University Councillor Opiyo Oloya will leave his roles on Queen’s University Council, its Executive Committee, and the Board of Trustees, to accept a position as the first-ever Associate Vice-President of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (AVP EDI) at Western University.

Queen’s Principal and Vice-Chancellor Patrick Deane and Chair of Queen’s Board of Trustees Mary Wilson Trider accepted his resignation last week, expressing their gratitude for his service.

Councillor Oloya was the subject of a December 2020 profile in the Queen’s Alumni Review magazine in which he discusses his life as a refugee from violence in Uganda who was eventually sponsored to come and study at Queen’s. He also discussed his career journey a teacher, school board superintendent, academic, and author.