Dear readers, Consider this scenario: during the second decade of a new century, a vainglorious man with largely inherited wealth is elected to govern one of the most powerful countries in the world. He calls for a massive building in a desperate attempt to secure a lasting legacy, but it stays on paper only. In…
All Faculty and Alumni, all members of the Board of Governors, except undergraduate members of the University, all Bachelors of Divinity and Masters and Doctors of the University, all Fellows and all Inglis Professors of the University of King’s College are invited to submit nominations for honorary degrees (DD, DCL, DCnL) and honorary fellowships (HF)…
Men's Soccer UKC 1 - STU 0 September 8th, 2018 – 4 pm, Wickwire Field. In a ferocious, intense contest, the UKC Blue Devils triumphed over the STU Tommies 1-0. In the early stages of the game, fan-favorite Shinji Yamamoto brought the crowd to its feet with a luscious chip that struck the crossbar. STU…
Above: Fred and Elizabeth Fountain with their daughter, Katharine, and the Fountain Lecture’s inaugural speaker, Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, in 2011. A $150,000 gift to the University of King’s College secures a strong future for two important initiatives: the Alex Fountain Memorial Lecture, which enables students to invite a speaker of their choosing to campus, and…
Read MoreKing’s and Youth Art Connection (YAC) — a Nova Scotia-based not-for-profit working with youth, professional artists and community members to make positive change — are partnering to host ‘King’s Art and Action Hubs’ this semester. Every Thursday night in the Wilson Common Room from 7 to 9 p.m., student artists can meet and learn from…
Dear readers, The latest exciting news for early modernists concerns the upcoming Prize Papers Database, a collection of hundreds of thousands of juridical documents, 'trading and maritime papers, doodles, books and notebooks, keys, playing cards, colonial administration papers and around 160,000 undelivered letters' seized from ships captured by the British navy and privateers (with such…
Dear readers, Welcome to September! The beginning of term follows a trip I took to Boston MA for a recent conference. Boston, as you know, was a hotbed of the American Revolution; and among the many relevant historic sites in Boston are the Old State House (where the Declaration of Liberty was read out on…
On Tuesday September 11 2018, King's students are invited to join the University of King’s College by signing the University Matricula. The ceremony, in the King’s College Library, will be conducted by Dr Peter O’Brien, the University Vice-President, and the Public Orator at Convocation. Foundation Year Program students will matriculate with their tutorial. The schedule for the…
Finding your voice on a campus that values conversation and debate is not always a straightforward process. Jess Simm experienced this first hand. Jess came to King’s in 2015 to play basketball with the UKC Blue Devils and for the Foundation Year Program (FYP). Today she is captain of the women’s basketball team and a…
