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Professor Paul Stefan Maxim (the Vice-president of Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada) and three fellows (Peter Donahue--Director of International Services;Ginny Dybenko--Dean of the School of Business and Economics;Lesley Cooper--Dean of Social Work)came to Nankai University for a friendly visit accompanied by Dr. Chen Bateer of the Canadian Studies Centers of Nankai University during March, the 21st - the 23rd, 2007. Mr. Paul gave an excellence report named “Canada and Canadian Aboriginal People: A Troubled Relationship” for the teachers and students of the department of sociology, the historical college, and higher education institute in the Zhou Enlai Government School in Nankai University on the 22nd. The report is divided into three parts: First, a brief discussion about the social and political relations between the government and aboriginals; Second, the general situations of the Canadian aboriginals’ social and economic condition; Third, the main views and research programs. After the report, the dean of the Zhou Enlai Government School in Nankai University entertain President Paul and the fellows. Professor Han Jinglun (the former president of Association for Canadian studies in China) and Dr. Fu Chengshuang (the Deputy Secretary of Association for Canadian studies in China) met and entertained Mr. Paul and the fellows, and confabulate with Mr. Paul on items about developing academic exchange and collaborating on studies on the 23rd. The Canadian guests have also communicated with the officer of the International Exchange Centre, and have reached the preliminary intention on the matters that exchanging the teachers and the students in the two schools on the afternoon of the 23rd