King’s College, Windsor

The University of King's College is a liberal arts university in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, offering mainly undergraduate programs. The University is one of the oldest in Canada, and is located on the northwest corner of the Dalhousie University campus. Although it has a formal relationship with Dalhousie for some programs, it is not considered a constituent college and operates independently under its own charter. King's is best known for its journalism program and its Great Books style "Foundation Year Programme" for first-year undergraduates, for which it attracts students from across Canada and the United States.HistoryEarly years at WindsorThe University of King's College traces its history to the establishment of King's College in 1788 in Windsor, Nova Scotia. In 1789, an Act passed for "the permanent establishment and effectual support of a college at Windsor," and £400 per annum granted towards its maintenance.King's College opened in 1790 under this act. As such, King's College became the first College to be granted University powers in British North AmericaKing's College was founded by a group of United Empire Loyalists fleeing the American Revolution, led by Bishop Charles Inglis, the first Anglican bishop of Nova Scotia; King's Collegiate School pre-dated the establishment of King's College by a year. Loyalists were forced to abandon their King's College in New York, which was seized by the rebels and renamed Columbia University; whether the newer is meant to be the successor of the older is a matter of debate. King's College was founded with a strong religious affiliation and was generally modeled on older English universities which were residential, tutorial and Anglican.