Each year we celebrate the achievements of our Halifax Humanities 101 students at a graduation ceremony attended by their friends, families, and professors. For many years, the University of King’s College has generously hosted our graduation ceremony on their beautiful campus. View some of our celebrations past! Graduation 2025 Graduation 2024 Graduation 2023 Graduation 2022 Graduation 2021 Graduation 2020
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“Philosophy from Everywhere, for Everyone: Podcasting Global Philosophy” – The Humanities Today Lecture 2025
On Wednesday, April 16 at 6:30 PM at the North Memorial Library Dr. Adamson presented “Philosophy from Everywhere, for Everyone: Podcasting Global Philosophy” for our the Humanities Today Lecture Series. Since 2010, Peter Adamson has been producing the History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, a podcast that has been downloaded more than 45 million times across nearly 700 episodes, covering not just …
African Heritage Month Public Lecture
Each February, Halifax Humanities 101 opens up our classroom to the public for a lecture to celebrate African Heritage Month. This free public lecture is followed by a Q&A with the speaker and a reception. The 2026 Annual African Heritage Month Lecture On February 26, 2026, Dr. Isaac Saney will present Halifax Humanities’ African Heritage Month lecture at the North …
The Humanities Today Lecture Series
The Humanities Today Lecture Series examines the role the humanities play in our lives and the lives of communities on the periphery of or excluded from the traditional avenues of humanities education. This series is supported by funds donated in the memory of Renate Usmiani, a professor of the Department of English at Mount St. Vincent University, remembered and beloved …
Introducing the Bonita Shepherd University Access Program
In memory of its very first student, The Halifax Humanities Society is pleased to name its University Access Program in honour of Bonita Shepherd. Bonita Shepherd was a groundbreaker, not only in being the first to apply to the Halifax Humanities full-year class, but also in taking up the possibility of continuing on to university classes. The Bonita Shepherd University …
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 …