On the morning of July 8th, 2016 delegation from New Brunswick, Canada, visited Hanban(Confucius Institute Headquarters).The delegation is led by Mr. John·McLaughlin, Deputy Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development for New Brunswick and joined by Mr.Shawn Gragram, former Premier of New Brunswick, Mr. Terry Currie, Superintendent of Off-shore Schools, Dr. Francis Pang, board member of CINB.

Mr. Xia Jianhui, Vice Director of Hanban, Ms. Ren Shifang, Division Chief of American and Oceania Affairs of Hanban, and Mr. Qu Songming, Supervisor of American and Oceania Affairs of Hanban warmly welcomed the delegation and listened to Ms Teng Jing‵s working report. Mr. Xia Jianhui spoke highly of the achievement of CINB in the past ten years and appreciated the support from the education department of New Brunswick. Mr. Xia Jianhui also talked about the establishment and development of the Confucius Institutes all around Canada, and granted financial support for the Tri-lingual School in the Province of New Brunswick. Moreover, he discussed the differences and similarities between Canadian and Chinese educational system and the potential cooperation opportunities for the two countries. Dr. Francis Pang pointed out that there was still much space for Sino-Canadian collaboration in terms of cultural exchange and education, and he proposed to put Confucius Institute pictures into the Sino-Canadian collaboration memorial album. The two sides also agreed on setting up the core-teacher position for CINB.

This was the first visit of from the education department of New Brunswick since the two sides renewed the contract. We believe that with the strong support from all areas, CINB has a bright future.

 

加拿大新布伦瑞克省教育厅代表团访问汉办

      北京时间2016年 7月8日上午,加拿大新布伦瑞克省教育厅副厅长、孔院理事会理事长约翰·麦克劳伦先生,加皇集团董事长、孔院理事会主席彭建华博士,新省教育厅海外教育局局长泰瑞 ·卡瑞先生,新省前省长肖恩·格雷汉姆先生夫妇及孔院加方院长滕菁女士等一行人拜访了汉办。

      国家汉办副主任夏建辉先生、美大处副处长任世芳女士及美大处高级项目主管瞿松明先生代表汉办欢迎访问团的到来,听取了滕菁女士对孔院工作的汇报,对新省孔院十年来的成就予以高度肯定,并对新布伦瑞克省教育厅的大力支持表示感谢。夏建辉先生追溯了加拿大孔子学院建立和壮大的光辉历程,对新省三语学校的创建表示赞许和支持;并就中加两国教育的异同及未来的合作前景同新省代表团展开讨论。彭建华博士指出,两国在文化交流、教育合作等诸多领域还有很大的发展空间,并向汉办提出将新省孔院照片加入到中加交流纪念册的请求。双方还就孔院核心教师岗位的设立达成了共识,孔院未来发展形势大好。

      此次访问是我省在2013年递交双方续签五年协议后的又一次访问,相信在中加两国各方的通力支持下,孔院的新十年将大放异彩。