On Sunday September 4, the CIE participated in the celebration of Mid-Autumn Festival organized by the Northeast Edmonton Business Association with the support from the Confucius Institute in Edmonton. Many special quests attended the event, MP Kerry Diotte, MP Michael… [more]
On July 26, a delegation of 6 people lead by Dr. Zong, the director and Dr. Liu, the Chinese director, from the Confucius Institute of Saskatoon.
The purpose of the visit was to provide the opportunities for both CIs to… [more]
An education delegation from Lixia District of Jinan City paid a visit to the Confucius Institute on July 25. This delegation included six people and was lead by Mr. Song Yongxiang, Chief Executive Director.
Although the visit was short, the… [more]
The Edmonton Beijing Opera Society organized a gala on July 3 in memory of one of the most influential Beijing Opera masters, Mr. Mei Baojiu, who passed away suddenly about two months ago.
Dr. Wei Li was invited by Mrs.… [more]
The CIE was contacted by Basketball Alberta to provide support for translation services to Chinese National Women’s’ Basketball Team, during the time they were in Edmonton for Pre-Olympic Competition with Canadian National Women’s Basketball Team at the beginning of July.… [more]
Raymond Matthia from the University of Alberta was recently invited to attend the “2016 Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreigners across the World”. He went to Beijing at the end of June and will spent most of July in China participating… [more]