FOR REFERENCE NOT TO RF TAKPM ?Prw TWL Zygotastic see p ,ttt li^;*"' Humber vp with Team Canada by Chad Heard China has aroused interest, and Humber College has joined been a topic of discussion with the Team Canada in its mission Team Canada leaders. to China this week. "One of the responses of Although the team's visit has China's population, with 1.2 bil- brought China's human rights lion people ... is 'why isn't Canada 8s#. record to the forefront, Humber is going to countries with perfect focused on promoting the five- human rights records, but in eco- year relationship between the col- nomic chaos?'" Hook said. lege and Ningbo University. He said the people he's talked Dr. Richard Hook, number's to have asked for patience from vice president, has joined Prime Canada as their police system Minister Jean Chretien and catches up with the exceptional Ontario Premier Mike Harris in economic growth China's going developing tighter relations through. between Canada and China. Hook doesn't agree that China should be isolated for their report- "One of the responses of ed abuses and said Canada is tak- China's population ...is ing a distinctive approach to the 'why isn't Canada going matter. "Look at how the U.S. iso- to countries with perfect lated Cuba, that had little effect," he said. human rights records, "People have a desire to learn in economic chaos?'" but from their relationships and want - Richard Hook to change their own life," Hook said. "The Premier and Prime "This [trade mission] is going Minister, in the trade mission, to help evolve the quality of have been very active trying to human rights," he said. bring together Chinese partners Although Team Canada has and senior political leaders from been dealing with larger trade Canada to bring urgency to deals deals with Chinese officials, Hook that have been in progress for has a very specific role to play. some years now," Hook said from "I'm basically part of the his hotel room in Shanghai. Shanghai portion," Hook said. He Although there are formal din- explained his role is to promote ners, Hook said, "most deals are number's connection with Ningbo done in restaurants and places University in China and tempting outside official grounds." more international interest, Their mission is to lay the specifically with Shanghai groundwork for trade relations University. between the two countries. "There are approximately six Hook, in China since Monday, million people looking for work [in took some time out of his busy China]," he said, alluding to the schedule, and across a few time value of getting an education over- zones, to relate his experiences seas. and his goals for the trip with the Hook isn't the only representa- Et Cetera. tive from Canadian schools. He Hook said this week's report on said Conestoga and Seneca human rights abuses occurring in College are both developing for- mal Chinese relations while others are looking to recruit students and initiate a faculty exchange pro- gram. Hook said Chretien met with senior officials from both Ningbo and Shanghai University over a dinner on Wednesday night. The three-hour event, attended by over 1,500 people, featured a formal reception for Chretien and Harris hosted to Ningbo students and faculty with an "outstanding tradi- UNDSAY HICGS tional Chinese dinner." ...andf ihe wind up... The Humber women's volleyball team have guaranteed themselves a with files from Sangita Iyer playoffspot and third place ranking. A win in tonight's game would mean they'd move up to second. February 15, 2001 I^PW.s t e r ci IT fee on the rise Humber's partnership with China By Dan Birch er some of the facilities that we by Sangita Iyer President Dr. Robert Gordon, the here with smiles on their faces, umber students will face a $4 would like to deliver," Naylor said. The success of Humber college developed this program happy to have an opportunity to be H increase next year for the At Humber, the student gov- College's Business diploma with China because the Chinese in Canada, and I think for the most Information Technology fee, said ernment looks after the hardware program, at Ningbo University in are becoming more capitalistic. part they make the most of that," Toby Warnell, Humber Students costs, Wamell said. China, now in its fifth year, has Rather than recruit students Hatton said. Federation president. In SAACNet, the computers, laid the groundwork for greater individually, Gordon said, One Business student from But the increase is small in software and printers are all fund- economic potential in the Chinese Humber is now dealing with inter- Ningbo, Tommy Wang, who is comparison to the college's propo- ed by HSF. The infrastructure marketplace. national institutions for mass pursuing his third year at Humber sition, which called for the fee to costs, however, are assumed by Frank Franklin, chair of recruitment, as it saves time and said he wants to get a degree and be doubled to $92 per year from the college. And this is how it is at International projects, said China money. improve trade between China and $46. The fee will now be $50 per many Ontario colleges, Warnell is poised to enter the World Trade "If you establish a great rela- Canada. year. said. Organization (WTO), and this tionship with an institution, it "If I pass, I will get a business "It's just a small increase," unique program gives the Chinese becomes far easier and we don't degree from Davenport or York Warnell said. "The college was an .opportunity to network with have to spend our whole time find- and maybe return to China to run looking for a large increase." " / hope the government North Americans and improve ing one person floating around," my father's silk business and Currently the fee raises trade relations. Gordon said. export products to Canada," will start giving grants, Wang $650,000 annually. That number- In their first year, students The program is successful not said. specifically for will rise to $700,000, Warnell enrolled in this project follow a only because of the quality educa- Another Business student. technology," said. curriculum designed to meet the tion provided by Humber, accord- Rose Zhu, said she likes the west- The IT fee, administered by the -Toby Wamell standards of both Humber and ing to Michael Hatton, dean of the ern culture and freedom, she is student government, is used to Ningbo, but are instructed by business school, but also because enjoying the program and said it fund SAACNet, digital and stan- Chinese teachers. the students from Ningbo are was worth leaving home. dard photography equipment and "We buy a lot of the hardware, In the second year, Canadian committed to working hard and "The change of environment is laptop computers for the Media the stuff you can feel and touch. teachers travel to Ningbo and making the best of their Canadian good for the future. I have become Centre. Library services also But [Naylor] feels that the stuff teach specialized business pro- education. more independent and now I can receive money from the IT fee for won't work if you don't have a grams in English. The students 'They are an extremely pleas- do everything by myself. Toronto computers and some databases. proper IT infrastructure, which is then graduate with a Humber ant group of students, they come has a lot of Chinese people and I Compared to other colleges, all the wiring, all the band width College diploma. can build my network in Canada," Humber's IT fee is one of the low- and Internet," Warnell said. At the end of two years, if the Zhu said. est, Wamell said. Many colleges, "[HSF] felt it was more the col- students would like to further Although the students adapt he added, have fees somewhere in lege's responsibility to layout the their education, they come to well in Canada, Hatton said, the the S90-100 range. infrastructure." Humber for another year and get a country and culture they come Mark Naylor, Humber's chief According to Wamell, the state Business Administration diploma. from is completely different. information officer, said adminis- of post-secondary education in the Thereafter, Humber can send "When they arrive here, it is as tration wants the fee raised so province, more specifically heavy the students to Davenport if the world has been turned Humber can be on par with other cuts in operating grants to Ontario University in Grand Rapids, upside down. The way in which Ontario colleges. colleges, is largely responsible for Michigan, to obtain a Business young men and woman interact in "Even with the increase of $4," rising fees. He doesn't blame degree. this country is very different than Naylor said, "the IT fee here at Humber's administration for "When they graduate, they will in China. The social activities are Humber is still now only half of wanting to raise the IT fee. go home with something very completely different, there is noth- the average." "I hope the government will unique. Chinese education in ing that is the same, so it's topsy With more money for technolo- start giving some grants, specifi- business, Canadian education in turvy for them," Hatton said. gy, Humber would be better able cally for technology," Warnell business, American education in Apart from all the challenges, to deliver a high-tech education, said. business and exposure to Wang said, the program is a great Naylor said.