Kathleen E. Mahoney
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Professor Mahoney is currently on sabbatical until July 1, 2010, but may still be contacted at kmahoney@ucalgary.ca and at her home office.
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Kathleen E. Mahoney
Telephone: (403)220-7254
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Professor Kathleen E. Mahoney Kathleen Mahoney has dedicated much of her research, practice, and activism to internationally critical issues in human rights. She has held many international fellowships and lectureships. She has published extensively and appeared as counsel in leading cases in the Supreme Court of Canada. She has also organized and participated in collaborative human rights and judicial education projects in Geneva, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Tanzania, Namibia, Spain, Israel, China, Vietnam, the United States, and the United Nations. She was a founder of the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund and a pioneer of the judicial movement in Canada. She was recently named an expert advisor to the Interaction Council, an organization of former heads of state seeking to advance the cause of human rights in the world. In 2006, Professor Mahoney was named to be the Canadian Director of a 5 year project on judicial education in Vietnam. In 2004, Professor Mahoney spearheaded and authored a major research project and Report examining the Canadian government's response to the claims of Aboriginal residential school survivors. This led to her appointment as the Chief Negotiator for the Assembly of First Nations and the subsequent historic settlement agreement with Canada for reparations and a Truth and Reconciliation Process which will be unique in the world. Among her many awards, Professor Mahoney was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and received the Canadian Bar Association Distinguished Service Award in 1997. In 1998 she was made a Fulbright Scholar to pursue her research work at Harvard University and was also appointed by the Federal Cabinet to Chair the Board of Directors of the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development. In 2000, she won the Bertha Wilson Touchtone Award in recognition of her outstanding accomplishments in the promotion of equality in Canada. In 2001, she was awarded the Governor General's medal. In 2002 she was awarded the University of Calgary's Excellence Award for Inspiration and Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Research. She received the Alberta Centennial Medal in 2005 for her contribution to the advancement of human rights. In 2008 she was invited to be a Fellow of the Trudeau Foundation. She is the mother of 5 children.
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