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Canada Educational Trip, Day 8 - the closure

5/7/2016

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A corner of UBC
The fountain of UBC
A UBC student introduced the school to us.
A corner of SFU
A presentation by an SFU administrator
An SFU student toured us around.
A corner of SFU
A theatre in SFU
The main academic building of SFU
This is Day 8, the closure. We visited the 2 top universities of Canada - University of British Columbia (UBC) and Simon Fraser University (SFU). 

As expected, both universities cover a lot of ground and provide a large range of subjects for students to choose. We were impressed by the support both schools gave students. No wonder they both rank 1st in different charts. I personally enjoy my visit to SFU better, not only because the tour showed us a bit more facilities, the school had more iconic constructions to attract our cameras! You know, when they both offer the greatest teaching and programmes, the beauty factor should be decisive!
City Council of Vancouver
The Mace
It is also worth mentioning that we paid a visit to the City Council of Vacouver in the morning. A secretary explained to us the features of the city and the function of the council. The most interesting item to me was, however, the mace, which was a golden staff given by the London Council as a gift to represent the power and authority of the Vancouver City Council. It was a pity though that the mayor himself did not come to meet us. When this tour was held in Ireland last year, we visited the City Council of Galway and the mayor spoke to us very warmly!
Anyway, the tour has ended and we are flying back tomorrow. If I have to immediately pick three impressive things I have experienced here, they should be (not in any particular order):

1. Vancouver is a truly international and harmonious city. Though most people here seem to be from Asia, English is perfectly a daily language. It explains why it has been a favourite place for Hongkongers to move in.

2. Schools here are so large and well-facilitated for students' professional development and well-being. Their curriculums are often designed based on practical use instead of examination use. Children are therefore trained to be a very independent, confident and presentable person. Though we cannot bring back their facilities or space to Hong Kong, we can continue to improve the YWPS experience so as to brighten every child we teach!

3. Last but not least, I truly enjoy the comments and interactions we have been having through the travelogue for this tour. This platform serves as a bridge so that what I see and think can become nutritious input for every reader. This process has been so fruitful for me. While I have been a critical traveller, I wish you readers have also been having a good time learning from and being inspired by my vision.

Thanks for reading, commenting and supporting. We will be bringing back more knowledge, wisdom, and souvenirs!

​Dr H C Lee
16 Comments
Marvin
5/7/2016 06:24:05 pm

It is a pity that the Canada trip ended here since I was enjoying writing comments and looking at the photos(especially the peacock one)The schools today are very gorgous.I hope I could go there to eat the food in Canada.

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Dr H C Lee
5/7/2016 10:14:15 pm

Thanks Marvin for your great support! I too enjoy writing this travelogue. And if you come to Canada, I'm sure you'll be amazed by the quality of food here ^^

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Gordon Hui link
5/7/2016 07:23:01 pm

The closure of a trip always let us fell sad, because we are going to go back the real world. However, we learnt a lot of knowledge, which we couldn't learn from the book. Such as culture, living experience and make new friends.

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Ricci
5/7/2016 07:27:40 pm

We had a very fruitful online tour of Vancouver as well! ;)

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Mrs Lam
5/7/2016 07:30:13 pm

The vivid description together with your reflection makes the tour even more rewarding and worthwhile ! Thanks, Dr Lee. I truly appreciate your work. Well done !

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Anson Fu
5/7/2016 09:19:09 pm

This is the first time I saw a real mace ! I looks really powerful !

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Benjamin Wong
5/8/2016 03:13:19 pm

The fountain of UBC is very huge!

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Benjamin Wong
5/8/2016 03:15:37 pm

The fountain of UBC is very huge! Also, the sky was so blue!

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Michael Chan
5/8/2016 05:44:19 pm

The university is really huge after looking all eight days' meal photos they made me really want to go there

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Tom Kwok
5/8/2016 05:52:14 pm

It is a pity that the tour ended here, all the photos were so beautiful! From the pictures I could see the the beautiful university campus and the mace looks surely very powerful and glittering.

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Ethan Chan
5/8/2016 06:06:40 pm

The university is really beautiful.I think the students will have a good environment to study in UBC.

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Mark Tse
5/8/2016 08:52:45 pm

The university is huge and beautiful!

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Heison So
5/8/2016 09:28:05 pm

Wow! This is such a wonderful and splendid university! As one of the top universities of Canada,their must have a lot of good students and teachers there! It will be nice if I can go there for a visit,too!

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jomund chang
5/8/2016 10:07:57 pm

Oh!Dr.Lee.You really visit a lot of schools at this trip.which one is the most unforgettable for you.Also,l think you need to treesure this chances that you can visit the tops university in Canada.

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Matt Leung
5/9/2016 04:56:07 pm

The tour is really amazing!

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Ryan Chang
5/9/2016 05:51:20 pm

The two university were great, I hope I can study in these two university in the future.

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