Lokman Wong The legacy Lokman Wong is leaving behind at King’s is undoubtedly the communities she fostered and helped create. After coming to Halifax all the way from Campbell River, B.C., Wong started the Dalhousie/King’s Crafting Society, which brought colour and connection to campus, especially during the dark and dreary months. She also helped students…
Megan Emanuele Year after year, students come to King’s for the Foundation Year Program (FYP), eager to study the classics and read “the great books” as the point of entry to their university education. Though not always: Megan Emanuele, has a different take. “I was looking for something interesting.” She adds, “King’s had all the…
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, assistant professor of journalism, Tim Currie reflects on a book he read many years ago and whose lessons bridge great research and great storytelling. What book have…
Kaylynn Walmsley, a Grade 12 student from Millarville, Alberta, was browsing her email when a message from King’s caught her attention. She opened it, read it and was surprised to learn that she won the 2024 King’s Essay Writing Contest. “My initial reaction was just shock,” said Walmsley. “I was at home with my brother…
Community, community, community. When three Master of Fine Arts graduands—Amy Cameron, Michaela Cavanagh and Joanna Cheek—were asked what distinguishes King’s Creative Nonfiction program, the answer was the same. “I’m now a part of an amazing writing community,” says Amy Cameron, who is unabashedly proud of herself for finishing the program. After sending in her last…
Gaby Milner A Halifax visit, a campus tour and the close-knit community nature of King’s sparked her interest, but it was the Foundation Year Program (FYP) lecture Gaby Milner attended that clinched it. “I went to a lecture on Christopher Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus that King’s gave in Toronto. No other school actually came to me…
Victoria Slamovits’ path reflects the synthesis of an education in the liberal arts and music. The two have gone hand-in-hand—she can’t have one without the other. “I graduated high school in 2019, and I wanted to go straight into music at Dal,” she explains. “But I wasn't quite at the level of being considered to…
Raeesa Alibhai When Raeesa Alibhai arrived at King’s for her second year in the fall of 2021, she dug in. Her first year had been online due to the pandemic and she was intent on making up for the in-person first year she’d missed. “I jumped into the community as fast as I could,” she…
Simone Blais is visiting the Crowsnest Museum & Archives. A community made up of several small towns huddled in the Rocky Mountains, Crowsnest Pass Municipality is a long way from her home of Kelowna, British Columbia. Blais is here on a mission. The museum’s archivist is more than happy to help, offering Blais full access…