Kwe’, Tomorrow, on September 30, King’s and people across the country will observe the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day. This is a time to commemorate the dark history of residential schools and to honour the many students, families and communities affected. On this day, we grieve alongside those who survived the…
Promise in the Ground producers reflect on what it means for their film to be selected for the Atlantic International Film Festival (AIFF) Promise in the Ground is an eight-minute documentary about the challenges facing Kevin Graham, the 76-year-old owner of Oakview Farm in the Annapolis Valley, as he rebuilds after a devastating greenhouse collapse. …
To all in our King’s community, With the end of the labour disruption at Dalhousie University, all classes at both King’s and Dalhousie have resumed as of this morning. The Dalhousie University Senate met yesterday (September 22) and voted to approve the remaining academic dates for the fall term. King’s will follow those same academic…
Author and oral historian reflects on journey from campus paper to the journalism faculty Lyndsie Bourgon, BJ(Hons)’08, has run the gauntlet from humanities student and scrambling campus paper editor to more recent runs as a King’s writing coach and Master of Journalism adviser. Now Bourgon, a distinguished journalist, author and oral historian, can add King’s…
Community update September 18, 2025: The new collective agreement between the Dalhousie University Board of Governors and the Dalhousie Faculty Association (DFA) has been ratified by both parties. All King’s and Dalhousie classes will resume as of September 23, including the previously suspended King’s classes listed below. See updates to add/drop dates and the Payments…
Dear King’s Community, I am thrilled to announce two very important appointments at King’s. Karen Mutyabule has accepted the role of Director of Equity and Community Supports. We were searching for—and have found in Karen—the right person to help us move forward in our work to make King’s more welcoming to everyone in accordance with my mandate,…
To all in our King’s community, Notwithstanding the news we write to share, we want you to know we are looking forward to the coming academic year and to greeting you on your return to the Quad, or your introduction to the Quad. Today, Dalhousie announced a lockout of Dalhousie Faculty Association members. King’s shares…
On June 24, an eager audience filled Alumni Hall to hear from esteemed guest speaker, investigative journalist and bestselling author Patrick Radden Keefe. Keefe opened the evening by sharing the rather specific career goal he developed as a teenager: to write for The New Yorker. He admitted that he was rejected by the publication in…
The changes faced by Black-owned media in Atlantic Canada are the focus of a five-year research project at the University of King’s College School of Journalism, Writing & Publishing in Halifax, N.S. Ethnic media in Canada is at a crossroads amid dire warnings of decline, even as these communities grow in size. The situation can…
