The third-generation King’s student grew up hearing stories of FYP—now, she's learning how to live and tell her own. Vivi Brodin and her siblings grew up listening to their mother, Christina McKay, BA(Hons)’93, tell stories about her time at King’s and in the Foundation Year Program (FYP). Brodin’s favourite: “She told us about when they…
As a hip-hop artist, spoken word poet, high school teacher, speaker, podcaster, writer and DJ, Jon Corbin is familiar with the power of storytelling and its many forms. He is graduating this spring with a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction, during which he was awarded both the Sylvia D. Hamilton Award and the…
From Corner Brook, N.L., Adriana Maggs is an award-winning writer and director for television and film. She was the showrunner for the CBC drama series Coroner, a producer for Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent and is the writer and showrunner for the upcoming Netflix romantic drama The Granville Girls. She is graduating from King’s…
The Alumni Association is honoured to present this year's Alumni Awards to four outstanding individuals to celebrate their significant accomplishments and contributions to the King's community and beyond. The awards will be presented at Alumni Day on June 6. Robert Cribb Judge J. Elliott Hudson Distinguished Alumni Award In recognition of the outstanding contributions…
From Toronto, Ont., Jacqueline Newsome has produced stories for The Canadian Press, the Investigative Journalism Bureau and more. This summer, she will complete a two-month placement at CBC’s Toronto headquarters, followed by a two-month regional placement in Montreal as a recipient of the prestigious CBC News summer scholarship for emerging journalists. Here, she reflects on…
From Toronto, Ont., Olivia Nitti is graduating with a Bachelor of Journalism. During her degree, she and classmate Tedi Buffet took on a story about the government, community and environmental complications of building a whale sanctuary on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore. The story is a finalist for the Student Journalist Award at the 2026 Atlantic…
From Lunenburg, N.S., Ethan Hunt is in the first cohort of the Mi’kmaw Journalism Initiative and is graduating this spring with a Bachelor of Journalism with Honours. During his time at King’s, Ethan has played rugby for the Blue Devils, broadcasted sports games and co-hosted the CKDU radio show “Injury Reserve,” which won the National Campus and Community Radio Association…
“There’s just so much support and such a sense of community that continues after the program ends...” When psychiatrist and professor Joanna Cheek, MFA’24, applied to the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction program, a question had been circulating in her mind for years: What if peoples’ mental health conditions weren’t a sign of weakness, but a normal reaction to…
Lu Fan packed up her life in China, moved across the ocean and restarted her career in Halifax, after more than a decade working as a documentary filmmaker. Her husband got a job in Halifax and one year later, Fan and her two young children, aged seven and 10, followed. Fan worked as an English-speaking journalist at the China Global Television…
