The series of academic buildings left behind by Canadian Dr. George Mackay are in decided contrast. Buried in Tanshui, Mackay spent a lifetime in Taiwan, having married a plains aboriginal woman with whom he sired two daughters and a son. His buildings successfully blend traits of both Western and Taiwanese building design.
相對的，來自加拿大，娶了八里平埔族婦女為妻，育有二女一子，就葬在淡水的馬偕博士，傳教期間所蓋的一系列學堂成功地揉合西洋與台灣的建築風格。