Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
We'll now talk about my hometown.
Welcome to both of our witnesses. It's fabulous to have the two perspectives and see how they link together.
Dr. Aiken, it's great to have you representing Dalhousie. For the record, it is the only U15 university in the Atlantic provinces.
Today's study is important. We're talking about the distribution of federal government funding among Canada's post-secondary institutions.
Nova Scotia has slightly more than one million people, and it has 10 universities. Six have their main campuses in Halifax. Four are outside the Halifax municipality. We also have the fabulous Nova Scotia Community College that has 14 campuses throughout Nova Scotia.
I speak from experience. Not only have I lived there most of my life—with the exception of a number of years when I was small and living outside the country—but I was also the provincial minister of labour and advanced education at one time. There is fabulous work going on there.
I want to congratulate you and Dalhousie for launching your Bringing Worlds Together campaign that was just launched this month. This is Dalhousie's vision. It's a $750-million fundraising push to strengthen student experiences, expand research and its impact, and intensify your service to both local and global communities. It is the largest university campaign in Atlantic Canada's history, but you're also the largest university in Atlantic Canada.
In your opening remarks, you highlighted two of the great things that you're doing with universities throughout the country. Can we go back to just talking about Atlantic Canada and the smaller universities we have in Atlantic Canada? As I said, there are 10 in Nova Scotia, which has slightly more than one million people. Can you tell the committee what Dalhousie's relationship is with those other universities and with the community college, just so that we also have that perspective?