Dalhousie established one of the first nursing programs in Canada in 1920
The Faculty of Health Professions was established in 1961, stemming from an idea to create an umbrella faculty for all paramedical groups from the Medical Faculty Council in 1959
The Maritime College of Pharmacy was incorporated into Dalhousie as the College of Pharmacy in the same year
Dalhousie's Nursing program joined the Faculty in 1963 with 95 students
The faculty was renamed the Faculty of Health on July 1, 2017, to reflect its broadened role in the health sphere
Lynn McIntyre was Dean of the Faculty of Health from 1992-2005
William Webster
William Webster was Dean of the Faculty of Health from 2005-2016
Alice Aiken
Alice Aiken was Dean of the Faculty of Health from 2016-2017
Brenda Merritt
Brenda Merritt has been acting Dean of the Faculty of Health from 2017 to present
Key People
Arthur Shears
Arthur Shears was the founder and Medical Director of the Dalhousie School of Physiotherapy from 1963 to 1975, and was appointed Professor and Head of the Division of PMR from 1977 to 1989
Phyllis Noerager Stern was a professor and Director of the School of Nursing at Dalhousie from 1982-1987. She later founded the International Council on Women’s Health Issues, and was named a Living Legend of the American Academy of Nursing in 2008
Waite, P.B. (1994). The Lives of Dalhousie University: Volume Two - 1925 - 1980. The Old College Transformed. Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press. (LE 3 D32 W3 1994 v.2)
