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
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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Black Canadian Youth: Boundless, Rooted and Proud
February is Black History Month, a time to celebrate and remember all the ways that Black Canadians have contributed to Canada’s history and culture.
This year’s theme is Black Canadian Youth: Boundless, Rooted and Proud, which recognizes how Black …
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We Still Need a Black History Month
EDITORIAL FEBRUARY 1, 2019 The Athenaeum
Some valley thoughts on Black History month.
Black History Month in Canada has had some recent powerful successes. There’s a growing, greater understanding and appreciation of the intrinsic value of Black contributions, in science, …
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Thoughts on My 80th Birthday Celebrations
I turned 80 on the 16th of November, 2018. But this was by no means a unique happening. Millions of people from around the world have reached 80 years and, indeed, lived a lot longer, but for me it was …
Senate administration’s efforts on diversity should be applauded
EDITORIAL JULY 4, 2018 Hill Times
The Senate has come a long way since the early 2000s. Back then, Conservative Senator Donald Oliver charged that the Senate’s administration-and the public service, in general-was rife with systemic racism.
“The Senate’s lack …
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Celebrating and sustaining Canadian engagement in international development
An article by Don Oliver in the Hill Times.
Overseas volunteers have borne witness to challenges that have a long-term impact on all of us—poverty, sexual violence, the rise of religious fundamentalism, and terrorism. We know the need is great, …
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Feds should be proactive on UN report that slams Canada for its history of racist policies
The federal government should indeed create a Department of African-Canadian Affairs and develop a strategy to address anti-black racism in the criminal justice system
.PUBLISHED : Monday, Oct. 2, 2017 12:00 AM
Donald Oliver says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau …
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