Meet this year’s Class of 2025—here’s a selection of some of the outstanding graduands from across King’s.
“…I’m working as a research consultant at the Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace and Security … I’m hoping to backpack through Chile, Bolivia and Argentina … and apply to grad school.”
Sam Flood
Combined Honours, Contemporary Studies & Political Science
Toronto, Ontario
“…Now that I know more about the world … There are so many libraries, museums and galleries I’d like to visit in person, after only ever seeing them on screens and studying them in books.”
Erin Inglis
Combined Honours, Early Modern Studies & English
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
“We’ve gone through some tough times and I’ve seen incredible strength and wisdom from my friends and colleagues… The folks I know here are what’s worth being proud of.”
Will Delise
BA(Honours) Classics & Philosophy
Concord, Massachusetts, USA
“Over the last two years, my laptop has gone with me almost everywhere…. I wrote at my desk or the kitchen table or in coffee shops, but more often than not, I wrote in my ‘car office.’”
Tamara Kramer
MFA in Fiction
Calgary, Alberta
“I think I’d relive an oral exam. To be that deeply immersed in the world of FYP so as to get to argue, challenge and investigate its texts in a graded conversation is a weird sort of thrill.”
M Puddu
BA(Honours) Canadian Studies & French
Hamilton, Ontario
“As a busy mom of three, I get my work in wherever I can find a free 20 minutes. Sometimes that’s at 6 a.m.; other times it’s close to midnight.”
Morag Wehrle
MFA in Creative Nonfiction
Victoria, British Columbia
“…It wasn’t until my dad handed me a copy of Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild that the power of writing became clear. After reading it in one sitting, I was changed.”
Connor Parent
Bachelor of Journalism (Honours)
Toronto, Ontario
“I am creating audition packages to apply to artist diploma programs for opera performance, while … looking at masters in public policy and global affairs in schools across Europe.”
Karina Matys
Bachelor of Music
Toronto, Ontario
“I hope my degree leads me to more degrees and, eventually, to a job in academia. I will be happy if I spend the rest of my life in or around a university.”
Alan Iturriaga
Combined Honours, History of Science and Technology & Philosophy
Veracruz, Mexico
“Being on the soccer team has had a lasting impact on me because I got to know some of my best friends on the team.”
Margot Bunz
Bachelor of Science, Psychology
Calgary, Alberta
“Make peace with the deadline—it drives productivity.”
Yuan Wang
Master of Journalism
Sichuan, China
“I’m a hard-core Anne of Green Gables fan … I feel fortunate that my dream of seeing the Maritimes brought me to King’s—and Halifax! Lucy Maud Montgomery did not let me down.”
Indra Egan
Bachelor of Journalism
Houston, British Columbia
