Senator Don Oliver (retired) will host Black History Month programming on 99.3 County FM (CJPE-FM) Prince Edward County. Oliver will host a segment on The County Grapevine, Jan 31-Feb. 28. Appointed to the Senate in 1990, Oliver’s life has included …
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The Canadian Black Caucus of Canada (CBCC) has announced the creation of a new parliamentary internship program bearing the name of Senator Donald Oliver. The Senator Donald Oliver Internship Program provides a paid opportunity to a young Black Canadian who …
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The Delmore Buddy Daye Learning Institute recently hosted a virtual event featuring the Hon. Donald Oliver and the Hon. Wanda Thomas Bernard n recognition of Lincoln Alexander Day. The day commemorating Alexander, who among other accolades was the first Black …
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The Hon. Donald Oliver’s autobiography, A Matter of Equality: The Life’s Work of Senator Don Oliver, was released on Sept. 28 by Nimbus Press. At the launch event for the book, Oliver spoke with Nimbus non-fiction book editor Angela …
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The Hon. Dr. Donald H. Oliver was recently featured in the 2020/21 Community Report of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. He wrote:
… Continue Reading“The arts guided us through this lengthy pandemic, as thousands of Canadians at home with time,
This is an excerpt from an article that originally appeared in the June 2021 issue of the Acadia Bulletin.
Three prominent members of the Acadia community were invested into the Order of Canada in late 2019 and early 2020. …
Continue Reading When Donald Oliver was invested into the Order of Canada on December 15, 2020, the ceremony was held remotely. This meant that the pinning of the insignia was done in-person by his wife Linda. Above is a ‘behind the scenes’ …
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Donald Oliver is pictured here with a work by Nova Scotian artist Justin Augustine.…
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Donald Oliver has joined the Canadian Guyanese Congress as a governor. The Canadian Guyanese Congress is the national voice of Canadians of Guyanese heritage. The organisation represents the interests of the community before the various levels of governments in Canada …
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On March 17, 2021, the Hon. Donald Oliver was a guest on CBC’s The Current. Black civil servants alleging years of discrimination have launched a class-action lawsuit against the Public Service of Canada. Host Matt Galloway spoke …
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