SuOn College was founded in 2006 by the Jiangsu
Provincial Department of Education (JPDE) as an overseas education
resource in North America. The name “SuOn” is an integration of
two provincial names -- “Su” representing “Jiangsu” province in
China and “On” for “Ontario” in Canada. Through the establishment
of SuOn College, the JPDE intends to facilitate education cooperation
between the two provinces, Jiangsu and Ontario, and to fulfill
the purposes of a Friendship Accord originally signed by the two
jurisdictions in November, 1985. Twenty years later, in November
2005, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty traveled to Nanjing and renewed
the Memorandum of Understanding and Friendship with the Governor
of Jiangsu Province, Liang Baohua.
This agreement further strengthens the economic, educational, institutional
and governmental ties between the two provinces.
The establishment of SuOn College will develop many more opportunities
for cooperation between the two provinces and enhance a long-standing
friendship. In addition to guidance from the Consul General of the
People’s Republic of China, SuOn receives ongoing advice and assistance
from a variety of government branches and education institutions,
including two Ontario Ministries, Education and Training, Colleges
and Universities, the University of Toronto, York University, the
Univ-ersity of Waterloo, and Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology.
The founding of SuOn College symbolizes a breakthrough for Jiangsu
educational ization. The Centre will provide easy access
for teachers from Jiangsu to achieve not only improved global awareness
but also to acquire advanced educational methodologies and teaching
techniques. In cooperation with education providers in Ontario and
across Canada, SuOn College will offer customized training programs
focused on the needs of teachers and other education groups from
Jiangsu and other areas of China.
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Elementary and secondary teacher training, as
well as short-term education management training
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Customized curriculum design for the overseas
training of education officers and personnel
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Organization of academic seminars for higher
education managers and academic faculty
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Provision of various summer camp programs for
youth -- to broaden their horizons and build their language skills
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Foundation programs leading to admissions in
preferred universities
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Exchange programs with selected education institutions;
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Provision of services for official delegation
visits.
SuOn College is located in a well established residential area
of Toronto on Queenslea Avenue. The Centre operates a ten-story
education complex with state-of-the-art resources: 18 fully-equipped
classrooms; 300 furnished single bedrooms; and student lounges
and amenities on each residential floor. Other building features
include air conditioning, satellite television, telephone service,
laundry facilities, wireless internet connections throughout the
building, twenty-four hour security, a range of entertainment and
recreational esources, and a superb, fully-equipped dining room
featuring authentic Chin ese cuisine.
Since its establishment, SuOn College has brought
several high profile education delegations from Jiangsu to Ontario,
and has also organized a number of delegations from key Ontarian
univ-ersities and postsecondary institutions traveling to Jiangsu.
SuOn College pursues quality and dedicated service excellence in
working with our partner institutions and government authorities
in both Jiangsu and Ontario, across China and Canada. The mission
of SuOn College is to provide educators with an optimum learning
experience, an understanding and appreciation of different cultural
values, education systems and methodologies, and to create a
bridge for exchanges between China and North America。
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