Canada China Academic Forum

The Canada-China Academic Forum: Quality and Relevance in Graduate Studies, organized jointly by the China Scholarship Council and the University of Alberta, was held at the University of Alberta from August 25 to 27, 2010.

The Forum brought representatives of 29 research intensive universities in Canada and China together, along with government ministers and representatives, consular officials, and national funding agencies in both countries.

Over the course of three days, participants took part in panel presentations, interactive breakout sessions, a university presidents’ forum, and question and answer periods that addressed three topics related to the overall theme of the Forum:

• The Graduate Student of the Future
• Quality and Standards of Graduate Education
• International Dimensions of Graduate Education

Forum Details

• Conference Brochure (PDF) 
• Conference Conlusions & Recommendations (PDF)

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Forum Presentations

• EVANS, Barbarra
• GAO, Hong
• LAI, Maode
• MAHEU, Louis
• PEERS, Douglas
• RAO, Zihe
• SHI, Zhongying
• SKAPPAK, Chris
• WANG, Yunfei
• WATTERS, Carolyn

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Participating Organizations 

People’s Republic of China:

• China Scholarship Council (co-host)
• Ministry of Education
• Consulates General of the People’s Republic of China in Vancouver and in Calgary
• Presidents/Vice-Presidents/Graduate School Deans from the following universities: Beijing Normal University, China Agricultural University, China University of Petroleum, China University of Mining and Technology, Fudan University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Jilin University, Nanjing University, Nankai University, Peking University, Renmin University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Tsinghua University, University of Science and Technology of China, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Zhejiang University

Canada:

• Alberta Advanced Education and Technology (AET)
• Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC)
• Canadian Association for Graduate Studies (CAGS)
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
• City of Edmonton
• Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT)
• Edmonton Economic Development Corportation
• Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)
• National Research Council
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
• Universities: University of Alberta (co-host), Dalhousie University, McGill University, McMaster University, Queen’s University, University of British Columbia, University of Calgary, Laval University, Université de Montreal, University of Ottawa, University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, University of Western Ontario, University of Victoria