On May 2 and 3, the Confucius Institute in Edmonton organized the 2017 Spring HSK/YCT tests. More than 1200 students of grade 3 to 12 from 15 schools wrote the tests.
In order to make the tests successful, the CIE… [more]
On April 28, the Confucius Institute in Edmonton, in partnership with the Chinese Journal, held a launch event for a new book: Re-Orienting China: Travel Writing and Cross-Cultural Understanding. About 50 people attended the event.
Re-Orienting China is an innovative… [more]
CIE hosted a monthly meeting on April 28. One of the agendas for the meeting was to provide a special training for CIE visiting teachers on YCT/HSK test administration. After reviewing the regulations and rules, 15 teachers wrote the test… [more]
On April 19th, the Confucius Institute hosted a visit from the delegation with 46 people from different universities in China who are attending a three-month special training program in the University of Alberta. During the visit, the group toured the … [more]
The First Edmonton Oriental Culture Festival was held on April 9. The festival was organized by the Oriental Cultural Community Service Centre and the Confucius Institute in Edmonton, including an oriental gala and a series of Chinese movie shows.
Around… [more]
On April 7 & 8, the 2017 National Conference for Second Language Educators was held at Shaw Conference Centre. The Confucius Institute in Edmonton was one of the sponsors for this conference which was attended by around 720 second language… [more]