Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of Confucius Institute in Edmonton

Project narrative

In 2008, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and Shandong Provincial Education Department signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute in Edmonton. As part of the agreement, Hanban is obligated to provide teaching materials, an annual fund, and numbers of Chinese instructors. The funds are dispersed through a local Bank of China account or other approved bank account created by the institute. The agreement has a 5-year validity and automatically renews at the end of every 5-year term. In 2008, Edmonton Public Schools and Shandong Provincial Education Department, the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Shandong Provincial Education Department agreed to provide one or two visiting scholars annually, donate teaching materials, and receive student study groups. The Confucius Institute was officially established on May 6, 2008 but it began operations on May 4, 2008. It was the sixth Confucius Institute to be established in Canada and the third five-year agreement started in October 2018. It was awarded the title of “Advanced Confucius Institute” for three times in 2011, 2013, and 2018. The Confucius Institute in Edmonton oversaw the following 22 Confucius Classrooms: - ID#93727: Confucius Classroom at Caernarvon School - ID#93728: Confucius Classroom at Dovercourt School - ID#93729: Confucius Classroom at Kildare School - ID#93730: Confucius Classroom at Meadowlark School - ID#93731: Confucius Classroom at Meyonohk School - ID#93732: Confucius Classroom at Parkallen School - ID#93733: Confucius Classroom at Walter and Gladys Hill Public School - ID#93734: Confucius Classroom at Edith Rogers School - ID#93735: Confucius Classroom at Hillcrest School - ID#93738: Confucius Classroom at Londonderry School - ID#93741: Confucius Classroom at Ottewell School - ID#93742: Confucius Classroom at Parkview School - ID#93743: Confucius Classroom at Riverbend School - ID#93745: Confucius Classroom at Rosslyn School - ID#93747: Confucius Classroom at Lillian Osborne High School - ID#93748: Confucius Classroom at McNally High School - ID#93749: Confucius Classroom at M.E. Lazerte High School - ID#93750: Confucius Classroom at Paul Kane High School - ID#93751: Confucius Classroom at Ross Sheppard High School - ID#93752: Confucius Classroom at Queen Elizabeth High School - ID#93753: Confucius Classroom at Centre High Campus - ID#93754: Confucius Classroom at École La Vérendrye (K-12)