Our Students

Curious about Halifax Humanities? Check out what our students have said about the program below! Perspective 2020 Graduate Tyra talks about her experience in Halifax Humanities’s first fully online class here. 2017 HH101 graduate and former Board Member Tim Blades writes about his experience in Halifax Humanities 101 in “Halifax Humanities: So much more than an education” for The Nova …

Marathon Reading Fundraisers

Our biggest fundraising each year consists of a marathon reading of a classic work of literature. Teams of readers take on the responsibility of performing a section of the text and collecting donations in support of their participation. By the end of the event (sometimes 24 hours later!), we have heard the whole text read from start to finish. Over …

Weldon Literary Moot

Each year, law students and faculty from the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University, along with local lawyers, judges, and actors, create a mock trial of a literary figure as a fundraiser in support of The Halifax Humanities Society. 2025: The Trial of Peter Pan – A Fundraiser for Halifax Humanities On Wednesday, March 12 at 7pm, Dalhousie law …