Canada is a country with many different cultures and peoples from many countries, July 1 is Canada Day, the anniversary of the Confederation of separate provinces into the beginning of the Canadian nation. Many different ethnic organizations held the different activities to celebrate the Canada Day, as well as multiculturalism of Canada.
The Confucius Institute was invited to join other organization to promote Chinese culture.
The CIE prepared different kinds of Chinese games, such as Chinese chess, Chinese checkers, shuttlecock, Chinese pulling bells, etc.
Many people tried to play these games and for some it was their first experience in such a game. Great interest was shown in these traditional Chinese games.
The CIE teachers worked very hard from 12:00 to 9:00 pm in sharing Chinese culture with people from many different ethnic backgrounds.