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King's student Dáminí Awóyígà’s short doc to screen at Halifax Black Film Festival

FYP-J student and Dr. Carrie Best Scholar Awóyígà created Hyphenated, a documentary about identity and belonging, in collaboration with the Netflix Being Black in Canada program Each year, the Being Black in Canada (BBIC) program created by the Fabienne Colas Foundation (FCF) in partnership with Netflix, selects a group of young filmmakers to participate in Canada’s largest mentorship and training initiative for Black filmmakers—and in 2025, I was…

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IndigiNews ReFocus—an Indigenous photojournalism fellowship

King's will be hosting the inaugural ReFocus Photojournalism Fellowship: Mi'kma'ki in May. The fellowship is designed for five to seven emerging Indigenous photojournalists and led and taught by Indigenous experts and instructors, including King's Assistant Professor of journalism Trina Roache. Photojournalism offers a way to tell compelling and powerful stories. If a Mi’kmaw or Indigenous…

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Two King’s students headed to Montreal as McCall MacBain Scholarship finalists

Bachelor of Arts students Jonah Cameron and Lauren Sooksom will soon journey to Montreal as national finalists for the McCall MacBain Scholarships at McGill. Established with a landmark $200-million gift in 2019, the McCall MacBain Scholarships are Canada’s largest leadership-based scholarships for master’s and professional studies. More than 700 Canadians applied, and 151 advanced to a first round of interviews…

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Acknowledging strength in unity for African Heritage Month—a call to action

Dear King’s community, The Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia (BCC) refers to this year’s provincial theme for African Heritage Month as “a call to action,” and it’s one that feels especially urgent this year. The theme is “Strength in Unity: Moving Forward with Purpose, Prosperity, Power, and Progress.” Beyond formally acknowledging the many contributions…

Tags: African Nova Scotians Equity Diversity Accessibility and Inclusion Campus & Community Current Students President's Message

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King's hosts first-ever Black student reception at the President's Lodge

On November 21, King’s marked an important milestone by hosting the first-ever Black Student Mixer in the President’s Lodge. This event was organized to create a space for Black students to connect, and to network with Black alumni and our extended community of support from Dalhousie University. It brought together 50 guests from King’s, Dalhousie and beyond, including 35…

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Meet Harrison McCain scholar Hailey Rodenhiser 

Books helped Hailey through a long childhood illness. Now, she’s celebrating her resilience and the opportunity to study and become a writer. Applying for the Harrison McCain scholarship required Hailey Rodenhiser to seek out two references. One was from her high school. The other was from the Make-a-Wish Foundation. At seven, Rodenhiser was diagnosed with…

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Master of Fine Arts student's debut novel named to the Canada Reads 2026 longlist

Iryn Tushabe’s Everything is Fine Here is in consideration to be named ‘the one book that all Canadians should read,’ according to CBC’s annual list Iryn Tushabe is in her first year of the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction program, but her literary career is well underway. Some of her accolades include being longlisted…

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25 memorable King’s moments from 2025

There’s so much to be proud of in the King’s community—here is just a sampling of the many wonderful achievements and celebrations that happened on campus in 2025. January 1. The Early Modern Studies Program celebrated its 25th anniversary at the annual Conference of the Early Modern. 2. This year's Public Lecture Series, entitled Representations of Disability in…

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Launch of Lawyers for Reporters is a vital step forward in strengthening press freedom in Canada 

The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ), the University of King’s College and the Canadian Media Lawyers Association (CMLA) are joining forces to launch Lawyers for Reporters Canada, an initiative that will provide a range of pro bono newsroom legal services to support and bolster an effective democratic news media ecosystem. “In a time when more and more individuals and organizations are weaponizing legal…

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