Contributors – Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Hall

On April 1, 2023, Dr. Victor '15 and Mona Dahdaleh presented a gift of $15 million to StFX, the largest single private donation in the university's history. The gift is being used to help create the Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Hall, which will house the Victor and Mona Dahdaleh Institute for Innovation in Health.

The Dahdalehs' contribution came through the Victor Dahdaleh Foundation, an international charity dedicated to improving health, education, and socioeconomic conditions. StFX has already benefited from Dr. Dahdaleh’s philanthropy with his support for the Brian Mulroney Institute for Government. His generosity has provided opportunities at StFX for underrepresented students including Indigenous Canadian and African Nova Scotian students.

The Dahdalehs' contribution followed the largest public investment received by StFX to date – a $37.4 million commitment from the Government of Nova Scotia.

On March 9, 2023, StFX President Dr. Andy Hakin joined with Nova Scotia's Premier, Minister of Health and Wellness, and Minister of Advanced Education to announce the investment at a ceremony held on campus.

The government’s investment supports the construction of Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Hall, a new interdisciplinary facility that will bring together health-related disciplines including Psychology, Health, Human Kinetics, and Nutrition. The building will create a collaborative environment for 75 researchers and their students to advance work focused on improving health and wellness in rural Nova Scotia. It will be home to the Victor and Mona Dahdaleh Institute for Innovation in Health and the National Collaborating Centre for the Determinants of Health at StFX, one of six centres of excellence funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada.

The federal government has invested nearly $30 million in funding to the Xaverian Commons project, of which nearly $8 million is allocated to Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Hall.