On today’s show, we take you to the official launch of Sackville’s newest university campus, inside the Sackville Memorial Hospital.
Beal University Canada nursing students have been studying in the former Queen’s Unit of the hospital since late October 2024, but on Monday dignitaries and community members gathered to officially launch the school’s new nearly 10,000 square foot home.
Health minister John Dornan says he first heard the idea to bring nursing students to Sackville from Rural Health Action Group co-chair and former Sackville mayor Pat Estabrooks. “At the time, I thought, boy, that’s a stretch,” recalled Dornan. “And then I had a chance to speak to Beal University in the US.”
There’s now nearly 100 nursing students enrolled in Beal University Canada, which offers a combination of online learning and in person clinical studies at the hospital campus.
