An archive of President William Lahey’s messages to the community.
An archive of President William Lahey’s messages to the community.
Dear King’s community, On Monday, September 30, King’s and people across the country will observe the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This day is to recognize and honour the survivors of residential schools, the children who died and those who cannot speak to the traumas experienced. You will see many orange shirts on this…
Dear King’s community, Over the last two months, a group of King’s students called "King’s Students in Solidarity with Palestine" has issued several versions of online demands addressed to the university. We have responded to them, including in a meeting on May 17. After that meeting a number of the demands initially made by the…
Dear King's community, As many of you will have already noticed, last week Rideau Hall announced the names of those Canadians of distinction to have been most recently made members of the Order of Canada. If you did, you already know that Inglis Professor Sylvia D. Hamilton is now an OC as well as being…
Dear King’s Community, I write to share the bittersweet news that Neil Hooper, King’s Athletics Director of 33 years, has made the decision to retire from his role, effective July 1. I know this news will be a little heartbreaking for many members of our community. With Neil’s retirement we are losing more than the…
Dear King’s Community, I write on the sad news of the passing of former King’s President, the Honourable Dr. John Godfrey PC, CM., DCL’06. When weather permits, the flags in the Quad, where John famously had a morning bagpiper play what became known as the “tartan alarm clock”, will fly at half-mast in his honour.…
Dear King’s Community, Today King’s announced that we have adopted the “Can’t Buy My Silence” pledge, (“the pledge”). By signing this pledge, we commit to never use a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) in a case involving sexual harassment, discrimination, other forms of misconduct and/or bullying. We join Acadia University, which announced its own adoption of the…
Dear King’s Community, On Saturday, September 30, King’s and people across the country will observe the third National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. When Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its 94 Calls to Action [PDF] in 2015, among these was a Call to Action for the federal government of Canada to establish a statutory holiday “to honour Survivors, their…
Dear King's community, Yesterday in Halifax and in locations around Canada, a group of people tried to promote an anti-2SLGBTQIA+ agenda, one that specifically targets and impacts trans and gender non-conforming people. The University of King’s College rejects this agenda and the ideology, culture of fear, bad science and prejudice that lies behind it. Equally…
Dear King’s Community, We write with great sadness to share the news that Jen Powley, BJ’01, MFA’15, has died. An alumna of the Bachelor of Journalism program and the Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Nonfiction at King’s, as well as Dalhousie’s MA in Urban Planning, Jen was an accomplished writer and advocate. Having…
