“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…
Molly MacNaughton, BJ(Hons)’24, has spent the past year of her Master of Journalism (MJ) degree meticulously sorting court documents and listening to personal experiences from former residents about the conditions inside the Wood Street Centre Secure Treatment facility, the only court-ordered involuntary youth treatment centre in Nova Scotia. “I just feel like nobody's really thinking about child…
During her time at King’s, Frances Cooke played volleyball for the Blue Devils, was a four-time Debra Deane Little and Robert Little Academic Scholar, and this year won the Gary MacLean Award for Outstanding Dedication and Commitment. From Hamilton, Ont., she is graduating with a Bachelor of Arts with combined honours in Contemporary Studies and…
A $1.1 million donation will fund the next design phase for a new building on the southeast corner of King’s campus. The design, by Canadian architects Diamond Schmitt in association with Abbott Brown, envisions a place to foster future generations of journalists and creative writers and a campus that’s more reflective of and welcoming to…
When she started at King’s, Caroline Jones wasn’t quite sure what she wanted to pursue, but when she learned that the Early Modern Studies Program covered some of her favourite topics, including pirates, she decided to take the leap. Fully diving into the experience, she’s been Co-President of the Early Modern Studies Society since her…
From Calgary, Alberta, Grace Elander knew she wanted to go to King’s since middle school, but once here her academic journey didn’t quite go as planned. Rather than pursuing classics, as she originally intended, a single essay changed her trajectory by showing how we can look to historical and philosophical accounts to understand today’s climate…
The Master of Journalism student earned the award for investigating the roots of residential school denialism and highlighting Indigenous resilience through on-the-ground reporting in Kamloops, B.C. When Emily Enns began exploring a story about the replacement of existing Canadian street names with Indigenous ones for her second-year Master of Journalism (MJ) investigative journalism project, she…
Petra Jessome came to King’s from her hometown of Sydney, N.S., on the Colin Starnes scholarship, and through her four years here she has truly made her mark on King’s. From working as a Campus Ambassador, Tour Guide and Office Assistant in the Advancement Office to her involvement in student organizations like The Watch, King's…
