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Certified Accessible By: National Network for Equitable Library ServiceRunning Time: 08:14 hrsNarrator: David TanakaPublisher:BC Libraries Cooperative, 2023Note: his book was recorded thanks to support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
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- Author: Oliver, DonaldDate:Created2021Summary:
Growing up in the only Black family in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Donald Oliver felt duty-bound to honour his great-grandparents, who had fled slavery in the US. His childhood, surrounded by music, family, and respected, hard-working role models, was idyllic. His family’s fundamental family creed was “work hard, be humble, love the Lord, and do all you can to help other people.” Donald Oliver would go on to embody those values in a big way. In his long-anticipated memoir, Oliver, now retired, looks back at a life lived in service to others. In his own careful and thoughtful words, he examines his days as a lawyer, an outspoken social activist, and a teacher, and of course he reflects on his twenty-three years of service as a member of the Senate of Canada. A diplomat to his core, Donald Oliver has dedicated his life to rooting out the systemic racism that has stalled the growth of Canada’s Black citizens—his work a testament to the truth that Black Lives Matter. Now, through dozens of black and white and colour images, and thorough intimate, personal reflections, A Matter of Equality: The Life’s Work of Senator Don Oliver examines the legacy of the first man, and the second Canadian, to bring the Black experience directly to the upper house.
Contents:- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Praise for A Matter of Equality
- Dedication
- Foreword: The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney
- Foreword: George Elliott Clarke, 7th Parliamentary Poet Laureate
- Introduction
- Prologue
- Chapter One: Family
- Chapter Two: The War Years
- Chapter Three: Education
- Chapter Four: Africa
- Chapter Five: The Law
- Chapter Six: The Black Cultural Centre
- Chapter Seven: Linc
- Chapter Eight: Marriage and the Senate
- Chapter Nine: The Business Case for Diversity
- Chapter Ten: Return to Africa
- Chapter Eleven: Putting Policy into Action Chapter Twelve: Retirement
- Chapter Thirteen: A Life-Changing Diagnosis
- Chapter Fourteen: The Legacy of George Floyd
- Chapter Fifteen: The Late Evening of Life
- Appendix A
- Acknowledgements
- Photo Insert
Subject(s): Canada | Lawyers | Legislators | Nova ScotiaOriginal Publisher: Toronto, CANADA, Nimbus Publishing, LimitedLanguage(s): EnglishISBN: 9781774710210, 1774710218
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