Andie Mollins just finished Boot Camp. It’s no surprise she’s a bit drained after eight weeks of the one-year Bachelor of Journalism’s non-stop, deep dive into research, writing and reporting across all media. But she’s also exhilarated, excited. “I’ve found my career,” she exclaims. “It’s just so wonderful that as a journalist I’m going to…
Unlike most players who received awards at November’s Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) National Women’s Soccer Championships, Iriana Theoharopoulos was not called to the stage when she found out she won. In fact, she wasn’t even at the stadium. Iriana Theoharopoulos was enjoying a movie night with her parents when she received a text message…
Dear King’s community, I write to share the exciting news that, as of November 6, Emily Pictou-Roberts has assumed a brand-new role in our community as the Indigenous Support and Outreach Coordinator. Emily brings a fresh perspective to our campus as well as immense lived and professional experience providing support to the Indigenous community. The Indigenous Support and Outreach…
Like most of his teammates on the Men’s Varsity Soccer team, Michael Zinck played the sport from childhood. “I’ve been playing as long as I can remember. My brother was big into it, he’s four years older than me. So at first it was just to play with my brother, and then I kept playing.”…
The day of October 19th had already been an eventful one for those attending the Universities Studying Slavery conference and was showing no signs of slowing down. Delegates filed into the Acadia Room of the Marriott Harbourfront Hotel for a series of presentations on the topic of “Institutions and Communities.” Four panelists sat at a…
Each month, we ask a member of faculty to tell us about one book that played an outsized role in making them who they are today. This month, we invite Kim Pittaway, Cohort Director of the MFA in Creative Nonfiction Program, to share her Words to Live By. What book have you chosen? Alistair MacLeod’s…
Excited chatter filled the ballroom of the Marriott Hotel on the Halifax Waterfront on October 19th. Breakfast had just been served, but the delegates of the first Universities Studying Slavery Conference to be held in Canada were eager to abandon their tables, embracing and shaking hands, more interested in connecting with one another. Around the…
On the first of November, Halifax and the neighbouring campuses of King's and Dalhousie, met their first snow. By mid afternoon several inches had accumulated across the lawns and sidewalks. Most students had either headed home for the day or taken refuge in the library, Wardroom, gymnasium, or another cozy campus nook. While most of…
“In a sense, then, every escaping freedom-seeker was engaged in a right of exorcism to rid themselves of the monsters who violated their integrity, and the ghouls who ate up their substance and surplus.” – Dr. George Elliott Clarke The Universities Studying Slavery Conference hosted by Dalhousie and the University of King’s College in partnership…
