Good progress has been made as construction continues on a building that will house St. FX University’s new Institute for Innovation and Health.
At Sod Turning for Dahdaleh Hall:
Photo: (l-r) Dr. Joe Apaloo, Dean of Science; Hon. Sean Fraser ’06 Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities of Canada, MP for Central Nova; Mrs. Mona Dahdaleh; Dr. Victor Dahdaleh ‘15, Philanthropist; Dr. Andy Hakin, StFX President and Vice Chancellor; Dennis Flood ’80, Chair of StFX Board of Governors; Hon Michelle Thompson ’06, Minister of Health and Wellness, MLA for Antigonish; Katie Wilson, StFX Student Union VP of Finance and Operations; Dr. Amanda Cockshutt, Academic Vice-President and Provost. (St. FX University photo)
It will be located across from Mulroney Hall. Victor Philip Daldaleh Hall will include such programs as Human Kinetics, Nutrition, Psychology and graduate programs.
University president Dr. Andy Hakin says the majority of concrete is in place now and builders are ready to erect the steel.
The facility will cost more than $60 million. The Dahdaleh family contributed $15 million to the project, the province has pledged $37.4 million to support the research institute and the federal government gave $8 million to the Xaverian Commons Project.