James Hamet Dunn - Legacy

Legacy

As a result of the very substantial taxes on the estate left by Sir James Dunn and Nova Scotia's Izaak Walton Killam who had died the year before in 1955, the government of Canada was able to create and provide an endowment for the Canada Council for the Arts. However, Dunn left a very significant estate to his last wife who fulfilled his wishes and made numerous contributions to charitable, cultural, and educational works.

A number of foundations, buildings and academic Chairs bear his name including:

• The Sir James Dunn Jubilee Scholarship at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia;
• The Sir James Dunn Wildlife Research Fund of the University of New Brunswick;
• The Sir James Dunn Residence at the University of New Brunswick, Saint John campus
• The Sir James Dunn Hall at Saint Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick;
• The Sir James Dunn Law Library, the Sir James Dunn Building for Physics and the Sir James Dunn Theatre at the Arts Center at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia;
• The Sir James Dunn Chair in Geology and the Sir James Dunn Building at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick for the computer science, mathematics and physics departments;
• The Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Center at the University of Prince Edward Island;

In addition, Sir James Dunn has been honoured with numerous buildings and institutions bearing his name such as:

• The Sir James Dunn Academy, a high school in St. Andrews, New Brunswick
• The Sir James Dunn Collegiate and Vocational School in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
• The James Hamet Dunn Hospital in West Bathurst (now incorporated into Bathurst), New Brunswick
• The Sir James Dunn, a bulk carrier ship (Hull #109) launched in 1951, for Canada Steamship Lines
• The Sir James Dunn Public School" in Wawa, Ontario
• The Sir James Dunn Highland Guard of Honor the only highland cadet guard in the Canadian Cadet Movement, attached to 333 RCACS Fredericton NB