主讲人：Chantal Pelletier [[[[加]

讲座题目：Canadian Universities: warm welcome from cold cities

时间：2012年6月6日15:30-17:30

地点：理工楼614

Lecturer: Chantal Pelletier

Lecture Title: Canadian Universities: warm welcome from cold cities

Time: 15:30-17:30, June 6, 2012

Place: Room 614, Ligong Building

CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES: WARM WELCOME FROM COLD CITIES

Thinking about studying abroad? Come and find out how Canadian Universities are different and how a real winter can be a lot of fun. In Canadian Universities you have, among other things: exploratory sessions for the undecided, a mix of tutorial and lecture approach to teaching, free students’ services including psychological counselling and academic advising as well as financial assistance and an employment center. We will explore all those and much more. Useful web links will be provided to help you with your choices and procedures.

As for winters, they are great; they allow for many fun sports and activities like ice skating, snowboarding and snowshoeing, skiing, dogsledding and sleigh rides. Some sports require practice and some others just require participation, like cross-country skiing: from scenic skiing in Québec to night skiing in British Columbia, cross-country skiing in Canada can be as gentle or energising as you like.

And when you come back in the warm and comfortably heated houses, gathering around convivial fire places for a glass of mulled wine, or green tea if you prefer, makes all those efforts worth every second of it. After a day of winter great outdoor activities, some of which can be done right in the middle of the cities, you come back re-energised, high-spirited and in good shape to resume your studies.

But such great times don’t last for ever, because we also have warm summers…

Presentation of Lecturer

Chantal Pelletier, faculty member of the English Department in Suzhou University, was born in Montréal, Eastern Canada. She has a Master’s degree in Education and a Bachelor of Arts from the Université de Montréal, a Bachelor’s degree in Linguistics and a certificate of general administration from the Université du Québec in Montréal ((((UQAM).

While her main professional activity was teaching both Canada’s official languages, French and English, at John Abbott College for 25 years, she served as coordinator for International Projects, chairperson of PDHT ((((Publication design and Hypermedia Technology) department for several years, as well as on different committees. She has been the first woman President of John Abbott College Faculty Association, the Teachers Union affiliated with the National Workers Association.

In the course of her career she also works with the Ministry of Education in Mexico through CIDA ((((Canadian International Development Association) to implement computer-based office system programs, and was part of a mission in Swaziland ((((near South Africa), to teach instructors and teachers of neighbouring countries about different teaching styles.

Concomitantly, she has taught “Speed Reading” courses to adult students and developed her own “note taking” method, in French and in English, which she has taught to University students, young entrepreneurs and support staff within different companies.

On a personal note, she has travelled through 25 different countries, been a ski patrol and a yoga teacher. She speaks French and English fluently, reads Spanish and is currently trying to learn Chinese.