On May 28th, I went to the lecture ”Canada in the world” sponsored by Ohka Gakuen University. The speaker of this lecture was Mr. Edwards, a consul and senior trade commissioner. Before the event, I had expected that the language of this lecture would be English. However, Mr. Edwards did the lecture in Japanese. He spoke Japanese very fluently. I learnt about Canada from the aspects of nature, economy, transportation, culture and so on, I was very impressed because I knew the difficulty of doing such a presentation in a second language. After the lecture, I could try Canadian tea and cookies and enjoyed a mini-concert played by Nanzan professors. The Canadian tea and cookies were very delicious, so I felt like eating them a lot!! Also, the concert was wonderful, and I really enjoyed listening to the professors’ performance. In this event, I could be in contact with Canadian culture. One of the purposes of GP activities is to understand different cultures. It is important for us to experience different cultures and think about them. To be in contact with many different cultures, I want to participate in cross-cultural lectures more from now on.

by Shizuka K