Antoinette GreenOliph’s Speaker’s Résumé

Learn about Antoinette’s diverse range of engagements in recent years.

Antoinette GreenOliph, keynote speaker, storyteller, entrepreneur and mentor. Black woman wears a white top and black jacket.

Recent Speaker and Facilitator Engagements

2024 – Opening Keynote Speaker, Northern Arts and Food Conference, The Pas, MB

2023 – Judge for StartUp Canada – Whitehorse Pitch Competition

2022 – Speaker, Yukon International Conference on Racism and Discrimination (online), Teliya International

2022 – Presenter, Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference, Yukon Study Group Tour

2022 – Designed and facilitated Anti-racism and Discrimination & Diversity, Inclusion and Capacity Building workshops, African Cultural Centre Yukon

2022 – Panelist, Yukon Innovation Week panel on Yukon University, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

2020 – Speaker and Mentor to start-up businesses in the LaunchPad program, Yukonstruct

2020 – speaker, Black Lives Matter rally, Whitehorse, Yukon

2012 – 2019 – Community Conversations convenor, Antoinette’s Restaurant

Recent Performances, Storytelling, Podcasts

2024 – “Pooks”, Pieces of Paradise by Patti Flather (writer/director), Yukon Digital Theatre Collective

2023 – “Abby” Lead Actress, Ripcord by David Lindsay-Abaire, sold-out run at The Guild Hall, Whitehorse, Yukon

2023 – Voices North, interview grounding yourself in your culture, immigrant experience, self-acceptance and cultural pride

2021 – Actress – Morad on Snowmobile, Polaris (released 2022), award-winning feature film, streaming on Crave (Canada) and Amazon Prime (USA)

2020 – Writer and performer, Stories from the Mango Stump, Pivot Theatre Festival (Nakai Theatre), Whitehorse, Yukon

2020 – Vacay.ca: Concierge to Canada, interview

2019 – StartUp Canada, “Nourishing Communities Through Love and Food” Thrive podcast series

2019 – Real Stories with Antoinette, series of autobiographical storytelling and dinner events

2019 – Producer and performer, Gay Pride show, Antoinette’s Restaurant

2017 – CBC Radio, The Doc Project, Upclose  episode “My kids don’t know this: How Antoinette GreenOliph went from closeted and broke to living her dream”

2013 – You Gotta Eat Here, with John Catucci, Food Network (Season 2, episode 11 and Season 3, Christmas special – re-runs on The Food Network and streaming on Stack TV)

2014 – 2016 Participate in Restorative Justice process for juvenile delinquents, Whitehorse, YT to redress damage from a spade of break-ins at Antoinette’s Restaurant

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/antoinettes-restaurant-breakins-gofundme-campaign-1.4118655

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/whitehorse-antoinette-s-theft-liquor-1.3777216

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/945477699512

Recent Recognition and Awards

2020 – Bravo Award, Yukon Convention Bureau

2019 – Northern Woman Entrepreneur of the Year, StartUp Canada

2018-2019 – Best restaurant in Whitehorse (Antoinette’s Whitehorse, YT), Where to Eat in Canada 2018-2019, by Ann Hardy

2017 – Foodiepreneur Award, StartUp Canada

2016 – Best Customer Service, Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce

2012 – 2020 Certificate of Excellence, TripAdvisor

2004-2006 – Best restaurant in region (La Table des bonnes soeurs, St. Pierre Joly, Manitoba), Where to Eat in Canada 2003-2004 and 2004-2005, by Ann Hardy