On October 8 to October 12, 2019, WHZJU delegation paid a visit to the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the University of Alberta (UA) with a view to deepening education collaboration between WHZJU and the two top universities in Canada. The delegation member including Prof. Wu Rui-jin, Deputy Secretary of Party Committee, Prof. Zhang Dan, Vice President, and Dr. Xu Xiang-rong, Director of Education Office.

During the visit, the delegation met with the leadership and expert teams of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of UBC as well as the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry of UA, and had in-depth discussions on education collaboration and research, teaching faculty training and talent cultivation of Obstetrics and Gynecology. The delegation reached wide consensus with leaders and experts of UBC and UA on mutual visits of teachers, student exchanges, teaching source sharing etc, thus mapping a clear direction for education collaboration in the next phase

The delegation met with research team led by Prof. Peter Leung at UBC

The delegation met with the leadership team of Faculty of Medicine &Dentistry at UA led by Prof. Dennis Kunimoto, Dean of Faculty of Medicine &Dentistry

In-depth discussions on education collaboration

The delegation visited Lois Hole Hospital for Women and Women and Children’s Health Research Institute of UA