On March 18, the CIE was invited to attend the Chinese New Year Reception at Alberta Government House. The Hon. Teresa Woo-Paw, associate minister of Asia Pacific Relations, hosted the reception and Alberta Premier, Jim Prentice, attended the reception and … [more]
Last year, two EPSB schools organized a trip to China involving a total of more than 50 students. The visits were extremely successful and well received by students and parents. This year, five schools from Edmonton Public are organizing similar… [more]
On March 4, Parkallen School of Edmonton Public Schools had a special open house as this was the first time that the school would be speaking with parents interested in registering students in their new Chinese bilingual program.
Earlier this… [more]
Invited by the Chinese Club of Concordia University, the CIE provided support in offering a 5 week Chinese language and culture courses for the interested students, professors and administrators.
CIE teacher, Mr. Robert Kong, delivered the courses. This first 5… [more]
Parents at the Meadowlark Chinese Bilingual Program showed great interest in learning Mandarin. With the support and organization of the Meadowlark School, the Confucius Institute provided the course to about 20 parents.
During the 10 weeks of classes, parents learned… [more]
Dr. Wei Li was invited to give a presentation on the Edmonton Chinese Bilingual Program at the National Bilingual Education Conference held in Las Vegas, USA in early March. The conference was organized by the national Association of Bilingual Education… [more]