Gary's Journey

Born in an ancient Chinese city beside the Yangzi River in the year of the dragon, I had lived in this mystic land for 27 years. Living in a developing China, I was very lucky to have better opportunities than the older generations to get a higher education, participate in developing the new China, and even go abroad. After finishing my high school education, I was admitted by a top University - Huazhong University of Science and Technology where I got my bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering and experienced unforgettable four years.

After graduation, I stayed in Wuhan, a big city in central China where my University is located, and worked for the Hubei Electric Power Testing and Research Institute, which is the technical center of the Hubei Electric Power Co.. In the three years I worked there, I learned a lot about information technology, project management, and team spirit. Working as an assistant engineer and information specialist there, I took charge of information management and consultation, information technology support for the department, and some training work. As computer technology became the major force of workplace, I felt it necessary to study more in this field.

So I spend the next 3 years on my master's degree of Computer Science and Applications in Wuhan University, where I learned a set of computer courses and conducted intensive research in information retrieval, multimedia, and image processing. Always dreaming to explore other parts of the world, I moved to Canada as soon as I finished my thesis debating.

In 2004, after living in Toronto for more than half a year, I came to the University of Western Ontario and began my new journey. My current Master of Library and Information program is expected to finish in Dec., 2005.