Saint Mary’s already boasted more than a century of achievement in higher education when it offered its facilities as an emergency hospital in the aftermath of the Halifax Explosion in 1917. One of Canada's oldest universities, Saint Mary’s traces its earliest beginnings to 1802 when the Reverend Edmund Burke, later Bishop Burke, initiated instruction for young men at the Glebe House, located on the corner of Halifax’s Spring Garden Road and Barrington Street.
The next 75 years saw a number of changes in location as the boys’ school grew first into a college and then into a university, but Saint Mary’s never wavered in its commitment to education and community service. Landmark dates in the first century include 1841, with degree-granting status conferred by the Nova Scotia House of Assembly; 1868, when the Christian Brothers of Saint John the Baptiste de la Salle took over teaching duties and moved Saint Mary’s to the Belle Aire Terrace off Agricola; and 1876, when the Archdiocese took over from the Christian Brothers and moved the school to Barrington Street.
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SMU has its own large, quiet, secluded campus at the end of Robie Street (right down the street from Dal and the major centre). Smaller class sizes, more international student friendly (30% last I checked), large apartment building style residence and a well known business school.The gym on campus doesn't have a pool, and the computer science department is really small (though they offer a business admin and com sci major together).
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