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An Evening With Senator Donald H. Oliver At Saint Mary’s University

March 26, 2023March 28, 2023Donald H. Oliver

Publication By Saint Mary’s University

In partnership with Nimbus publishing, Saint Mary’s University is pleased to present an evening with the Honourable Donald H. Oliver CM ONS QC LLD’13. A tireless champion for diversity, pluralism, fairness and equality, he was

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Want post-pandemic business success? Don Oliver says start with diversity

March 26, 2023March 26, 2023Donald H. Oliver

Posted on March 21, 2022 | Atlantic Business Magazine

Nearly 20 years ago, Canada’s first Black Senator was asked by a bank president in Toronto for proof the company was discriminating against Black people or was not valuing Black talent. …

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Black history Month 2021

May 7, 2021March 1, 2023Donald Oliver

As a Black History Month Pioneer, I sense there’s something quite different, exciting and encouraging about the way it has been celebrated this year.

What Jean Augustine got the House of Commons to adopt and what I got the Senate …

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It’s time to end white privilege and white supremacy in Corporate Canada

June 18, 2020March 1, 2023Donald Oliver

For the first time in Canadian history, Corporate Canada must now face, address and remove white privilege from all aspects of business. It is the next logical and mandated step in the war against anti-Black systemic racism in Canada.

We’ve …

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Trudeau can do a lot to stop anti-Black racism, especially right now

June 18, 2020March 1, 2023Donald Oliver

Speaking to Americans last week, in the midst of protests and civil unrest across the United States, Barack Obama said in a nationally broadcast town hall, “I’ve heard some people say, ‘You have a pandemic, then you have these protests; …

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Trudeau must understand anti-Black racism has to stop, and he’s got the power to help stop it

June 16, 2020March 1, 2023Donald Oliver

Both Canada and the United States are each deeply embroiled in the largest pandemic of anti-Black systemic racism since the height of the Martin Luther King civil rights movement that featured vicious attack dogs, and the brutal beatings, shootings, and …

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COVID-19 And African Canadians:  a festering, unresolved problem

June 2, 2020March 1, 2023Donald Oliver

COVID-19 has bluntly shown all of us that African-Canadian front-line essential workers have been disproportionally affected with this highly contagious and deadly virus, even without supporting comprehensive scientific data. We now know that visible minority researchers throughout Canada have been …

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From a friendship to a legacy

March 9, 2020March 1, 2023Donald Oliver

This article originally appeared on dal.ca on February 27, 2020

When The Honourable Don Oliver (LLB ‘64), retired Senator, met Wade Dawe at a business conference in 2009, he could not have imagined it would lead to a lifelong friendship, …

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Valentines Day

March 9, 2020March 1, 2023Donald Oliver

For Linda Oliver, February 14th, 2020 was not a year for a celebratory meal at a five star French restaurant with Champagne and roses.

Instead, we went to the 1600 seat Ikeda Theatre in the well known Mesa Arts Center …

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There’s a gaping hole in our democracy

July 8, 2019March 1, 2023Donald Oliver

This Op-Ed originally appeared in The Hill Times on June 19, 2019.

As the United Nations puts it, for far too many Canadians, anti-Black racism, discrimination and inequality are part of their daily lives. It reaches into our democratic institutions.…

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