Established in 1789, King’s College is Canada’s oldest chartered university and is associated with Dalhousie University. A small and extraordinarily lively academic community located in Halifax (Kjipuktuk), Nova Scotia, King’s is known nationally and internationally for its highly acclaimed interdisciplinary programs in the humanities, including its renowned Foundation Year Program, its professional programs in journalism…
As a young teen, Matéo Pérusse-Shortte helped break the ice for other BIPOC hockey players. Now he’s a passionate football player with dreams of becoming a sports broadcaster. After Matéo Pérusse-Shortte lost his father last year, the Foundation Year Program student felt strongly about he wanted to do: “I decided to follow in his…
A new fellowship prioritizes Black and Indigenous emerging journalists and local, long-form reporting. The fellow will receive $10,000 to write two in-depth articles that will be published in both Island Press Limited, an award-winning publisher on PEI, and The Philanthropist. This opportunity is open to current and former journalism students from the University of King’s…
Yesterday, University of King’s College unveiled the architectural concept designs for one of the most ambitious campus renewal projects in the university’s rich 236-year history. The Southeast Corner Project (SEC) will be home for the King’s School of Journalism, Writing & Publishing, and include a new Athletic Centre with wellness and student services, along with ultra-modern residence space…
King's very own men's soccer head coach Jamie McGinnis has won the 2025 CCAA Men’s Soccer Coach of the Year! Our Blue Devils men’s soccer team has had an exceptional year, ending their season undefeated, with 40 goals for and a nearly unheard-of zero goals against. Under McGinnis’s leadership, they have returned to nationals this…
Master of Journalism student Lu Fan has been selected as the recipient of the annual Sachedina ∙ CTV News ∙ Fellowship, an award and mentorship program designed to support an emerging journalist to produce a substantial original piece exploring a subject of significance to Canadians. Fan's project will focus on the mining of critical minerals.…
Nobody could've scripted a more exciting match to close the 2025-26 ACAA Soccer Championships than what went down in the men's conference finals on Sunday. A game that took over two hours, with two halves and two extra-time periods, to decide a winner, the first-seed University of King's College Blue Devils ultimately emerged victorious over…
From October 17 to 19, the Blue Devils men’s basketball team, coached by Luc Stevenson, and King’s Athletics hosted the first annual Hooper Classic to honour Neil Hooper, who recently retired from his role as Athletic Director after 33 years. The tournament brought together teams from Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Maine, as well as current students, Blue…
In the first week of the program, FYP students learned an origin story that teaches interdependence, gratitude and the importance of our relationships with one another. “Where do I begin?” Chief Stephen J. Augustine asked an auditorium full of Foundation Year Program students as he opened his lecture on the Mi’kmaw Creation Story. “At the…
