Dr. Olive Dickason'45

Professor/Aboriginal History in Canada

Class of 1945
Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Notables

A key figure in the study of Aboriginal History in Canada’s academic world
Finished her high school and earned B.A.s in French & Philosophy at Notre Dame, before beginning a 24-year career in journalism at the Regina Leader-Post, Winnipeg Free Press, Montreal Gazette, & Globe & Mail.
She earned her Masters and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Ottawa and her doctoral thesis
She taught at the University of Alberta from 1976 to 1992.
Awarded the Order of Canada in 1996, the Aboriginal Achievement Award in 1997, and numerous honorary doctorates throughout the years.
She Donated her whole library to Athol Murray College of Notre Dame.

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