Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston has announced a $37.4 million investment for a new research institute at St. FX University.
The announced Institute for Innovation in Health will look at ways to improve health promotion
From left, Andy Hakin, President and Vice-Chancellor, St. Francis Xavier University; Brian Wong, Minister of Advanced Education; Premier Tim Houston; Michelle Thompson, Minister of Health and Wellness; and Dennis Flood, board Chair, St. Francis Xavier University (Communications Nova Scotia photo)
and mental health and wellness in rural communities, including chronic disease prevention and management, rehabilitation and aging in place.
A release from the province stated the institute will offer education and training for current healthcare professionals, test and evaluate new ways of promoting health and wellness, and expand programs and virtual approaches to health education and promotion in rural communities.
Through the institute, STFX will be able to do things like open a treatment and research centre focused on wellness and rural care that will expand access to primary and mental healthcare for students and the broader community, establish innovative infrastructure and training environments, and enhance the work of the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health, which is based there and is one of six
Premier Tim Houston stands with StFX nursing students; the Province has guaranteed a job for all nursing graduates in Nova Scotia. (Communicatons Nova Scotia photo)
national centres of excellence in Canada.
Houston thanked federal partners, and Nova Scotia Health Minister and Antigonish MLA Michelle Thompson, and STFX president Dr. Andy Hakin.
Hakin called it a great day for the whole community.
The institute will be guided by the six core solutions in Action for Health, the government’s plan to improve and transform healthcare in Nova Scotia.