As we navigate the Covid-19 pandemic, we share President William Lahey’s messages to the community.
As we navigate the Covid-19 pandemic, we share President William Lahey’s messages to the community.
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…
September 1 marks 100 years since the University of King’s College and Dalhousie University formally entered into association, beginning a unique educational partnership. The association that binds the two universities has evolved to reflect the changing needs of our communities, but fundamentally it is about collaborating to enhance the experience each university offers to…
Dear members of the King’s community, As we move deeper into the holiday season, I take this moment to offer you my heartfelt best wishes. At the hot chocolate social we held on December 7 to mark the end of term, Dr. Daniel Brandes spoke of a rest that is not merely the cessation of…
Dear members of the King’s Community, At the conclusion of this long year, I send you a short message to mark its end and to anticipate the better year to come. Whatever this year has thrown at us, it has also brought us together in new ways, strengthened relationships, and united us in our dedication…
Dear King’s community, I have not written to you since ending my weekly letters during the first months of the pandemic. Since then, we have each faced challenges, amplified by isolation. Nonetheless, despite COVID-19 and all its complications and uncertainties, I hope the warm balm of the summer months helped to buoy your hope and…
For the past eight Fridays, I have been sending you a letter. This will be the last of these weekly letters. From here, I will be writing less regularly as we all shift from our response to the first wave of this pandemic to living with COVID-19 under the reopening plans that are being developed…
Recently, I received this note from a King’s parent: “Our family welcomed our daughter back from her FYP experience a month ago. She is hale and hearty, and perhaps even more importantly, she is full to the brim with a new confidence and fresh insights into literature, history, and current events. Despite a fall hurricane,…
Happy May Day. As I write, I am reminded of my student days at Oxford, where the ancient observance of May Day continues, starting with the singing at 6 a.m. of a hymn from the Tower of Magdalen College. As I recall it, as the beautiful sound of that singing reached us below, the sun…
