Beginning this month, we’ll invite a member of faculty to tell us about one book that played an outsized role in making them who they are today. This month, Associate Professor of Humanities Mélanie Frappier tells us about her Words to Live By. What book have you chosen? All the books from Daniel Pennac's…
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…
When Jasmine Parent was nine years old, she already knew that when she grew up, she would be either a teacher or like her mother, a social worker. Supportive of her daughter’s ambitions, her mother brought Parent into the office one day and introduced her to her co-worker, a woman named Bette. “Bette was the…
Women's Rugby The UKC Women cruised to a comfortable win in their season opener at home against the visiting Rams of Dal AC. Led by rookie Kali Jones with 5 tries for 25 points, a total of six Blue Devils found their way onto the scoresheet with tries coming from Paige Minty, Clara Schumph (2),…
Women's Soccer A perfect start for the UKC Women who collected the full six points in their opening weekend, picking up wins over the visiting St. Thomas University Tommies and UNBSJ Seawolves. Playing both matches at Mainland Commons in Bedford, NS, the Blue Devils began their weekend against the Tommies, posting a 2-1 scoreline. Rookie…
Rogers Chair in Journalism Lisa Taylor brings a unique skillset to her new role. Interwoven with her career in journalism—for many years she was a CBC journalist—is a career in law. She earned a JD and an LLM from Dalhousie and practiced law with a leading Halifax firm. And then there’s the career as an…
L - R: President William Lahey, Dr. Gordon Sinclair Earle BA’63, DCL’22, Board of Governors Chair Douglas Ruck, KC An academic entrance scholarship offered by the University of King’s College to African Nova Scotians has been renamed the Gordon Earle Scholarship, after Dr. Gordon Sinclair Earle, BA’63, DCL’22. Dr. Earle was the first recipient of…
University of King’s College is pleased to announce a gift of $1 million from the Alpha Aquilae Foundation, the family foundation of its Chancellor Debra Deane Little and her husband Bob Little, to initiate the redevelopment plan for the southeast corner of King’s campus. A residence that could double King’s current bed count is at…
