person to reflect on what they can do and what changes they can make to create opportunities for women in all areas of society," Hannah-Moffat said.

Kamari Clarke awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

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Kamari Clarke awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

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Kamari Clarke, a distinguished professor at the Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies and the Centre for Diaspora & Transnational Studies in the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto, has been recognized with a Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

A legal scholar and anthropologist, Clarke’s career spans more than two decades as an expert in such areas as international justice, religious nationalism, and the politics of globalization and race. Her award-winning research has shown how different legal frameworks, shaped by forces such as neocolonialism, both influence and are influenced by contemporary social movements.

The author and editor of numerous books, Clarke is currently completing a book describing how social movements in the developing world are using modern technologies – such as mobile phones, GPS and others – to challenge the way justice has been traditionally accessed and delivered.

“It’s a recognition of lifetime achievement; It’s a grant to continue to write and to think about the core issues that I’m committed to,” Clarke says. “In many ways, it will map the next 10 years of the contribution that I’ll make to the field.”

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