Speaker Introduction- Dr. Dean Oliver

 

Dr. Dean Oliver will be speaking at the 2025 Heritage Conference, Friday Oct 17th at 6pm, with his topic "Does Diversity have an Opposite". 

Dean F. Oliver, PhD, has been Director of Museum Services at Know History since September 2023. His former 25 years of executive public service included nine as Senior Director of Research and Chief Curator at the Canadian Museum of History, where he supervised national programs of archaeology, history, musicology, folklore, and Indigenous experience, as well as the museum's library and archives. A military historian by training, he led creative development at the Canadian War Museum for 14 years, including its exhibitions, research, interpretive planning, public programs, and resource centre. He is the co-author of the national award-winning Oxford Companion to Canadian Military History. For eight years, Dr. Oliver was a member of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, and he remains a frequent media and public commentator on issues of history, heritage, conflict, and commemoration. Dr. Oliver was knighted by Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands in 2010 for 'service to society'.

We look forward to seeing you at the 2025 Heritage Conference to hear other organizations' projects, plans and accomplishments. 

For more information, visit the conference website at: https://museumsnl.ca/2025-heritage-conference/