The Southeast Corner Project

It’s time. It’s time to invest in truth telling. It’s time to invest in the University of King’s College as a destination.

It’s time to invest in the Southeast Corner Project: a bold, first-of-its-kind initiative; the physical manifestation of King’s commitment to the next generation of inclusive media, the creative economy and new ways to understand Canada.

Welcome to the unveiling of the concept designs for the Southeast Corner Project (SEC)—a stunning space, designed with Mi’kmaw and African Nova Scotian partners to shape the future of truth sharing and storytelling in Canada.

These concept designs by leading Canadian architectural firm Diamond Schmitt in association with Abbott Brown are a significant milestone, representing two years of intense collaboration and creativity—and that is just the beginning.

The SEC Project is an investment in excellence: in journalism and writing practiced by professional communicators whose work informs and educates, provides accountability and transparency, and fuels public discourse while fostering unity.

While it fulfils a renewal mandate to consolidate academic spaces for the School of Journalism, Writing & Publishing, the SEC Project will also provide a space for a new Athletic Centre and increase residential opportunities and ancillary support, including student services and associated cultural spaces.

The Project

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The foundation of the Southeast Corner Project is King’s deep and intentional commitment to reconciliation through inclusive curricula, focused partnerships with equity-deserving cultures, an unwavering resolve to shape a better, more diverse King’s and, ultimately, how to create more authentic, representative narratives for our nation.

Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) Call to Action 86 shines a light on the responsibility King’s has in shaping the future of our collective national story. It calls upon Canadian journalism programs and media schools to require education for all students on “the history of Aboriginal peoples.”

For over four decades, King’s has been a leader in, and a critical resource for, the media and creative sectors. While King’s is keenly aware of and respects the power, responsibility and accountability associated with journalism and storytelling, the 2015 TRC Calls to Action makes certain that Canada understands the role media and storytelling play in creating and maintaining barriers for equity-deserving peoples.

With your help, King’s is answering the call, starting with reshaping the story of us.

More about the SEC Project

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