|
 2009年3月26日上午，加拿大阿尔伯塔大学(University of Alberta)中国学院前任院长、麦克塔格特讲座教授姜闻然教授在北京外国语大学英语学院加拿大研究中心进行了主题为“能源安全与中加关系”的讲座。
姜教授在讲座中谈到了中国的能源需求、中国能源的“走出去”战略及其影响、中加能源关系以及对未来该领域的展望。姜闻然教授简要介绍了中国经济的迅速发展对能源的需求与日俱增的背景；分析了面对能源短缺的严峻形势，中国实施了“走出去”的战略，论述了中国满足国内需求与非洲、南美洲国家的合作以及其影响。姜闻然教授指出，中国和加拿大在能源方面一直有比较广泛的合作，而加拿大作为能源大国，石油储
Prof. Wenran Jiang was giving the lecture at BFSU 量名列世界第二，中加能源进一步深化合作的前景广阔。
当天下午，来自加拿大达尔豪斯大学(Dalhousie University) 的社会学教授Herbert Gamberg教授 和Ruth Gamberg教授在北京外国语大学英语学院举办题为“加拿大气候变化政策及其保守主义立场”的讲座。首先Herbert Gamberg教授简单讲解了西方政治思想演变的历史，然后播放了CBC的纪录片The Fifth Estate，让大家更好地了解美国气候变化政策的制定与工业巨头千丝万缕的联系，同时介绍了加拿大气候政策的制定与美国相似的之处。随后，Ruth Gamberg教授进一步解释了加拿大政府，尤其是哈珀执政之后气候变化政策的特点，深入解读了加拿大在哥本哈根世界气候大会上做出的减排承诺，并且展望了加拿大气候变化政策的前景。 
这两场讲座独特的视角和丰富的内容吸引了热情的听众，三位教授生动、专业的讲解给大家留下了深刻的印象。
——北京外国语大学加研中心供稿
On March 26, 2010, Prof. Wenran Jiang, Mactaggart Research Chair and former director of China Institute at the University of Alberta, gave a lecture on Energy Security and Canada-China Relations in the School of English and International Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University. The lecture consisted of five parts, namely, China’s energy and resource demand, China’s “go out” Prof. Herbert Gamberg and Prof. Ruth Gamberg strategy and its impact, Canada-China with some of the audience at BFSU relations overview, Canada-China energy relations and prospects in the future. Prof Jiang said that China’s demand for energy increased significantly with the development of economy; faced with this challenge, China implemented the strategy of “going out” to satisfy domestic demands by cooperating with African and South American countries. Prof. Wenran Jiang pointed out that China and Canada have a tradition of energy cooperation. Canada, as a potential energy superpower with the second largest oil reserve in the world, would play an important role in China’s energy strategy.
 In the afternoon, Prof. Herbert Gamberg and Professor Ruth Gamberg from Sociology School, Dalhousie University gave another lecture on Canada's Climate Change Policy and Its Conservative Stance. Prof. Herbert Gamberg first reviewed western political thoughts and the evolution of conservatism, then showed a CBC documentary “The Fifth Estate” which presented the complicated connection between government climate change policy-making and industrial giants and the similarity between the US and Canada. At that Prof. Ruth
Prof. Herbert Gamberg, Professor Ruth Gamberg, Prof. Wenran Gamberg explained features of
Jiang and Prof. Gong Yan (first row right to left) Canada’s climate change policy especially after Stephen Harper took office as well as implications of Canada’s promise to reduce greenhouse gas emission at Copenhagen Conference.
The lectures are informative and inspiring, attracting undergraduate students as well as graduate students in Canadian Studies. The expertise of and lively presentations by the lecturers impressed the audience very much.
------Reported by Canadian Studies Centre, BFSU
|
