Craig Oliver was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, at the 2:00 p.m. ceremony on Wednesday, June 14, “in recognition of his stellar work as a Gemini-winning journalist, political commentator, news director, producer and autobiographer.”
Canada Day 2017 marks his 60th year as a national TV correspondent. He has covered wars, revolutions and politics from Ottawa to Washington, reported on 11 Canadian prime ministers and two U.S. presidents, and every Canadian election campaign since 1962.
Oliver has won two Gemini Awards, the Hy Solomon Award for Excellence in Public Policy Journalism from the Public Policy Forum, the Presidents’ Award for Excellence in Canadian Broadcast Journalism from the Radio and Television News Directors Association, the National Press Gallery’s Charles Lynch Award and the Carleton University Arthur Kroeger College Award for Public Discourse.
In 2014, he was named to the Canadian News Hall of Fame. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada and has received honorary doctorates from the University of Regina and Nipissing University