The China Institute at the University of Alberta (CIUA) was
established in the fall of 2005 with an endowment fund of C$37 million from the Government of Alberta. CIUA’s mission is to forge linkages between China-related initiatives and scholarship at the University of Alberta, to enhance and support new teaching and research activities between Canada and China, and to develop an enduring friendship and promote cultural, scientific, and business exchanges. [download our Brochure in PDF]
MOUs Signed with the Partner University to Promote Exchanges
A delegation from the China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU), including the President, Ambassador ZHAO Jinjun visited the University of Alberta on October 13th, 2009. The University of Alberta has had an agreement in place with CFAU since 2003, which includes a Summer Study Abroad Program. On this visit, a Memorandum of Understanding was officially signed between the two parties to facilitate future cooperation. An agreement was also signed between the School of International Education at the CFAU and the China Institute.
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Application deadline extended to December 7, 2009. To apply or learn more, please visit the scholarship websitde.
There are a number of different grant categories, including:
• Visiting Scholars
• Academic Travel Grants
• Student Travel Grants
• Special Faculty Initiatives
• Research Projects
China Institute Sends Researchers to Pre-eiminent Chinese Academy
A three-year agreement signed in Beijing in November, 2008 with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences by Provost Carl Amrhein will see four UofA researchers head to China's leading research academy over the next year to work on issues rangin from China's tea culture to rural guerrilla groups. See full story www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/article.cfm
China Institute and the Department of East Asian Studies Present A Public Lecture:
"Riding the Grass Mud Horse: Parody and Spoofing (/E'gao/) on the Chinese Internet"
by Christopher Rea, Assistant Professor
Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia
Date: Friday, November 6, 3:30 PM
Location: Humanities L-3
Religious Studies Program DISTINGUISHED VISITOR: DONALD LOPEZ
Donald Lopes, Arthur E. Link distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies, Chair, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Michigan will present a series of five talks on Tibetan culture.
Date: November 25 - 30
Location: various
For event details, visit here.
Reel World Global Issues Film and Speak Series Presents: "Tongzhi in Love"
Date: Tuesday, December 1, 5:00 PM
Location: Telus Centre Auditorium 150
Plot: “Frog” Cui and his gay friends are torn between the lures of city life and the stern demands of Chinese tradition. When his mother arrives to find him a girlfriend, Frog, 28 years old, understands that he cannot delay much longer. But when he and Frog travel the thousand miles into the Chinese countryside to the family village, events do not unfold as planned.
