Mi'kmaw Journalism Initiative

We recognize Mi’kma’ki is a large territory and extends across modern colonial provincial borders. This initiative is open to Mi’kmaq from all Mi’kmaw communities in Atlantic Canada, Quebec and the United States.

1. Submit an online admission application for one of our journalism programs and indicate interest in this Mi’kmaw initiative by answering the question on the admission application on the “program” page.
2. Provide/upload supporting documents to your desired academic program.
3. Provide/upload the Mi’kmaw Journalism Initiative supporting documentation outlined below.

Please upload all supporting documents to your admission application directly or send to admissions@ukings.ca by the deadline.

Applicants who would like to be considered for the Mi’kmaw Journalism Initiative, must then submit the following supporting documents.

1. The applicant must write a letter not to exceed 500 words describing their Mi’kmaw identity and outlining connection to community and lived experience.
2. AND one of the following:
   1. Proof of enrollment in Wula Na Kinu;
      OR
   2. Membership card from a recognized Mi’kmaw organization (i.e., Native Council of Nova Scotia);
      OR
   3. A copy of a valid Indian Status card.
   4. OR if A, B and C are not available, a letter of support from a Mi’kmaw community leader, representative of a recognized Mi’kmaw organization, or a Mi’kmaw relative, or Indigenous Support Staff at your high school or university.

NOTE: These documents may be subject to verification by members of the Mawaknutma’tinej–Mi’kmaw/Indigenous Advisory Circle.

The University of King’s College recognizes the ongoing harms of colonial policies such as gender discrimination in the Indian Act, the Sixties Scoop, residential schools, enfranchisement and the Millennial Scoop. The generational impact on identity, culture and language will be taken into consideration.

Students’ applications for the Mi’kmaw Journalism Initiative will be reviewed after they have received an offer of admission to their desired program. Decisions for the Mi’kmaw Journalism Initiative will be made after the application deadline and sent to applicants independently of their offer to their desired journalism program.

If there is available space in this program after the deadline, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Questions about the admissions process? Connect with us at admissions@ukings.ca.

The intention of the Mi’kmaw Journalism Initiative is to alleviate some of the financial burden on Mi’kmaw communities by giving them the opportunity to use the money that would have been spent on tuition and incidental fees for a student in the Mi’kmaw Journalism Initiative to fund other educational expenses for those students or to fund the educational expenses of other students.

The Mi’kmaw Journalism Initiative covers the full cost of tuition and incidental fees for up to three incoming Mi’kmaw students registering in any of the university’s journalism degree programs in every year. For students in the Initiative, their tuition and incidental fees will be covered by the scholarships and bursaries they are awarded and a tuition waiver to the extent needed to ensure the full cost of tuition and incidental fees is not charged to the student or their community. Students participating in the Initiative are still responsible for the cost of living in residence – if they choose to live in residence. Costs of books and other educational supplies, as well as other living expenses, also continue to be the responsibility of the students in the Initiative.

King’s is aware that some Mi’kmaw communities may be required, due to their funding process, to pay the tuition and incidental fees of their students who come to King’s, even for students who are admitted into King’s in the Mi’kmaw Journalism Initiative. Where that is so, King’s would encourage communities to consider if changes can be made to this requirement for those admitted to King’s in the Initiative. Where that is not possible, King’s can contribute the value of the tuition waiver that would have been applied to the student’s account, after scholarships and bursaries are applied to the student’s account, to the cost of room and board for those living in residence. The student would then be charged the balance owing for room and board after the value of the applicable tuition waiver is applied to the student’s account.

This option is only available for students living in residence. King’s cannot pay to students the value of a tuition waiver that would have been payable towards the cost of room and board off campus. It also cannot pay the value of a tuition waiver otherwise applicable to students for other costs, such as the costs of books and other educational supplies.

For more information on tuition and costs, please contact Student Accounts at accounts@ukings.ca.