研究会通讯第62期
=>1. 魏国的赴加拿大访问报告（A Report on the Trip to Canada by Mr. Wei Guo）
今年三月在北京举行的“拥抱北京 走向温哥华”中加奥运畅想全国英语演讲比赛决赛上，我获得了冠军，由加拿大旅游局资助，于九月六日至十三日到不列颠哥伦比亚省的温哥华、维多利亚、惠斯勒进行了一周的访问。这次赴加拿大的目的是为了更好地了解加拿大多元的文化，教育，及温哥华准备2010年冬季奥林匹克运动会的情况。这次访问主要涉及三个方面：体育、文化、教育。
以下是这次赴加拿大的简要日程：
9月6日： 离开北京到达温哥华，拜访当地华人家庭。
Mr. Wei Guo at awarding ceremony
9月7日： 温哥华市区：Robson大街、Gas镇、唐人街、中山公园、科学世界、温哥华观景塔。
9月8日：与温哥华冬季奥组委见面并参观部分奥运场馆，访问西门菲沙大学。
9月9日：访问不列颠哥伦比亚大学，参加西门菲沙大学学生活动。
9月10日： 到惠斯勒， 沿着斯坦利公园骑自行车。
9月11日： 到维多利亚， 访问维多利亚大学，参观不列颠哥伦比亚议会大楼。
9月12日： 观鲸， 参观Butcher花园， 返回温哥华。
9月13日： 离开温哥华回到北京。
在体育方面，我参观了温哥华2010年冬季奥林匹克运动会及残疾人奥林克运动会组委会和部分比赛场馆。温哥华冬奥会奥运村坐落在温哥华市区东南，毗邻不列颠哥伦比亚体育场。该体育场将是2010年冬奥会开闭幕式的主会场。奥运村现在还在建设中，奥运期间将是运动员们的住所，赛后则将成为集商品房和非商品房为一体，配备停车场、办公设施和购物场所的综合居民住宅区。为当地居民提供方便。位于不列颠哥伦比亚大学的体育中心将是男子和女子冰球的比赛场地。奥运结束后，该体育中心将成为一个多功能的娱乐体育中心。里士满椭圆体育场位于菲沙（Frazer）河畔，它是温哥华冬奥会最大的比赛场地之一，涉及滑冰的十多项比赛将会在这里举行。从奥运村乘车25分钟便能到达。它设计十分精巧，在保护环境和节约能源的概念指导下，采用了先进的建筑技术，特别值得一提的是，在建时采用了环境友好型和可回收材料。体育场功能齐全，奥运后可用于举办多种体育赛事和居民活动。
参观体育场馆花了大约一个小时，此后和温哥华奥组委的相关负责人见了面：奥组委人事的官员史蒂芬-菲茨杰拉德先生（Mr. Stephen Fitzgerald, Director of Workforce Operations）、助理玛丽莎卡梅隆女士（Ms Marissa Cameron, Advisor of Administration and Events）和茱莉亚女士（Ms Julia）。他们简单向我介绍了冬奥会志愿者招募的一些事情，此次冬奥会大约需要25000名志愿者。招募工作已经与今年二月开始，包括集体面试、单独面试和培训三个步骤。在招募当中，语言能力也是考察的主要对象之一。中午便离开了奥组委，在那大约待了半个小时。
有一些奥运项目也将在惠斯勒举行。从温哥华坐车大约要两个半小时才能到达。我坐缆车到了惠斯勒山山顶，可以俯瞰整个小镇，也能看到举办滑雪比赛的场地。山顶景色很美，蓝蓝的天映着白色的云朵，温暖的阳光照在脸上，四周绿树成荫，还有一个用石头砌成的冬奥会标志Ilanaaq.
温哥华的人们酷爱运动。在不列颠哥伦比亚体育馆旁边漫步，可以看见正在运动的人们，有玩飞盘的，有的自行车的，有慢跑的，还有划独木舟的。申办奥运会促进了当地体育设施的建设，这将让当地居民受益。奥运会同样也是一个人们分享运动的激情和喜悦的好机会。
在文化方面，特别是旅游业方面，我参观了一些当地的历史文化景点。首先在温哥华市区，Gas镇是一个有趣的地方，街道两旁是古式建筑，有很多小餐馆和卖旅游纪念品的店铺。镇上有一个蒸汽钟，据说是世界上第一台。当初建造钟时就是为了给当地人带来一些乐趣，因此，钟每四分钟左右就会鸣一次汽笛。笛声仿佛让人们想起了工业革命的那个年代。
离Gas镇不远便是唐人街，它是北美比较大的唐人街之一，街上有很多中国式的建筑，有很多值得一看的东西：千禧门、中华门、中国文化中心、加拿大华人纪念碑和中山公园。
离开唐人街，顺着不远处的海湾走，就到了科学世界。它是向人们普及科学知识的地方。人们可以在这里学到交通、电力、水资源、垃圾处理方面的知识，了解人们的日常生活是怎样影响整个世界的。科学世界可以说是现代人崇尚科学的代表。夜幕降临，我返回到市区，在温哥华塔上看夜景，十分美丽。
由于从温哥华到维多利亚要花半天时间，所以在维多利亚待了两天。维多利亚位于温哥华岛南部，隔海与美国华盛顿州奥林匹克国家公园向往。它是不列颠哥伦比亚省的省都。不列颠哥伦比亚议会大楼就坐落了海边，是一栋英式建筑。大楼前的广场上矗立着一座维多利亚女王的雕塑。大楼左边是不列颠哥伦比亚皇家博物馆和维多利亚会议中心。会议中心与其他很多建筑一样，同样是一座英式建筑，有绿色的屋顶。我去的时候，当时正还在进行维修。维多利亚观鲸十分著名，我遇到专程从美国来此观鲸的游客。观鲸用了大概三个小时。
下午我参观了Butchart花园。它位于维多利亚市区和链接温哥华渡轮的渡口之间。花园曾经是一个私人的庭院，但如今已经成为温哥华岛最著名的花园之一，每年大约有一百多万游客来此观光。花园内有很多美丽的花卉，大都是专门栽种与庭院，供人们观赏的那种。
温哥华和维多利亚的历史人文景观给我留下了深刻的印象， Downtown Vancouver
它们让我了解了加拿大独特的人文历史知识，这为我提供了一个很好的了解加拿大的机会，作为英语专业的学生，这些知识对我十分有益。在教育方面。我访问了不列颠哥伦比亚大学、维多利亚大学和西门菲沙大学，这让我进一步了解了了加拿大高等教育的一些信息。
西门菲沙大学的主销区位于了Burnaby山上，我和Dr. Nancy Johnston, Acting Associate VP Students and International, Senior Director, Learning and Retention, Student Services, Ms Carolyn Hanna, Acting Director, SFU International, International Student Advisor 以及中国项目经理金焰见了面（ Ms Yan Jin, Manager, China Program Development.）两名志愿者同学带我在校园里参观了一下。此后参加了一个学生活动，活动是为了促进志愿者和留学生之间的交流，我受邀请以客人的身份参加。活动包括很多小游戏，需要同学们合作完成，对于来自不同国家的国留学生来说，这样的活动增强了互相的了解。
不列颠哥伦比亚大学的校园很大，有很多值得一看的地方：大学书店、图书馆、玫瑰园、亚洲研究中心和中心图书馆。我和中国研究中心的Alison Bailey博士一同吃午饭，谈论了一些有关北京奥运会的话题。他说中国在此次北京奥运会上取得了很骄人的成绩。在这之后，我和不列颠哥伦比亚大学中国学者和留学生协会主席王亚晶女士见了面。他今年刚从不列颠哥伦比亚大学毕业，她告诉我，北京办奥运会，海外的中国留学生十分激动，特别是在开幕式的时候，很多人都流下了激动的泪水，为祖国的感到骄傲。
维多利亚大学在维多利亚市中心的东面，有18000名学生，外事处的王先生接待了我，同时和Mr. Bert Annear, Senior Officer, Graduate Admissions and Records, Office of the Registrar and Enrollment Services, Ms. Nicola LaMorte, Advisor, International and Exchange Student Services见了面。午饭后，一位学生志愿者带我参观了校园，包括学校图书馆、体育馆、学生公寓、教室和自习室。给我印象最深的是校园里有很多兔子，三五成群，在草地上休息，这说明当地的环保做得很好吧。
对三所大学的访问使我零距离接触了加拿大的高等教育体系，包括本科生教育和研究生教育。在校学生平时话很多时间在自主学习区看书，学习，讨论。甚至在公交车上随处可以看到读书的人。校园里有丰富的学生活动，在不列颠哥伦比亚大学和西门菲沙大学，我看到很多学生社团和俱乐部在找新，因为当时正值新学期开学，大家都想壮大自己的队伍。志愿者活动十分普遍，我遇到的学生差不多都有过做志愿者的经验。
温哥华是一座美丽的城市，城里住的人都很友好。很多次我在街上迷了路，手里拿着地图四处张望，这时便有人主动走过来询问是否需要帮助。这次访问加拿大虽然很短，但是却让我丰富了自己的阅历，加深了对加拿大文化和教育的了解，体会到了体育为中加两国带来的发展。能得到此次赴加拿大的机会，我深感荣幸。与此同时，也要感谢为了此次赴加拿大而帮助过我的人，正式他们是这次加拿大之旅变为了现实。我将把在加拿大的见闻与学校的同学一同分享。
English Bay in the sunset, Downtown Vancouver （四川外语学院加拿大研究中心 魏国供稿）
As the winner of the National English Speaking Contest: Development through sports: Canada and China, I was sponsored by CTC (Canadian Tourism Commission) for a one-week visit to Canada, including traveling to Vancouver, Victoria and Whistler from September 6th to 13th, 2008. I made this visit in order to better understand Canada, its culture, and Canadian values of inclusiveness, to obtain knowledge on how Canada prepares for 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The visit fell into three categories: sports, culture and education. The following is a brief timetable for this visit:
September 6th: Departure for Vancouver from Beijing, visiting a local Chinese family, arriving in Vancouver and check in hotel.
September 7th: Culture sites experience: walking on Robson Street, visiting Gas town, China Town and Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, visiting Science World, enjoying night scene from Vancouver Lookout tower.
September 8th: Tour for Vancouver Winter Olympic Games Venues,meeting with VANOC (Vancouver Organizing Committee for 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games), visiting Simon Frazer University.
September 9th: Visiting University of British Colombia, taking part in students activity in Simon Frazer University.
September 10th: Visiting Whistler, riding bicycle along English Bay and Stanley Park.
September 11th: Traveling to Victoria, visiting University of Victoria, visiting BC Legislative Building in Victoria, staying one night in Victoria.
September 12th: Whale watching, visiting Butchart Garden, traveling back to Vancouver.
September 13th: Departure for Beijing from Vancouver.
In the field of sports, visiting sports venues of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games and VANOC office was enjoyable and impressive. The Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic village is located on Vancouver Downtown area near BC Stadium, which will be the place for 2010 Games Opening and Closing ceremony. The village will be accommodation for athletes and team officials for the Winter Games. It is now under construction and will be developed into a model sustainable community with market and non-market housing, parkland and office and shopping complexes after the Games, benefiting people living in the area. The UBC Winter Sports Centre lies in UBC campus, which will be the place for men’s ice hockey event and women’s ice hockey event. It is similar that after the game the venue will become a recreational and high-performance multi-sport legacy facility. Richmond Oval is a most exciting place, which is located on the banks of the Frazer River, 25 minutes south of the Olympic Village in downtown Vancouver. More than ten sports events of speed skating will take place here. It is one of the biggest venues for the Olympic Games. Advanced technologies are used to construct this sport venue. Especially, environmental friendly materials as well as recycled materials are chosen to build the facility, promoting a concept of emery saving and environment protection. The venue is designed with great flexibility, allowing a variety of sport and community functions after Ilanaaq on the top of Whistler Mountain
the Game.
After a one-hour tour of these sports venues, a meeting with VANOC was arranged. I met with Mr. Stephen Fitzgerald, Director of Workforce Operations, Ms Marissa Cameron, Advisor of Administration and Events and Ms Julia, staff of the organizing committee. The meeting was mainly about the Volunteer Recruitment Campaigns for the Games. 25,000 volunteers are needed for the Games. The recruitment began in February this year and follows three steps: group interview, individual interview and training. Language competence was a considerable skill for people applying for Vancouver Games volunteer. The meeting concluded at noon.
The trip to Whistler also contributed to the exploration of sports in Canada. It took about two and a half hours to travel from Vancouver to Whistler. I walked through whistler village and took Gondola to the top of Whistler Mountain, which was a good place to see some venues for skiing and skating. Blue lakes, white snow, beautiful sunshine and green forests with a stone-made Ilanaaq on the top of the mountain, it was a great joy to visit such a fascinating place.
People in Vancouver love sports very much. During a walk near BC Stadium, I saw many people jogging, riding bicycles, playing Frisbee or canoeing along the sea coast near by. The Olympic Games would be a good opportunity to promote the development of sports facilities, which will benefit local people, and a golden chance for people to share with others about their joy and aspiration to sports.
In the field culture, tourism in particular, I have visited some historical and cultural cites in Vancouver as well as in Victoria. Culture experience began in Vancouver downtown area. Gas town is a good place to enjoy a traditional street scene of the city, with many shops for souvenirs and restaurant. The gas town steam clock locates at the middle of the area. It is considered to be one the first steam powered clock. Created for the enjoyment of everyone, the live steam winds the weights and blows the whistles every 4.5 minutes, recalling the memories and experiences in the industrial age.
China town is located near Gas town and it is believed to be one of the biggest ones in North America. It fully embodies the traditional architecture and spirit of China. There were many historical sites: Vancouver Chinatown Millennium Gate, China Gate, Chinese Culture Centre Museum & Archives, the Monument of Canadian Chinese and Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Garden.
Walking through China Town and along the sea coast I
BC legislative Building, Victoria was at the Science World of Vancouver. It is a place for promoting knowledge of science for adults and kids. People could find solutions for a better future through the exploration of topical issues such as transportation, electricity, water consumption and waster disposal, and learn how our everyday choices affect the world around us. Science World is place of modern culture in Vancouver. After night fell, Vancouver Lookout Tower is a good place to go. Spending one hour in the tower enabled me to enjoy one of the most beautiful cities in the world from a magnificent 360 viewpoint high about ground level.
I spent two days visiting Victoria, because it took half a day travel from Vancouver one way. Victoria is a beautiful city locates in the south part of Vancouver Island, bordering with Washington State of United States. It is capital of Province of British Columbia. BC Legislative Building is near the sea. It is a building fully embodies traditional English Style of architecture. A statue of Queen Victoria stands in the centre of the squire in front of the building. On the left side of it was the Royal BC Museum and Victoria Conference Centre, which is also an old British Style Building with green roof like many other similar buildings in different placed of this country. It was under repairing the time when I visited. Whale watching is very famous in Victoria, for I met some American tourist traveled there just for this pleasant and exciting trip. It took around three hours to finish a whale watching trip. And I did see whales reaching out from the sea to breath.
In the afternoon, I traveled to visit Butchart Gardens which was between Victorian Downtown and Ferry Terminal Swartz Bay, connecting Victoria and Vancouver. Butchart Gardens was once private estate for family: Robert and Junnie Butchart. Today, it is one of most famous gardens in Vancouver Island. Twenty-two hectares of breathtaking gardens on the fifty-three hectare estate are visited by more than a million people each year. There are many kinds of beautiful flowers in the gardens. Many plants either commonly used in gardens or those attracting the most attention could be found.
Historic sites in Vancouver and Victoria impressed me very much. It was a memorable experience visiting so many wonderful places with a culture which was so different from the one I am in. This refreshing trip rewarded me with Canadian culture and values of inclusiveness, which will be beneficial to me as an English major student to better understand Canada.
In the field of education, there were three prestigious universities on my visiting schedule: UBC (University of British Columbia), UVic (University of Victoria) and SFU (Simon Frazer University). The arrangement was made for a better and personal understanding of higher education in Canada.
I visited Simon Frazer University main campus on the top of the Burnaby Mountain and met with Dr. Nancy Johnston, Acting Associate VP Students and International, Senior Director, Learning and Retention, Student Services, Ms Carolyn Hanna, Acting Director, SFU International, International Student Advisor and Ms Yan Jin, Manager, China Program Development. It enabled me to have a basic understanding to this beautiful school. Two Student Volunteer Mentors Kanika Prof. Alison Bailey and me, UBC, Vancouver
and Aness showed me around the campus. I took part in a student activity organized to bring together volunteer mentors and international students in an evening filled with fun, food and games. It was an interesting experience for students from different countries talked and cooperated with each other in games. The understanding between people with different culture background had been increased.
The trip to UBC was another scene. UBC had a very big campus. There were a lot of places to visit: UBC book store, UBC Library, Rose Garden, Asia Studies Centre and Asian Library. I met with Dr. Alison Bailey, Director of the Chinese Research Centre at lunch. We had a talk about the Beijing Olympics. She believed that China really had very impressive performance in the Games. Later on, another talking was arranged between me and Ms Wang Yajing, president of CSSA (Chinese Students and Scholars Association). She graduated from UBC this July. She told me that all the students there from China felt very exciting and proud about the Beijing Olympics. A lot of them were too excited to hold back tears on the account of the proud for the motherland.
University of Victoria is located at the east side of Victoria downtown area. It has around 18,000 students. Mr. David Wang, Office of International Affairs, Mr. Bert Annear, Senior Officer, Graduate Admissions and Records, Office of the Registrar and Enrollment Services, Ms. Nicola LaMorte, Advisor, International and Exchange Student Services met with me on campus. We had a talk about some graduate programs and service provided by international exchange student services. After lunch, a student volunteer accompanied me for a campus tour. The very thing impressive to me was the huge number of bunny rabbits staying on campus, a good sign and nice evidence of environmental protection in the area. The tour covered the school library, gym, dormitory, lecture hall and self-study area.
Visits to these three universities gave me a brief but genuine understanding of Canadian higher education system which consists of undergraduate and graduate programs. Students there spent a lot of time in after-class reading and learning, for learning and discussion in self-studies area. Reading books on bus were frequently notices. There were also many students’ activities. In UBC and SFU, I witnessed a lot of students clubs promoting themselves, because the time when I was there happened to be the beginning of a new semester and all the clubs wanted to recruit new members. Volunteering was very popular. All the students I met there had had volunteering experience. Showing me around the campus by a student was one of their volunteer programs.
Vancouver is a beautiful city and people in Vancouver were very friendly. I got lost several times on streets, standing and wandering with a city map. For many times, people just came to me and asked if I need some help. The visit to Canada was short, but it enriched my experience and was helpful for me to understand development through sports between Canada and China as well as Canadian culture and higher education. I really appreciate that I was given such a great opportunity to visit Canada. At the same time I also feel grateful for all the people, people in Canadian Embassy, people in ACSC, and people far there in Canada, who helped to bring the visit into reality. The memory is beautiful and the experience will sure be shared among many students in my school, and people at large whom I know and whom I do not know.
(Reported by Wei Guo, Canadian Studies Centre, Sichuan International Studies University)
=>2 两位加拿大校长访问天津的几所大学（Two Canadian Presidents Visiting Tianjin’s Universities）
应南开大学加拿大研究中心成员陈•巴特尔的邀请，两位加拿大校长与10月18－22日访问天津几所大学。他们是来自Wilfrid Laurier大学的保罗•马克希姆副校长，和Conestoga 学院的约翰•唐纳德副校长。两位校长访问了南开大学、天津师范大学和天津工程师范大学，讨论了与之进行学术交流，学生交换和科学合作研究等事宜。保罗•马克希姆教授在天津师范大学性别与社会发展研究中心做了题为《加拿大土著妇女和劳动力参与》的报告，约翰•唐纳德教授在天津师范工程师范大学职业教育系做了题为《加拿大的高等教育》的报告。两场报告不但激发了教师和学生的兴趣，也使之对加拿大的土著居民和高等教育有了更多的了解。
（南开大学加拿大研究中心陈•巴特尔供稿）
Two Canadian vice presidents, Dr. Paul Maxim from University of Wilfrid Laurier, and Dr John Donald from Conestoga College visited Tianjin from Oct. 18 to 22 at the invitation of Dr. Bateer Chen, the main members of Canadian Studies Center in Nankai University. Staying in Tianjin, both presidents visited Nankai University, Tianjin Normal University and Tianjin Engineering Normal University. They discussed with the counterparts some issues on the academic exchanges, the exchanges of students and the cooperation of scientific research with three universities. They also made two academic lectures: one was Canadian Aboriginal Women and Labour Force Participation by Paul Maxim in Gender & Society Development Research Center of Tianjin Normal University; another one was Post Secondary Education in Canada by Dr. John Donald in Profession Education Dept. of Tianjin Engineering Normal University. The lectures not only interested the Chinese teachers and students, but also made them understand more about the aboriginal people and higher education system in Canada.
(Reported by Bateer Chen, Canadian Studies Centre, Nankai University)
今年三月在北京举行的“拥抱北京 走向温哥华”中加奥运畅想全国英语演讲比赛决赛上，我获得了冠军，由加拿大旅游局资助，于九月六日至十三日到不列颠哥伦比亚省的温哥华、维多利亚、惠斯勒进行了一周的访问。这次赴加拿大的目的是为了更好地了解加拿大多元的文化，教育，及温哥华准备2010年冬季奥林匹克运动会的情况。这次访问主要涉及三个方面：体育、文化、教育。
以下是这次赴加拿大的简要日程：
9月6日： 离开北京到达温哥华，拜访当地华人家庭。
Mr. Wei Guo at awarding ceremony
9月7日： 温哥华市区：Robson大街、Gas镇、唐人街、中山公园、科学世界、温哥华观景塔。
9月8日：与温哥华冬季奥组委见面并参观部分奥运场馆，访问西门菲沙大学。
9月9日：访问不列颠哥伦比亚大学，参加西门菲沙大学学生活动。
9月10日： 到惠斯勒， 沿着斯坦利公园骑自行车。
9月11日： 到维多利亚， 访问维多利亚大学，参观不列颠哥伦比亚议会大楼。
9月12日： 观鲸， 参观Butcher花园， 返回温哥华。
9月13日： 离开温哥华回到北京。
在体育方面，我参观了温哥华2010年冬季奥林匹克运动会及残疾人奥林克运动会组委会和部分比赛场馆。温哥华冬奥会奥运村坐落在温哥华市区东南，毗邻不列颠哥伦比亚体育场。该体育场将是2010年冬奥会开闭幕式的主会场。奥运村现在还在建设中，奥运期间将是运动员们的住所，赛后则将成为集商品房和非商品房为一体，配备停车场、办公设施和购物场所的综合居民住宅区。为当地居民提供方便。位于不列颠哥伦比亚大学的体育中心将是男子和女子冰球的比赛场地。奥运结束后，该体育中心将成为一个多功能的娱乐体育中心。里士满椭圆体育场位于菲沙（Frazer）河畔，它是温哥华冬奥会最大的比赛场地之一，涉及滑冰的十多项比赛将会在这里举行。从奥运村乘车25分钟便能到达。它设计十分精巧，在保护环境和节约能源的概念指导下，采用了先进的建筑技术，特别值得一提的是，在建时采用了环境友好型和可回收材料。体育场功能齐全，奥运后可用于举办多种体育赛事和居民活动。
参观体育场馆花了大约一个小时，此后和温哥华奥组委的相关负责人见了面：奥组委人事的官员史蒂芬-菲茨杰拉德先生（Mr. Stephen Fitzgerald, Director of Workforce Operations）、助理玛丽莎卡梅隆女士（Ms Marissa Cameron, Advisor of Administration and Events）和茱莉亚女士（Ms Julia）。他们简单向我介绍了冬奥会志愿者招募的一些事情，此次冬奥会大约需要25000名志愿者。招募工作已经与今年二月开始，包括集体面试、单独面试和培训三个步骤。在招募当中，语言能力也是考察的主要对象之一。中午便离开了奥组委，在那大约待了半个小时。
有一些奥运项目也将在惠斯勒举行。从温哥华坐车大约要两个半小时才能到达。我坐缆车到了惠斯勒山山顶，可以俯瞰整个小镇，也能看到举办滑雪比赛的场地。山顶景色很美，蓝蓝的天映着白色的云朵，温暖的阳光照在脸上，四周绿树成荫，还有一个用石头砌成的冬奥会标志Ilanaaq.
温哥华的人们酷爱运动。在不列颠哥伦比亚体育馆旁边漫步，可以看见正在运动的人们，有玩飞盘的，有的自行车的，有慢跑的，还有划独木舟的。申办奥运会促进了当地体育设施的建设，这将让当地居民受益。奥运会同样也是一个人们分享运动的激情和喜悦的好机会。
在文化方面，特别是旅游业方面，我参观了一些当地的历史文化景点。首先在温哥华市区，Gas镇是一个有趣的地方，街道两旁是古式建筑，有很多小餐馆和卖旅游纪念品的店铺。镇上有一个蒸汽钟，据说是世界上第一台。当初建造钟时就是为了给当地人带来一些乐趣，因此，钟每四分钟左右就会鸣一次汽笛。笛声仿佛让人们想起了工业革命的那个年代。
离Gas镇不远便是唐人街，它是北美比较大的唐人街之一，街上有很多中国式的建筑，有很多值得一看的东西：千禧门、中华门、中国文化中心、加拿大华人纪念碑和中山公园。
离开唐人街，顺着不远处的海湾走，就到了科学世界。它是向人们普及科学知识的地方。人们可以在这里学到交通、电力、水资源、垃圾处理方面的知识，了解人们的日常生活是怎样影响整个世界的。科学世界可以说是现代人崇尚科学的代表。夜幕降临，我返回到市区，在温哥华塔上看夜景，十分美丽。
由于从温哥华到维多利亚要花半天时间，所以在维多利亚待了两天。维多利亚位于温哥华岛南部，隔海与美国华盛顿州奥林匹克国家公园向往。它是不列颠哥伦比亚省的省都。不列颠哥伦比亚议会大楼就坐落了海边，是一栋英式建筑。大楼前的广场上矗立着一座维多利亚女王的雕塑。大楼左边是不列颠哥伦比亚皇家博物馆和维多利亚会议中心。会议中心与其他很多建筑一样，同样是一座英式建筑，有绿色的屋顶。我去的时候，当时正还在进行维修。维多利亚观鲸十分著名，我遇到专程从美国来此观鲸的游客。观鲸用了大概三个小时。
下午我参观了Butchart花园。它位于维多利亚市区和链接温哥华渡轮的渡口之间。花园曾经是一个私人的庭院，但如今已经成为温哥华岛最著名的花园之一，每年大约有一百多万游客来此观光。花园内有很多美丽的花卉，大都是专门栽种与庭院，供人们观赏的那种。
温哥华和维多利亚的历史人文景观给我留下了深刻的印象， Downtown Vancouver
它们让我了解了加拿大独特的人文历史知识，这为我提供了一个很好的了解加拿大的机会，作为英语专业的学生，这些知识对我十分有益。在教育方面。我访问了不列颠哥伦比亚大学、维多利亚大学和西门菲沙大学，这让我进一步了解了了加拿大高等教育的一些信息。
西门菲沙大学的主销区位于了Burnaby山上，我和Dr. Nancy Johnston, Acting Associate VP Students and International, Senior Director, Learning and Retention, Student Services, Ms Carolyn Hanna, Acting Director, SFU International, International Student Advisor 以及中国项目经理金焰见了面（ Ms Yan Jin, Manager, China Program Development.）两名志愿者同学带我在校园里参观了一下。此后参加了一个学生活动，活动是为了促进志愿者和留学生之间的交流，我受邀请以客人的身份参加。活动包括很多小游戏，需要同学们合作完成，对于来自不同国家的国留学生来说，这样的活动增强了互相的了解。
不列颠哥伦比亚大学的校园很大，有很多值得一看的地方：大学书店、图书馆、玫瑰园、亚洲研究中心和中心图书馆。我和中国研究中心的Alison Bailey博士一同吃午饭，谈论了一些有关北京奥运会的话题。他说中国在此次北京奥运会上取得了很骄人的成绩。在这之后，我和不列颠哥伦比亚大学中国学者和留学生协会主席王亚晶女士见了面。他今年刚从不列颠哥伦比亚大学毕业，她告诉我，北京办奥运会，海外的中国留学生十分激动，特别是在开幕式的时候，很多人都流下了激动的泪水，为祖国的感到骄傲。
维多利亚大学在维多利亚市中心的东面，有18000名学生，外事处的王先生接待了我，同时和Mr. Bert Annear, Senior Officer, Graduate Admissions and Records, Office of the Registrar and Enrollment Services, Ms. Nicola LaMorte, Advisor, International and Exchange Student Services见了面。午饭后，一位学生志愿者带我参观了校园，包括学校图书馆、体育馆、学生公寓、教室和自习室。给我印象最深的是校园里有很多兔子，三五成群，在草地上休息，这说明当地的环保做得很好吧。
对三所大学的访问使我零距离接触了加拿大的高等教育体系，包括本科生教育和研究生教育。在校学生平时话很多时间在自主学习区看书，学习，讨论。甚至在公交车上随处可以看到读书的人。校园里有丰富的学生活动，在不列颠哥伦比亚大学和西门菲沙大学，我看到很多学生社团和俱乐部在找新，因为当时正值新学期开学，大家都想壮大自己的队伍。志愿者活动十分普遍，我遇到的学生差不多都有过做志愿者的经验。
温哥华是一座美丽的城市，城里住的人都很友好。很多次我在街上迷了路，手里拿着地图四处张望，这时便有人主动走过来询问是否需要帮助。这次访问加拿大虽然很短，但是却让我丰富了自己的阅历，加深了对加拿大文化和教育的了解，体会到了体育为中加两国带来的发展。能得到此次赴加拿大的机会，我深感荣幸。与此同时，也要感谢为了此次赴加拿大而帮助过我的人，正式他们是这次加拿大之旅变为了现实。我将把在加拿大的见闻与学校的同学一同分享。
English Bay in the sunset, Downtown Vancouver （四川外语学院加拿大研究中心 魏国供稿）
As the winner of the National English Speaking Contest: Development through sports: Canada and China, I was sponsored by CTC (Canadian Tourism Commission) for a one-week visit to Canada, including traveling to Vancouver, Victoria and Whistler from September 6th to 13th, 2008. I made this visit in order to better understand Canada, its culture, and Canadian values of inclusiveness, to obtain knowledge on how Canada prepares for 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The visit fell into three categories: sports, culture and education. The following is a brief timetable for this visit:
September 6th: Departure for Vancouver from Beijing, visiting a local Chinese family, arriving in Vancouver and check in hotel.
September 7th: Culture sites experience: walking on Robson Street, visiting Gas town, China Town and Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, visiting Science World, enjoying night scene from Vancouver Lookout tower.
September 8th: Tour for Vancouver Winter Olympic Games Venues,meeting with VANOC (Vancouver Organizing Committee for 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games), visiting Simon Frazer University.
September 9th: Visiting University of British Colombia, taking part in students activity in Simon Frazer University.
September 10th: Visiting Whistler, riding bicycle along English Bay and Stanley Park.
September 11th: Traveling to Victoria, visiting University of Victoria, visiting BC Legislative Building in Victoria, staying one night in Victoria.
September 12th: Whale watching, visiting Butchart Garden, traveling back to Vancouver.
September 13th: Departure for Beijing from Vancouver.
In the field of sports, visiting sports venues of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games and VANOC office was enjoyable and impressive. The Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic village is located on Vancouver Downtown area near BC Stadium, which will be the place for 2010 Games Opening and Closing ceremony. The village will be accommodation for athletes and team officials for the Winter Games. It is now under construction and will be developed into a model sustainable community with market and non-market housing, parkland and office and shopping complexes after the Games, benefiting people living in the area. The UBC Winter Sports Centre lies in UBC campus, which will be the place for men’s ice hockey event and women’s ice hockey event. It is similar that after the game the venue will become a recreational and high-performance multi-sport legacy facility. Richmond Oval is a most exciting place, which is located on the banks of the Frazer River, 25 minutes south of the Olympic Village in downtown Vancouver. More than ten sports events of speed skating will take place here. It is one of the biggest venues for the Olympic Games. Advanced technologies are used to construct this sport venue. Especially, environmental friendly materials as well as recycled materials are chosen to build the facility, promoting a concept of emery saving and environment protection. The venue is designed with great flexibility, allowing a variety of sport and community functions after Ilanaaq on the top of Whistler Mountain
the Game.
After a one-hour tour of these sports venues, a meeting with VANOC was arranged. I met with Mr. Stephen Fitzgerald, Director of Workforce Operations, Ms Marissa Cameron, Advisor of Administration and Events and Ms Julia, staff of the organizing committee. The meeting was mainly about the Volunteer Recruitment Campaigns for the Games. 25,000 volunteers are needed for the Games. The recruitment began in February this year and follows three steps: group interview, individual interview and training. Language competence was a considerable skill for people applying for Vancouver Games volunteer. The meeting concluded at noon.
The trip to Whistler also contributed to the exploration of sports in Canada. It took about two and a half hours to travel from Vancouver to Whistler. I walked through whistler village and took Gondola to the top of Whistler Mountain, which was a good place to see some venues for skiing and skating. Blue lakes, white snow, beautiful sunshine and green forests with a stone-made Ilanaaq on the top of the mountain, it was a great joy to visit such a fascinating place.
People in Vancouver love sports very much. During a walk near BC Stadium, I saw many people jogging, riding bicycles, playing Frisbee or canoeing along the sea coast near by. The Olympic Games would be a good opportunity to promote the development of sports facilities, which will benefit local people, and a golden chance for people to share with others about their joy and aspiration to sports.
In the field culture, tourism in particular, I have visited some historical and cultural cites in Vancouver as well as in Victoria. Culture experience began in Vancouver downtown area. Gas town is a good place to enjoy a traditional street scene of the city, with many shops for souvenirs and restaurant. The gas town steam clock locates at the middle of the area. It is considered to be one the first steam powered clock. Created for the enjoyment of everyone, the live steam winds the weights and blows the whistles every 4.5 minutes, recalling the memories and experiences in the industrial age.
China town is located near Gas town and it is believed to be one of the biggest ones in North America. It fully embodies the traditional architecture and spirit of China. There were many historical sites: Vancouver Chinatown Millennium Gate, China Gate, Chinese Culture Centre Museum & Archives, the Monument of Canadian Chinese and Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Garden.
Walking through China Town and along the sea coast I
BC legislative Building, Victoria was at the Science World of Vancouver. It is a place for promoting knowledge of science for adults and kids. People could find solutions for a better future through the exploration of topical issues such as transportation, electricity, water consumption and waster disposal, and learn how our everyday choices affect the world around us. Science World is place of modern culture in Vancouver. After night fell, Vancouver Lookout Tower is a good place to go. Spending one hour in the tower enabled me to enjoy one of the most beautiful cities in the world from a magnificent 360 viewpoint high about ground level.
I spent two days visiting Victoria, because it took half a day travel from Vancouver one way. Victoria is a beautiful city locates in the south part of Vancouver Island, bordering with Washington State of United States. It is capital of Province of British Columbia. BC Legislative Building is near the sea. It is a building fully embodies traditional English Style of architecture. A statue of Queen Victoria stands in the centre of the squire in front of the building. On the left side of it was the Royal BC Museum and Victoria Conference Centre, which is also an old British Style Building with green roof like many other similar buildings in different placed of this country. It was under repairing the time when I visited. Whale watching is very famous in Victoria, for I met some American tourist traveled there just for this pleasant and exciting trip. It took around three hours to finish a whale watching trip. And I did see whales reaching out from the sea to breath.
In the afternoon, I traveled to visit Butchart Gardens which was between Victorian Downtown and Ferry Terminal Swartz Bay, connecting Victoria and Vancouver. Butchart Gardens was once private estate for family: Robert and Junnie Butchart. Today, it is one of most famous gardens in Vancouver Island. Twenty-two hectares of breathtaking gardens on the fifty-three hectare estate are visited by more than a million people each year. There are many kinds of beautiful flowers in the gardens. Many plants either commonly used in gardens or those attracting the most attention could be found.
Historic sites in Vancouver and Victoria impressed me very much. It was a memorable experience visiting so many wonderful places with a culture which was so different from the one I am in. This refreshing trip rewarded me with Canadian culture and values of inclusiveness, which will be beneficial to me as an English major student to better understand Canada.
In the field of education, there were three prestigious universities on my visiting schedule: UBC (University of British Columbia), UVic (University of Victoria) and SFU (Simon Frazer University). The arrangement was made for a better and personal understanding of higher education in Canada.
I visited Simon Frazer University main campus on the top of the Burnaby Mountain and met with Dr. Nancy Johnston, Acting Associate VP Students and International, Senior Director, Learning and Retention, Student Services, Ms Carolyn Hanna, Acting Director, SFU International, International Student Advisor and Ms Yan Jin, Manager, China Program Development. It enabled me to have a basic understanding to this beautiful school. Two Student Volunteer Mentors Kanika Prof. Alison Bailey and me, UBC, Vancouver
and Aness showed me around the campus. I took part in a student activity organized to bring together volunteer mentors and international students in an evening filled with fun, food and games. It was an interesting experience for students from different countries talked and cooperated with each other in games. The understanding between people with different culture background had been increased.
The trip to UBC was another scene. UBC had a very big campus. There were a lot of places to visit: UBC book store, UBC Library, Rose Garden, Asia Studies Centre and Asian Library. I met with Dr. Alison Bailey, Director of the Chinese Research Centre at lunch. We had a talk about the Beijing Olympics. She believed that China really had very impressive performance in the Games. Later on, another talking was arranged between me and Ms Wang Yajing, president of CSSA (Chinese Students and Scholars Association). She graduated from UBC this July. She told me that all the students there from China felt very exciting and proud about the Beijing Olympics. A lot of them were too excited to hold back tears on the account of the proud for the motherland.
University of Victoria is located at the east side of Victoria downtown area. It has around 18,000 students. Mr. David Wang, Office of International Affairs, Mr. Bert Annear, Senior Officer, Graduate Admissions and Records, Office of the Registrar and Enrollment Services, Ms. Nicola LaMorte, Advisor, International and Exchange Student Services met with me on campus. We had a talk about some graduate programs and service provided by international exchange student services. After lunch, a student volunteer accompanied me for a campus tour. The very thing impressive to me was the huge number of bunny rabbits staying on campus, a good sign and nice evidence of environmental protection in the area. The tour covered the school library, gym, dormitory, lecture hall and self-study area.
Visits to these three universities gave me a brief but genuine understanding of Canadian higher education system which consists of undergraduate and graduate programs. Students there spent a lot of time in after-class reading and learning, for learning and discussion in self-studies area. Reading books on bus were frequently notices. There were also many students’ activities. In UBC and SFU, I witnessed a lot of students clubs promoting themselves, because the time when I was there happened to be the beginning of a new semester and all the clubs wanted to recruit new members. Volunteering was very popular. All the students I met there had had volunteering experience. Showing me around the campus by a student was one of their volunteer programs.
Vancouver is a beautiful city and people in Vancouver were very friendly. I got lost several times on streets, standing and wandering with a city map. For many times, people just came to me and asked if I need some help. The visit to Canada was short, but it enriched my experience and was helpful for me to understand development through sports between Canada and China as well as Canadian culture and higher education. I really appreciate that I was given such a great opportunity to visit Canada. At the same time I also feel grateful for all the people, people in Canadian Embassy, people in ACSC, and people far there in Canada, who helped to bring the visit into reality. The memory is beautiful and the experience will sure be shared among many students in my school, and people at large whom I know and whom I do not know.
(Reported by Wei Guo, Canadian Studies Centre, Sichuan International Studies University)
=>2 两位加拿大校长访问天津的几所大学（Two Canadian Presidents Visiting Tianjin’s Universities）
应南开大学加拿大研究中心成员陈•巴特尔的邀请，两位加拿大校长与10月18－22日访问天津几所大学。他们是来自Wilfrid Laurier大学的保罗•马克希姆副校长，和Conestoga 学院的约翰•唐纳德副校长。两位校长访问了南开大学、天津师范大学和天津工程师范大学，讨论了与之进行学术交流，学生交换和科学合作研究等事宜。保罗•马克希姆教授在天津师范大学性别与社会发展研究中心做了题为《加拿大土著妇女和劳动力参与》的报告，约翰•唐纳德教授在天津师范工程师范大学职业教育系做了题为《加拿大的高等教育》的报告。两场报告不但激发了教师和学生的兴趣，也使之对加拿大的土著居民和高等教育有了更多的了解。
（南开大学加拿大研究中心陈•巴特尔供稿）
Two Canadian vice presidents, Dr. Paul Maxim from University of Wilfrid Laurier, and Dr John Donald from Conestoga College visited Tianjin from Oct. 18 to 22 at the invitation of Dr. Bateer Chen, the main members of Canadian Studies Center in Nankai University. Staying in Tianjin, both presidents visited Nankai University, Tianjin Normal University and Tianjin Engineering Normal University. They discussed with the counterparts some issues on the academic exchanges, the exchanges of students and the cooperation of scientific research with three universities. They also made two academic lectures: one was Canadian Aboriginal Women and Labour Force Participation by Paul Maxim in Gender & Society Development Research Center of Tianjin Normal University; another one was Post Secondary Education in Canada by Dr. John Donald in Profession Education Dept. of Tianjin Engineering Normal University. The lectures not only interested the Chinese teachers and students, but also made them understand more about the aboriginal people and higher education system in Canada.
(Reported by Bateer Chen, Canadian Studies Centre, Nankai University)
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