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Men's basketball have completed the signing of 5-7 point guard, Xavier Buckley of Citadel High School. A Halifax native, Buckley is the is the epitome of a homegrown player, participating in the Community YMCA player development program and having represented Nova Scotia at the provincial level. "We are thrilled to have Xavier join our men's…
Dear readers, Happy Juneteenth--one of the ways in which various western societies are beginning to reckon with their involvements in historic colonialism and slavery. Another example is a new exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam which attempts to address the impact of slavery in the Dutch empire as depicted in visual culture, both at home…
In the spring of 2018 Dayne Patterson was working for Kelowna Now, a media outlet in BC’s Okanagan Valley. He was covering a visit of Canada’s Minister of Defence, Harjit Sajjan. Dayne, at the time, had his sights set on studying journalism at King’s and mentioned this to some of the other reporters at the…
Alumni, faculty and students from the School of Journalism continue to make their mark on east coast reporting and storytelling, as evidenced in this year’s Atlantic Journalism Awards (AJAs). A total of 17 medals were handed out to King’s faculty and alumni, while CBC Prince Edward Island’s Donna Allen, BJ(Hons)’85, was inducted into the Hall…
Dear King’s community, On behalf of our community, I extend condolences and sympathy to the Afzaal family whose members from three generations were attacked and killed in London on Sunday June 6, when they were taking a walk on a spring evening – something most of us can do taking our safety for granted. This was…
Read MoreMaybe the only person who was surprised that Isabelle Flack was this year’s recipient of the King’s Medal was Isabelle Flack herself. “Surprised and honoured!” Flack says. “It’s funny because I got off work late so I was a bit behind on the online broadcast of the graduation ceremonies. All of a sudden people started…
It's no surprise Amanda Leslie's first stories were penned while camping in Fundy National Park. The 2021 winner of the Penguin Random House Canada Prize for best MFA nonfiction book proposal says Wild Places: Exploring Our Connection to Canada's National Parks stems from a childhood full of camping trips with her family. "I would just…
Dear readers, This spring, billions of cicadas belonging to 'Brood X' will emerge in the Eastern United States. Brood X cicadas emerge only once every 17 years. Little known is that one of the first persons to document this 17-year cycle was the 18th-century African-American polymath Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806). Let us consider who Banneker was…
Dear students, We are so excited to welcome you to campus and to Halifax. Whether you are a first-year student unsure of what to expect or an upper year student who dreams of being back on campus, we want to make one thing clear: being at King’s will be safe. King’s will be safely open…
