Elizabeth Grant Associate Director Elizabeth.grant@ukings.ca

Initiative marks an important step forward in the university’s work to address the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action on education, journalism and media

The University of King’s College is dedicating $600,000 over five years to establish a program for Mi’kmaw students who want to study journalism at King’s, based on the cohort model of improving access to higher education for students from underrepresented communities.

The initiative aims to encourage Mi’kmaw students to study journalism in the university’s School of Journalism, Writing & Publishing and to better support all Indigenous students studying at King’s. The initiative has been developed in consultation with Ann Sylliboy of Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey, the educational authority for twelve of Nova Scotia’s thirteen Mi’kmaw First Nations. It also reflects input from King’s Board of Governors member and Director of Indigenous Community Engagement at Dalhousie University, Catherine Martin, as well as from Director of Mi’kmaq and Indigenous Post-Secondary Recruitment and Retention at the Department of Advanced Education, Sheila Isaac.

Beginning in 2023, King’s will through a combination of scholarships, financial awards and tuition waivers to fully cover the cost of tuition for up to three Mi’kmaw students each academic year who are studying in the university’s undergraduate Bachelor of Journalism (Honours) program. Participants in the program mus ...