We have wonderful partnerships with our other Nova Scotia universities and the Nova Scotia Community College. We currently have 52 projects with 70 funders. We have partnerships with all of the universities and with the Nova Scotia Community College right now. Some of those are multiple on the same file.
We do take that very seriously. We understand that we're a research-intensive university in a province with an outstanding post-secondary sector.
Ms. Diab mentioned the ecosystem here. About five years ago, New York University's business school did a study on the rise of the mid-sized city for the start-up economy. It did a global reach to look at the top 50 start-up cities globally. They said the cities had to have a research-intensive university and excellent post-secondary education for the workforce. There were only two Canadian cities that ended up on that list, and Halifax was one of them.
Our ecosystem working together has been what has made us strong. At Dalhousie, we recognize that. We love working with our partners across Nova Scotia and across Canada.