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Experiential Learning

What you learn at King’s prepares you for life after you graduate.

Grounded in the conviction that experiential learning, work-integrated learning, and entrepreneurship are compatible with the humanities, the King’s Experiential Learning Program (KELP) gives students the opportunity to reflect on their own values, skills and aptitudes developed through their education in the humanities or journalism. This process helps students understand how their skills can benefit a range of fields and gain insight into the career path that is right for them.

This is about giving our students the opportunity to experience for themselves the value of their education.

How we think about Experiential learning

Programming

At King’s we have a special regard for the way education shapes personal development. Figuring out where your degree will take you isn’t always obvious, so our goal is to help students to understand their strengths and values and support you in finding places to contribute to the world, and ways to further develop your competencies. Listed below you’ll find a curated slate of programming such as workshops, networking events, a non-credit course, hackathons, etc., both for King’s students only as well as specially selected opportunities from Dalhousie.

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Public Humanities Undergraduate Fellowships

Applications will open in January 2026

Apply your humanities skills to the broader world through paid summer work placements, valued at $7,500.

Find out more and apply.

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Liberal Arts Passport to Innovation

Figuring out how to turn your liberal arts education into a career might be scary, but you don’t have to do it alone.

Six short online modules + six group coaching sessions

Applications open.

A free non-credit course at King’s to help you understand the possibilities, dig deeper into your values and interests and frame your abilities for potential employers. Learn more.

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Books By Heart

Could books save lives?

A public humanities project that explores the potential of book culture to affect patients and staff in a hospital setting. Find out more about this unique program.

Work-Integrated Learning

Applied In-Course Learning

Career Services

Field Experiences

Have Questions? Want to get involved? Get in touch:

Joanna Sheridan

Manager of Experiential Learning and Public Humanities; Assistant to the Vice-President, Vice-President's Office

joanna.sheridan@ukings.ca |