Secretary Teng Yanguo Leads a Delegation to Visit the University of Saskatchewan, Canada

From December 3 to 7, 2018, at the invitation of the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, the College of Water Sciences' Secretary Teng Yanguo, Associate Dean Pan Chengzhong, Professor Hu Litang, Professor Liu Haijun and Foreign Affairs Secretary Dong Haoyue visited the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, as a delegation of 5 to participate in the first meeting of Sino-Canadian Joint Research Center on Climate and Water Sciences and to discuss issues on joint research and education.

Under the arrangement of the University, the delegation visited laboratories and large-scale testing equipment. They had academic conversations and discussions with professors from the University's Global Institute for Water Security and relevant institutions, fruitfully reaching consensus on the Sino-Canadian program of Master of Water Security and joint research. At the noon of December 7, Professor Peter Stoicheff, President of University of Saskatchewan, warmly received the delegation and expressed his expectations that University of Saskatchewan and Beijing Normal University will exert respective advantages and cooperate in water science research to build an internationally renowned research center for climate and water sciences and contribute their wisdom and strengths to safeguarding global water security.

(Professor Peter Stoicheff, President of University of Saskatchewan, meets with Secretary Teng Yanguo)

On the afternoon of December 4 and 7, the delegation successively visited the International Student and Study Abroad Centre (ISSAC) of University of Saskatchewan, Canadian Light Source, Smart Water Systems Laboratory, Mine Overlay Site Testing (MOST) Facility and Toxicology Centre of University of Saskatchewan. While accompanying the delegation, representatives of University of Saskatchewan introduced the university's research equipment and strengths in related disciplines and the current situation of international student programs, laying a good foundation for future student exchange and scientific cooperation between the two universities.

 

 

Upper left: the delegation visits Canadian Light Source; upper right: the delegation visits Smart Water Systems Laboratory

Lower left: the delegation visits MOST Facility; lower right: the delegation visits Toxicology Centre of University of Saskatchewan

From December 5 to 6, the delegation participated in the seminar of Sino-Canadian Joint Research Center on Climate and Water Sciences and the round table conference on climate and water sciences. The seminar was presided over by Lawrence Martz, Vice-Dean of Faculty Relations and Professor of the University of Saskatchewan. Famed professors from the Global Institute for Water Security of the University of Saskatchewan including Dr. Jay Famiglietti, Dr. Jeffrey Mcdonnell, Dr. Irena Creed and Dr. Martyn Clark, and members of the delegation respectively delivered academic reports and introduced their research interests. The round table was chaired by Dr. John Pomery, Associate Director of the Global Institute for Water Security, and was attended by interdisciplinary experts from the Department of Geography and Planning, School of Environment and Sustainability, and Department of Civil and Geological Engineering. Thanks to the seminar, the two sides gained a better understanding of each other and found common ground in research interests and a broad prospect of interdisciplinary cooperation, laying a solid foundation for them to cooperate in scientific research in the future.

 

 

  

Upper left: Secretary Teng Yanguo makes a speech; upper right: Jay Famiglietti, Executive Director of the Global Institute for Water Security of University of Saskatchewan, speaks at the meeting

Middle left: teacher Hu Litang makes a speech; middle right: teacher Liu Haijun speaks at the meeting

Lower left: Mr. Pan Chengzhong introduces the research fields of the College of Water Sciences at the round table conference; lower right: the round table conference on climate and water sciences