News and Events

Chinese Story Reading Program

2016 Winter Story Reading The CIE offers the free Chinese Story Reading Program on Saturdays starting from January 30, 2016. We did this for the last year and it is well received. Hopefully we could have more students to participate and take this opportunity.… [more]

The 12th World Chinese Language Teaching Conference

3 The 12th World Chinese Language Teaching Conference was held in Shanghai from December 8 to 10, following the Global Confucius Institute Conference. More than 400 delegates attended. The opening sessions took place at the campus of East China Normal University … [more]

Shandong Visit

2After attending the 10th Global Confucius Institute Conference and the 12th World Chinese Language Conference, the CIE delegates paid a visit to Shandong. Arrangements were made by the Shandong Education Department for Dr. Sandra Stoddord and Dr. Wei Li to… [more]

The 10th Global Confucius Institute Conference

1From December 5 to 7, the 10th Global Confucius Institute Conference was held in Shanghai. This is the annual conference organized by Hanban and the Headquarters of Confucius Institutes. This year, more than 2500 delegates from more than 120 different… [more]

2015 Chinese Writing Contest Award Ceremony

6The Edmonton Chinese Journal and the CIE have organized and hosted the Chinese writing contest for the last 6 years. This year saw the seventh and largest participation in this growing effort to support development of Chinese language in students.… [more]