On April 20th, the Confucius Institute hosted a visit from the delegation with 35 people from more than 20 different universities in China. These people are attending a three-month special training program in the University of Alberta. During the visit,… [more]
On March 25, the CIE received an education delegation from Suzhou City of China, led by Ms. Chen Lin, the senior chief of Inspections of the office of the Suzhou Municipal Education Bureau. Mr. Li Feng, the former consul of… [more]
The CIE attended the Alberta Chinese Consortium meeting at Red Deer Public School Board on March 8. This meeting was also attended by representatives from Red Deer Public School Board, University of Calgary, Concordia University of Edmonton, Edmonton Public Schools,… [more]
On March 7, the Annual “Second Language Matters” Conference was held at Fantasyland Hotel at West Edmonton Mall. The CIE was one of the sponsors for this conference which was attended by more than 400 second language teachers, among whom… [more]
Honorable Chris Nielsen, Member of the Alberta Legislature, paid a visit to the Confucius Institute on March 24. During the visit, he toured the facilities of the institute and met the CIE visiting teachers.
Dr. Wei Li, the director of… [more]
The Confucius Institute in Edmonton was invited to provide the introductory session for Tai Chi at Edmonton Public School’s Centre for Education during the noon hour on March 23, 2016. Fifteen Education Centre staff participated in this one-hour session.
Mr.… [more]