Confucius Institute in New Brunswick held a large scale conference in Fredericton on Nov17th ,2015. More than 40 officers and principals from schools which setting Chinese teaching program as well as Deputy Minister of New Brunswick Department of Education and Early Childhood Development all attended this event. At the same time , this is also an opening for CINB 2015 board meeting.
This event is presided by CINB Director , Ms. Teng Jing. She firstly welcomed all the guests and said thanks to all who supported and helped CINB Chinese program. Then reported our achievement from 2007 which got guests warm applause. Mr. John McLaughlin, Deputy Minister of New Brunswick Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Dr. Francis Pang, President of AKD International, Mr.Dannis Cochrane, President of AEI, Ms. Dawn Weatherbie Vice president of AEI, Executive Director of Confucius Institute in New Brunswick, joined the dinner and each delivered a speech, appreciating CINB’s efforts in promoting Chinese culture and language in New Brunswick. At the same time they also showed their supports and will to popularize Chinese program and extend influence.
This conference is in the form of dinner so that all the guests communicated Chinese program’s development among different schools and directs. At the same time, people can study from each other and make progress together. During the dinner, all the teachers from CINB sang the beautiful song Jasmine Flower leading by Professor. Li Min Hong, Chinese director of CINB and Mr. Fei Fa Zhou brought a wonderful Tai Ji performance along with the music which makes our dinner even better.
This conference not only improved the communication between CINB and schools from different directs, but also offered a chance for different schools who can learn from each other. It indeed makes a positive effort for the development of Chinese program even makes a brilliant long bridge for Confucius Institute’s Chinese teaching and Chinese Culture transmission around New Brunswick.
共赴晚宴其乐融，孔子学院展国风
2015年11月17日，新布伦瑞克省孔子学院在弗莱市举办了一场别开生面的大型研讨会，40余名本省开设汉语教学项目的各教育学区的官员及学校校长和省教育厅副厅长及助理参与了研讨会。同时本次研讨会也为新布伦瑞克省孔子学院在次日举办的2015年董事会议拉开了序幕。
本次活动由新省孔院外方院长滕菁女士致欢迎词。她首先向各位莅临的嘉宾表达了诚挚的谢意，感谢他们对孔院汉语教学和文化传播项目所给予的大力支持和帮助。同时也向大家汇报了孔子学院从2007年创立伊始的14名学生发展到今天近3000名学生的骄人成绩，博得了大家的阵阵掌声。而后其他董事会成员新布伦瑞克省教育厅副厅长（孔子学院理事长）Mr. John McLaughlin、AKD国际教育集团董事长彭建华博士、大西洋国际教育集团（AEI）总裁Mr. Dennis Cochrane 以及副总裁Ms. Dawn Weatherbie也分别发表了讲话。大家一致肯定了孔子学院在这八年来为新布伦瑞克省汉语教育事业所作出的重要贡献，同时也表达了继续努力在新布伦瑞克省推行汉语教育项目的意愿，进一步扩大孔子学院影响力，来促进中加两国在文化和教育方面的交流。
本次研讨会以晚宴形式进行，各学校校长、嘉宾在这其乐融融的氛围下探讨、交流了汉语教学项目在各个学校的发展情况，大家彼此借鉴、学习，达到了共同进步的效果。晚宴期间，新省孔院中方院长李敏红教授带领孔院六名汉语教师及志愿者为大家演唱了经典中国民歌《茉莉花》，与此同时武术教师费发洲老师也为大家展示了精彩的太极拳表演。这段充满浓郁中国风的“歌武”，为本次晚宴锦上添花，博得了在场嘉宾的阵阵喝彩。
本次研讨会大大增进了孔院与各学区的学校之间的彼此了解，同时也为已开设汉语教学项目的各个学校提供了一次互相学习、借鉴的机会，为日后更好的开展汉语教学项目起到了积极的促进作用，更为孔子学院在新布伦瑞克省的汉语教学和文化传播项目搭建起了一座更加坚实通向更高、更远处的有力阶梯。
(曹曦 程颖超 蒋洁 供稿)
