WINNIPEG CHINESE CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTRE

PROFILE

Winnipeg is a city of many cultures of which the Chinese community has always been an integral and significant part. Over the last few decades, as the number of Chinese immigrants increased, so has the need for redeveloping Winnipeg’s Chinatown.

In 1981, the redevelopment became a reality with the support of the three levels of government through the Winnipeg Core Area Initiative and the Chinese community itself. The Winnipeg Chinatown Corporation was established in 1981, and in 1983 the Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre was incorporated as part the overall development project in response to a survey conducted in 1982 wherein 90% of the Chinese in Winnipeg indicated a need for such a facility.

OBJECTIVES

 To promote and advance the awareness, knowledge and appreciation of the Chinese culture in relation to the multi-cultural mosaic of Winnipeg, Manitoba and Canada.

 To increase understanding between the various Chinese and non- Chinese organizations in Manitoba.

 To encourage public understanding of matters relating to the affairs of the Chinese Community.

 To provide facilities for educational, cultural and recreational purposes.

1 WINNIPEG CHINESE CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTRE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2012 – 2013

The Rt. Hon. Edward R. Schreyer Honorary President

Dr. Joseph Du President Dr. Patrick Choy 1st Vice President Ms. Malinda Lee 2nd Vice President Mr. Ben Lee 3rd Vice President Ms. Shirley Chang Secretary General Mr. Terry Prychitko Treasurer Ms. Eva Luk English Secretary

Dr. Tina Chen Mr. Edmond Lip Dr. Yuewen Gong Ms. Debbie Guo Dr. Hermann Lee Ms. Yuling Wang

ADVISORY BOARD 2012 - 2013

Mr. David Chin Mr. Herb Stephen Dr. Charles Lam Mr. Kai Cheong Wong Ms. Shirley Mar Mr. Frank Tsang Hon. Pearl McGonigal Justice Scott Wright

HONORARY SOLICITOR

Mr. David Cheop, LL.B.

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2012 - 2013 COMMITTEES

Executive Policy and Management Dr. Joseph Du President Dr. Patrick Choy 1st Vice President Ms. Malinda Lee 2nd Vice President Mr. Ben Lee 3rd Vice President Ms. Shirley Chang Secretary General Mr. Terry Prychitko Treasurer Ms. Eva Luk English Secretary

Finance Committee Dr. Patrick C. Choy Terry Prychitko

Fundraising Committee Ben Lee Dr. Tina Chen Malinda Lee Eva Luk

Membership committee Debbie Guo Chairperson David Chin

Nomination Committee Dr. Patrick Choy Chairperson David Cheop Hon. Justice Scott Wright

Program Committee Dr. Joseph Du (Chairperson) Dr. Hermann Lee Shirley Chang Edmond Lip Dr. Tina Chen Maria Lip Zheng Fan Dr. Alison Marshall Dr. Yuewen Gong Terence Tsoi Steve Howes Yuling Wang

3 Manitoba Chinese Youth Committee Patrick Choy (Leader) Joel Burkholder Debbie Guo (Advisor) Jean Ding Mingyi Li (Advisor) Amily Ducharme Daniel Huang Lillian Lau Alice Li Henry Li Jun Li Jessica Truong Victoria Truong Wendy Wang Misilyna Wu Yanisa Wu Salina Zeng Lunan Zhao Kaili Zheng Kay Xu Aronne Pang Roger Tran Joe Asaminew Siyuan Cheng Kaulen Li

STAFF

Zheng Fan Executive Director Spencer Leung Program Coordinator Lingyao Meng Program Coordinator Yufang Zeng Program Coordinator

VOLUNTEERS

Amy Lee 余碧梅 Zhouyun Ling 凌云舟 Anita Lee 劉巾眉 Josh Schafer

Jesmin Chong Jolie Lesperance

Eric Christianson Karina Fagerstrom

Shuren Fang 房淑人 Xia Hong 洪霞 Jiaming Hou 候嘉铭 Martin Hou 候涛 Yijia Hu 胡伊佳 Rachel Kong

Saisai Kong 孔赛赛 Zhiyin Li 李芷茵 Shu - O Lin 林淑娥 Tong Lin 林通 Hsiang-Hsin Liu 刘湘新 Zhanyou Liu 刘展佑 Tao Lu 吕涛 Sue Mah 伍淑玲 Jose Neves Guoqing Qin 秦国庆

Maria Lip Yue Shen 沈玥 Jun Shi 石俊 Steven Howes

Lan Vooh Chengcheng Wang 王程程

4 Guoying Wang 王国英 Harry Ong 王夏利 Wei Wang 王薇 Danzhu Xiao 肖丹珠 Lin Xu 徐林 Haoran Yang 杨浩然 Xichi Yang 杨夕驰 Yi Gong 龚艺 Yanzhe Yu 于彦哲 Chuning Zhao 赵楚宁 Desheng Zheng 郑德盛 Xiao Zhou 周筱 Ceci Howes Davey Howes

5 PRESIDENT’S REPORT

The Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre had a very busy and exciting year. So many milestones were reached for the community. We closed off last year with another great Christmas Party at Government House and collected several bins of food for Winnipeg Harvest. 2013 was kicked off with Chinese New Year open-houses and public celebrations at The Forks Market and at the centre. As well, we recorded another sell-out at our New Year’s Banquet at Kum Koon.

Many of the annual programs and events continued this year including the community volunteer income tax program, the women’s health program, the Canada Day celebration at the WCCCC, Chinese passport renewal service, the Asian Heritage Festival, the Summer Lunch Concert Series and the Winnipeg Chinatown Street Festival. .

We also had many other special guests visit Winnipeg and many special events held this past year. The Consul General of the People’s Republic of China Fang Li returned to Winnipeg and made several subsequent visits. He brought greetings at our New Year’s Banquet and hosted another banquet the following night. As our most active Consul General, he also visited Winnipeg for our grand opening of Peace Tower, for the National Congress of Chinese Canadians National Convention and the Golden Dragon Gala. The community received a special treat with the Consul General hosting a reception at the Fort Garry Hotel to celebrate the Chinese National Day. Another very important guest this year was from PR of China’s Ambassador to Canada His Excellency Zhang Junsai from Ottawa. During his first official visit to Manitoba, he had a wonderful opportunity to experience Winnipeg’s friendliness and evaluate our province’s potential as a trading partner.

The youth group again stepped up and organized many exciting events. The helped organize a very successful cultural arts night at the centre and played a major role in the annual Zhonghua Cup Basketball Tournament in our gymnasium. As well, they came out to volunteer at so many of our events. Without the youth group’s involvement and commitment, we would not be able to do all that we accomplish at the WCCCC.

As I mentioned earlier, we had several special milestones and special occasions. After a lot of hard work, Peace Tower was finally completed. The state-of-the-art housing is now fully- occupied, and our grand opening brought out many friends of the community. This is just the start of our plan to bring vibrancy to our Chinatown. This was a huge milestone for our community.

We just wrapped up another very successful Golden Dragon Awards Gala. This year we honoured Her Honour Anita Lee and Dr. David Barnard. This was the most successful one we have had to date. It is our chief fundraiser, but it also offered a chance for community at large to thank the honourees’ contributions to our province.

Personally, this was a very special year for me. In April, I celebrated my 80th Birthday. Members of the board and community got together and put on a big birthday party in our gym. Many friends, old and new, came out to celebrate. It was an unforgettable night for me. If that was not exciting enough, I was also bestowed another special gift a few months later. The City 6 of Winnipeg named a portion of James Street (in front of the centre and at the entrance of Chinatown) Honourary Dr. Joseph Du Way. For myself and my family, we are forever touched by this gesture.

There are many more events that took place over the year. I certainly missed out on a few. I am so proud of our centre and how we keep bringing in great events and programs. In closing, I would like to thank the many wonderful friends of the WCCCC for their continued support. In particular, I would like to say a special thank you to the hardworking Board of Directors, the staffs and volunteers. The WCCCC’s success is largely due to their dedicated contributions and commitments. Your support and dedication is appreciated.

Dr. Joseph Du, CM, OM, FAAP, FRCP(c), MD President 余岳兴医生

7 2012 ZHONGHUA CUP COMMUNITY BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

To promote youth involvement in the community, to diversify the community activities, we continue to host the Zhonghua Cup basketball tournament in the WCCCC gym in the November 2012. This year, we had eight teams to participate whose age were from 17 to age 50. Those teams contained new and old immigrants, high school students, international students, local Canadian born Chinese and Caucasians. Some Chinese organizations also formed the teams to join the tournament.

The major sponsors are Royal Bank, Main and James branch, Manitoba Basketball Association, Manitoba China Time, MLIC, Young’s Trading, Giant Tiger, Safeway etc. The registration fee for each team is $60.00. Our biggest expense is to pay the referee service. Champion team is Great Wall; 2nd Place is Waffles; the 3rd Place is MCT. Zhonghua Cup basketball tournament has been built up by its name and reputation. We trust with the new gym facilities, the improved tournament system, and the support from the local business, we shall be able to run better tournament year after year.

2012 WCCCC CHRISTMAS PARTY

The 2012 WCCCC Christmas Party was held at the Government House on December 7, 2012. The board members from WCCCC and WCDC, business partners, staffs, and volunteers were invited to the party. There were over 120 people, including the Lieutenant Governor, Premier and Provincial Ministers, attended the party. Everyone enjoyed the food and had a good time at the party.

2013 CHINESE NEW YEAR BANQUET

The Winnipeg Chinatown Development Corporation and Manitoba Chinese Benevolent Association hosted a Chinese New Year Banquet on February 12, 2013 at Kum Koon Garden Restaurant. There were over 600 guests attending the banquet.

8 Dr. Tina Chen is the master of ceremonies. During the banquet, the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba Hon. Philip Lee, Premier Greg Selinger, and Mayor Sam Katz brought the greetings on behalf of the three levels of Government. The Consul General Fang Li also attended the banquet. The City of Winnipeg presented the Community Service Award to Mr. Gary Liu, Ms. Debbie Guo, Mr. Josh Schafer and Ms.Ngain Sung Au, who are the outstanding contributors to the community. The Canada Post unveiled the Year of the Snake stamp, and presented a framed Year of the Dragon stamp to the Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre. Moreover, Downtown Winnipeg BIZ announced the winner of the Year of the Snake Chinatown Banner Design Competition - Christel Nadeau, a student in Red River College. The new banner is also unveiled at the banquet.

2013 CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS

WCCCC hosted two Celebrations for the 2013 Chinese New Year. The first one was at 2:00pm, February 9, 2013 at WCCCC featuring the Open House. There were folk dances, martial art performance, singing and musical instrument.

The second celebration was at 2:00pm, February 16, 2013 at the Forks Market. There were lion dance, folk dances, singing, martial art performances, and line dance. The attendees not only watched the wonderful performance, but also enjoyed delicious refreshment. Her Honour Anita Lee presented a Chinese cooking demonstration for black bean chicken. The celebrations were great opportunities to showcase the Chinese culture. There were over 400 people attended the celebrations.

Celebration at the Forks Market Celebration at the WCCCC

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10 THE 2013 COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX PROGRAM

The Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre has been partnering with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to have volunteers prepare income tax and benefit returns for eligible individuals. We have been offering this service to the Chinese community for many years. There are lots of taxpayers who do not know how to prepare their income tax and benefit return themselves. We had trained volunteers to provide this important community service to taxpayers who are low income individuals, social assistance recipients, newcomers to Canada, seniors and students. We also offered a how to file your income tax return course for eligible individuals who wanted to lean and file their income tax return.

We started the program in March 3, 2013. Ricky Wong and Carmen Lau facilitated the training session for the 14 volunteers. The training session was needed to help the low income earners; new immigrants and seniors file their income tax returns. We provided the paper training and computer software training. We covered the whole tax return from beginning to the end. March 17, 2013 is the date of the information session for anyone who wanted to learn how to file their own income tax return. This is the knowledge session of how the income tax return works. After the session, the low income earners; new immigrants and seniors will be able to file their own income tax returns. We have the filing dates on March 23 and March 31, 2013. We booked appointments for the income tax filers to come to the office to file the income tax return. For this year’s program, we filed over 600 returns with the Canada Revenue Agency. A big thanks for the hard work and dedication of all the volunteers. Especially for the volunteers whom came back year after year to help with the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program.

Respectfully submitted by Ricky Wong

2013 MCYC ARTS NIGHT

11 On March 16, 2013, MCYC hosted the 2nd Annual Cultural Arts night, inviting performers of different cultural backgrounds such as African, Vietnamese, local Canadian singer to show their talent and share their culture.

During the Arts Night, we had around 300 guests, audience, performers and volunteers participated, presented 13 great performance. Through the selling of tickets, refreshments and home-made baked goods, MCYC was able to raise around $400.00. Committee members also gained valuable experience and enhance the skills in communication, marketing, organizing, problem solving, decision making, team-working and much more towards their leadership capacity. The event was highly praised and MCYC is planning to host the 3rd Arts Night in the spring of 2014.

Planning meeting for the Cultural Arts Night

DR. JOSEPH DU 80TH BIRTHDAY PARTY

The WCCCC hosted a special event on April 13 at the WCCCC to celebrate Dr. Joseph Du’s 80th Birthday. Over 100 guests attended this event. The WCCCC board presented a portrait of Dr. Du by the artist Guy Godard as well as a handmade art glass piece to Dr. Joseph Du. Dr. Du refused any personal gift. Instead a special account “Winnipeg Chinatown Housing Development Flow- Throu Fund” was opened by Winnipeg Foundation for the redevelopment of Shanghai site for a Senior's Care Home. Many people attending the birthday reception had made a meaningful gift to the Fund to Honour Dr. Du.

12 ASIAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL

The Winnipeg Chinese Cultural & Community Centre Youth Group performed again at the Asian Heritage Festival at the Forks on May 20, 2013. Asian Heritage Month is a great opportunity to highlight the contributions of Asian Canadians to Canadian society. It’s like a mini Folklorama, at which many ethnic groups perform their own traditional dance, songs or a musical instruments representing their culture at the Festival. The Youth Group brought two Chinese folk dances, and Taiji performance by Ms. Danzhu Xiao.

PEACE TOWER GRAND OPENING

The Peace Tower Grand Opening was held at the Peace Tower’s multipurpose room on June 21, 2013. The Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba Hon. Philip Lee, Federal Minister Hon. Steven Fletcher, Provincial Housing Minister Hon. Kerri Irvin-Ross, City Councillor Mike Pagtakhan and Chinese Consul General Mr. Fang Li brought greetings. Over 150 guests joined this special moment.

The Peace Tower Housing Complex is designed to create affordable housing primarily for recently arrived immigrants to Manitoba. It is a non-profit rental housing complex, sponsored by the Peace Tower Housing Corporation and Winnipeg Chinatown Development Corporation. Directors of the Corporation are Dr. Joseph Du, CM, OM, President, Dr. Patrick Choy, OM, Vice-President, Mr. Terry Prychitko, FCA, Secretary-Treasurer, and Mr. David Cheop, LLB, QC, Hon. Solicitor. Board members included Dr. Yuewen Gong, Ms Debbie Guo, Mr. Ben Lee, Ms Malinda Lee, and Ms Jade Wang.

The construction of the Peace Tower is supported by all three levels of governments. This housing complex is a $14.7-million, seven-story apartment complex built in the heart of Winnipeg’s Chinatown at Princess Street and Logan Avenue. It has 6 one-bedroom units, 30 two-bedroom units and 12 three-bedroom units. The main floor has a 2,000 sq. ft. multi-purpose room for organized events and an adjoining patio for recreational use.

Construction of the building was completed in end of January, 2013. The Peace Tower is managed by Winpark Dorchester Properties, and building is fully occupied now.

13 2013 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES

Every year in July and August, the WCCCC and the Downtown Biz co-host the Chinatown Summer Lunch Concert series. This year’s summer concerts were held at the Dynasty Garden outside of the WCCCC, and the Air Canada Park (at Carleton & Portage). The two stages were shared by different groups, and the performance included Lion Dance by the Ching Wu Athletic Association, Martial Arts by the Red Mantis Athletic Association, and Chinese Folk dance, singing and piano solo. All four concerts were well attended with numbers 100 to 200 people at each concert.

H.E. AMBASSADOR ZHANG JUNSAI VISIT WINNIPEG

Mr. Zhang Junsai, Chinese Ambassador in Canada made his first official visit to Manitoba on July 14 – 16 companied by Deputy Chinese Consul General Ms. Zhang Meifang and two secretaries. During his visit, Mr. Zhang met the Premier, several provincial ministers and city councillors. The Centre hosted a welcome luncheon at Golden Terrace Restaurant. The Ambassador also visited Winnipeg Chinatown including the Cultural Centre and the Peace Tower.

MANITOBA GOVERNMENT FUND FOR UPGRADING THE WCCCC GYM

The Province of Manitoba had a Press Conference on August 15 at Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre. Minister Ron Lemieux announced that the Province approved funding of $100,000 under the Winnipeg Community infrastructure Program to support the Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre its Gymnasium Renovation and Upgrades.

The Centre also received $100,000 from the Winnipeg Foundation in 2012, the Centre will have enough money to renovate the Gym. The Project Committee members include Ben Lee , project manager. Steven Wu, assist/project manager. Misilyna Wu, U of Faculty of Engineering student , General assistant and WCCCC Staffs. The renovation will start in early 2014. The Gym will be ready for the 2014 Folklorama Chinese Pavilion.

At the Press conference, the Province also announced Italian Canadian Centre received $100,000, Le Club Belge received $30,000 and South Sudanese Community received $9,000

14 2012 CHINATOWN STREET FESTIVAL

15 WCCCC and Downtown Winnipeg BIZ co-hosted 5th Annual Chinatown Street Festival on King at Rupert on August 24 and August 25. The program was from 1:00pm to 8:00pm on August 24, and from 1:00pm to 5:00pm on August 25.

It was a celebration of multiculturalism in Winnipeg Chinatown that showcased culture and arts from all over the world. The merchants and organizations set up tables on the both sides of King Street to either sell their products or promote its organization image. This year’s special guests are the Hon. Philip Lee, Her Honour Anita Lee, Minister Christine Melnick and Minister Flor Marcelino.

This Street Festival is a huge success attracting over 2500 visitors to the Chinatown.

Chinese National Day Reception Passport Renewal Service

The Consul General of P.R. China in Toronto, Mr. Fang Li and six Chinese Consul hosted a Chinese National Day reception at the Fort Garry Hotel on September 13, 2013. Over 200 people attended the event and celebrated 64th Anniversary of P.R. China

The lieuntnant Governor of Manitoba, Hon. Philip Lee, Dr. Joseph Du and City Councillor Brian Mayes brought greetings. Other important guests include Minister Jim Rondeau, Minister Christine Melnick, Councillor Harvey Smith, John Orlikow and Paula Havixbeck.

On September 14, 2013, the Deputy Consul General Ms. Dongmei Wu, Consul Wang Junlei, Consul Xia Shaojie came to WCCCC and provided the Chinese / HongKong Passport renewal service for Chinese Immigrants and students in Manitoba.

According to the Chinese regulations, the renewal of the passport must be applied in person at the Chinese Consulate office. Since there is no Chinese Consulate office in Manitoba, Chinese immigrants and students in Manitoba have to travel to Toronto to renew the passport. In view of the increasing number of Chinese citizens living in Manitoba, the Consulate General of the

16 People’s Republic of China in Toronto sent officials to Winnipeg to accept applications once a year to serve the Manitoban Chinese.The WCCCC provided its office space, facilities and man power to help out this community service event. The consuls processed over 200 applications within 4 hours. The Consuls appreciated the help from the Centre and commented that the mission was a great success.

Honourary Dr. Joseph Du Way

October 1, 2013, at the Winnipeg Chinatown Garden,Mayor Sam Katz, Councillor Brian Mayes and Councillor Mike Pagtakhan announced a section of James Street -- between Princess and King Avenues -- an honorary Dr. Joseph Du Way. Mayor Sam Katz presented the street sign to Dr. Joseph Du. Dr. Du’s Family and WCCC board members joined this special ceremony.

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17 NATIONAL CHINESE CANADIAN CONGRESS CONFERENCE

The Winnipeg Chinese Cultural & Community Centre hosted the 8th National Chinese Canadian Congress (NCCC) Conference and 21st Annual Meeting on October 4 to 6. Over 60 out of town 7delegates attended this event. The NCCC was established in 1990s. It has five regions: Pacific, Prairies, Ontario, Quebec, Atlantic, and eight Chapters: Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal, Toronto, Halifax. The WCCCC was one of the founding member and hosted first annual NCCC meeting. This year’s theme is “Openness, Inclusiveness, and Opportunities”. Mrs. Eva Luk, NCCC National Co-Chair of Prairies Region and many volunteers devoted their time to make this conference very successful. The following important activities were arranged during the three-day conference. 1. Announcement of Launch of Winnipeg Chinatown Booklet & Chinese Canadian Chronology 1788-2010, by Dr. David Lai, a professor of University of Victoria at the City Hall. Panel discussion with City Councilors about Future Development of Winnipeg and its Chinatown. 2. Tour of Winnipeg Chinatown including Peace Tower 3. The Lieutenant Governor of MB Hon. Philip Lee hosted a reception a Government House 4. Book launch :Passage to Promise Land: by the Hon. Dr. Vivienne Poy at McNally Robinson Book Store 5. Immigration Policy Overview 6. Chinese Memorial Wall at Canadian Museum for Human Rights by Hon. Vivienne Poy 7. Canadian Museum for Human Rights Tour 8. NCCC Election & Review of Constitution – Mr. David Choi was reelected as the National Chair of NCCC

OCTOBER 17-20, 2013, VISIT TO WINNIPEG OF CHRISTINA ROSELLA GATES AND LOLA FIDENCIA DAVID

In partnership with the Canadian Museum of Human Rights and with the assistance of the Filipino Journal, WCCCC organised a series of events on Comfort Women in Asian in World 18 War II, featuring Cristina Rosello Gates and Lola Fidencia David, both from the Philippines. Lola Fidencia David is one of a few surviving former comfort women (women forced to provide sexual services at Japanese military-organised and sponsored brothels during the war years). Cristina Rosello Gates is a clinical psychologist who has worked with many former comfort women. Both Gates and Lola Fidencia David have been active in international efforts, including advocating to Canadian Parliament and the United Nations, to recognise the suffering of these women and to push for a formal apology and reparations by the government of Japan. Winnipeg Events October 17, 2013 Press Conference at Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre Public Event, “Sexual Slavery and War: Comfort Women of WWII,” Philipppine Canadian Centre Performance of an Excerpt from Ysabel: Comfort Woman (playwright: Rod Cantiveros). Talks by Lola Fidencia David and Cristina Rosello Gates Comments by Art Miki Friday, October 18 Panel Discussion: “Sexual Violence against Women in War and Conflict”, University of Manitoba (held in conjunction with the Critical Conversations series, Centre for Human Rights Research) Speakers: Lola Fidencia David, Cristina Rosella Gates, Dr. Joyce Chadya (History, University of Manitoba), Dr. Tina Chen (History, University of Manitoba) Emerging Women Leaders in Canadian Society – Dinner and Discussion Chaired by: Angela Cassie, Canadian Museum of Human Rights Speakers: Angela Cassie, Lola Fidencia David, Cristina Gates, Joy Laud Lazo, Tina Chen

WCCCC thanks the Canadian Museum of Human Rights and Filipino Journal for working with us on these events, in particular Clint Curle and Rod Cantiveros. CHMR also conducted oral histories with Lola Fidencia David and Cristina Rosello Gates, for the CHMR collection. Following their trip to Winnipeg, Cristina and Lola Fidencia travelled to Toronto to continue their tour. Toronto Association for Learning and Preserving the History of World War II in Asia (ALPHA) hosted several events to help educate the community. Malinda Lee from the Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre and Dr. Clint Curle from the Canadian Museum for Human Rights accompanied Cristina and Lola Fidencia to Toronto.

Toronto Events

Monday, October 21, 2013 Student assemblies were held throughout the day at Northern Secondary School and Blessed Mother Teresa School. Talks by Lola Fidencia David Cristina Rosello Gates Comments by Canadian author Joy Kogawa Film except of Tiffany Hsiang’s “Within Every Woman” Tuesday, October 22, 2013 An academic symposium and panel discussion was held at the University of Toronto regarding Women’s human rights. Talks by Lola Fidencia David and Cristina Rosello Gates Panelists: Cristina Gates, Dr. Annie Bunting (Law, York University), Dr. Janice Kim (History, York University), Tiffany Hsiang (filmmaker of “Within Every Woman”), Dr. Joseph Wong (Founder of Toronto ALPHA)

19 Comments by Joy Kogawa\ Film except of Tiffany Hsiang’s “Within Every Woman” In the evening there was a community Conversation at the Barbara Frum Library. Talks by Lola Fidencia David and Cristina Rosello Gates Comments by Joy Kogawa Film except of Tiffany Hsiang’s “Within Every Woman”

2013 WCCCC LIBRARY REPORT

Library Collection development: Library’s collection development is ongoing. The Chinese Oversea Affair office donated over 2000 books to the current collection. There are four kinds of materials in the library: books, magazines, newspaper, and audio-visual materials. WCCCC accepted about 100 used-book donations.

There are 14 magazines in the library. For example: Beijing Review, People’s pictorial, China National Geographic and so on. Popular Medicine magazine is the new addition to this year. The quality of the magazine is very good. They cover various fields: political, travel, literature, geography, medicine, entertainment and science for children. The target audience is for women, men, youth, elder and people from all ages. Beijing Review magazine is published in English and Chinese Language and provides a good opportunity for both learning language and exploring political, economic, social trends in China.

There are 2 newspapers from outside of Canada: People Daily overseas edition is from China and Macro View Weekly is from Taiwan. Chinese

20 Canadian Post is from Toronto and other three from Winnipeg. The newspaper collection isn’t used as often as magazines. But they are still playing the role of accommodating some people’s need to look for specific information.

Audio-Visual materials are the most popular collection here. There are about 25 to 50 items mailed from China each month. The total new collection for each year is about 300 items. They include movies, documentaries, TV series, and music records in the form of DVDs and CDs. In August 2013, the Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre donated 200 sets of DVD’s and 500 books to the Winnipeg Public Library.

2013 ANNUAL REPORT OF WOMEN’S PROGRAM

The program is to promote health awareness and provide health education to the Chinese community. I would like to take this opportunity to report to the board of directors of the activities held in the past year.

1. March 3—our group participated the activities held in the Legislative building celebrating International women’s day. 2. March 24—the women’s group attended Luncheon workshop regarding to Menopause and Middle Life organized by The Women Status at Radisson Hotel. 3. April 20—Health talk about Shingles and Osteoporosis by Maria Lip. 4. July 27—Health seminar about Diabetes Mellitus and associated Cardiac diseases delivered by two Chinese Specialists—Dr. Shungbo Liu , Dr. Anne Lam. , sponsored by Canadian Diabetic Association & Safeway Pharmacy. The seminar was well received. There were 40 attendants. 5. Aug. 3—Outdoor function at Kilcona Park- playing lawn bowling & golfing. 6. Sept 28—Health talk to promote awareness of Workers’ health & safety to new Chinese immigrants delivered by MFL Occupational Health Centre.

Finally, I would like to thank WCCCC for the ongoing support of our group. Respectfully submitted by

Maria Lip RN BN CFCN Women’s Health Program coordinator & Health Educator.

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The Winnipeg Chinese Community Foundation Fund 温尼伯中华社区基金 vested in the Winnipeg Foundation

nd 2 floor, 180 King Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3B 3G8 Tel: (204) 943-2627

Under the Distinguished November 13, 2013 Patronage of:

The Honorable Philip S. Lee CM, OM, LLD Annual Report- The Winnipeg Chinese Community Foundation Fund Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba The purpose of the Winnipeg Chinese Community Foundation Fund is to

Honorary Co-Chairs provide financial assistance to activities which promote the Chinese culture in Manitoba. The Fund is permanently vested in the Winnipeg Foundation, and Dr. Joseph Du, CM, OM only interest generated annual will be distributed to qualified applicants on a Hon Pearl McGonigal, CM, OM competitive basis.

Chair I am pleased to report that the Winnipeg Chinese Community Foundation Fund Dr. Patrick Choy, OM has grown to about $250,000 as of October 30, 2013. The growth is partly due to Secretary several continuing donations from generous donors. In addition, the Winnipeg

Mr. Edmond Lip Foundation has provided us with some generous matching funds.

Treasurer Every year, a call for application will normally be announced in Justice Scott Wright (ret) September/October. Application forms are available free of charge at the Winnipeg Foundation or the Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre. The deadline for this year’s application was October 31, 2013, and adjudication of application will take place in December. Announcement of awards will be made during the Chinese New Year Dinner. Due to the limited funds available, applications for more than $2,000 are discouraged. Priority will be given to one time projects, or the purchase/replacementof equipment.

Respectfully submitted by:

Patrick Choy, Chair, WCCFF

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2nd floor, 180 King Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3B 3G8 www.wcccc.ca Tel (204) 943-2627 / 943-1197 Fax (204) 944-8308 Email: [email protected]

UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED November 13, 2013 PATRONAGE OF: The Honourable Philip S. Lee, C.M., O.M. Report of the Nomination Committee Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba

HONORARY PRESIDENT: Vote of thanks to Retiring Directors: The Rt. Hon. Edward R. Schreyer, P.C., C.C., O.M., C.D.

PRESIDENT: The Nomination Committee wishes to thank the following retiring members Dr. Joseph N.H. Du, C.M., O.M. of the Board of Directors who have completed their terms at the WCCCC.

VICE PRESIDENT: Dr. Patrick Choy, O.M. Ms. Malinda Lee Ms Eva Luk (Secretary) Mr. Ben Lee Mrs. Shirley Chang (Secretary)

TREASURER: Dr. Yuewen Gong Mr. Terry Prychitko, F.C.A. Dr. Hermann Lee SECRETARY: Mr. Harry Ong

Ms Jade Wang

DIRECTORS: Dr. Tina Chen New Nominations to the Advisory Board Ms. Debbie Guo Mr. Edmond Lip

ADVISORY BOARD: Dr. Hermann Lee Mr. David Chin Ms. Eva Luk Dr. Charles Lam Ms. Shirley Mar, LL.B. Mr. Harry Ong Hon. Pearl McGonigal, C.M., O.M. Mr. Herb Stephen Mr. Frank Tsang New Nominations to the Board of Directors Mr. Kai Cheong Wong Justice W. Scott Wright

HONORARY SOLICITOR: Mr. Hsiang-Hsin Liu Mr. David Cheop, LL.B. Mr. Rui Wang

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Mr. Steven Wu Mr. Zheng Fan

STAFF: New Nomination to the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors Mr. Spencer Leung Ms. Xin Ling Ms. Yufang Zeng Ms. Lingyao Meng Ms Debbie Guo- Secretary

Respectfully submitted by

Patrick Choy Chair, Nominating Committee

23 MANITOBA CHINESE YOUTH COMMITTEE (MCYC) ANNUAL REPORT

Manitoba Chinese Youth Committee (MCYC) was founded in June of 2011 after the WCCCC Youth Leadership Training Program. It is the youth branch of the WCCCC to raise a your voice in the Winnipeg Chinese community and encourage more youth involvement. The MCYC is organized by a group of young, enthusiastic students who are passionate about promoting the Chinese culture and encouraging multiculturalism. This passion fuels the desire to help our cultural community by volunteering and organizing different events.

This year, MCYC has hosted 2nd annual Cultural Arts Night (see report separately); participated the WCCCC’s Chinese New Year banquet and raised more than $2000.00 by selling the raffle tickets; more involved in organizing this year Street Festival, helped out to sell the used books and managed the fun game tents, played main role in set up and close out the event; formed a 10- volunteer team to participate the Motionball fund raising event for special Olympics. MCYC also planned to have another Youth Leadership Training and Multicultural Summer Camp, however, due to the schedule and funding issues, these two projects will be postponed to a later time.

After two years’ running, especially hosting the Cultural Arts Night project, not only the members have polished their leadership skills, but also established MCYC’s reputation in the Chinese community as well as in the government agencies. We hope to continue work hard in recruiting new blood and building the strong youth connection within the community.

2013 Street Festival

2013 Motionball fund raising team for Special Olympics

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OTHER ACTIVITIES

2012-2013 WCCCC MEMBERSHIP REPORT

The Membership Committee recruited member year round (2012-2013) through community newspaper, newsletters, personal letters, and personal contacts. The Membership Committee also recruits WCCCC membership by hosting all kinds of programs and events.

For the month ended October 2013, membership includes:

Regular Membership 普通会员 75 Student Membership 学生会员 36 Senior Membership 老年会员 33 Family Membership 家庭会员 4 Organization Membership 组织会员 4 Life Membership 终生会员 5

SENIOR PROGRAM

The Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre provided the free services for seniors on everyday basis. The basic services include translation from English to Chinese and Health Identification for the purpose of getting pension from China.

INTEREST CLASSES

Praying Mantis Kungfu Class The Praying Mantis Kungfu class is instructed by Sifu Josh Schafer. The class is on Tuesdays and Thursday sfrom 6:00pm to 9:00pm, and Saturdays from 1:00pm to 4:00pm. The instructor and students always perform at a wide range of functions hosted by WCCCC.

Wushu Class Wushu Class is instructed by Raine Laoag, the head instructor of Wushu Manitoba. The class runs in Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. The instructor and students performed at some functions hosted by WCCCC, including the Chinatown Street Festival.

Line Dance Class by James Yuen James Yuen’s Line Dance Class runs at WCCCC during the year of 2013, including two line dance classes, and one ballroom dance class. James teaches students at all levels.

25 WCCCC Dance Group WCCCC Dance Group focuses on Chinese folk dance, Chinese classical dance and modern dance. Dance group has adult class, youth class and kid class. Adult class runs on Sunday from 10:30am to 12:00pm, youth class runs on Sunday from 1:00pm to 2:30pm and kid class runs on Sunday from 11:00am to 12:00pm. Karate Class A Karate class is offered at the WCCCC between 12:00 noon to 1:00pm every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Jujitsu Class Mr. Viet Doan offers a Jujitsu class at WCCCC every Monday evening. He has trained as the head instructor at the WCCCC for more than 6 years.

Aerobics An Aerobics class is offered at the WCCCC at noon every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.

Wing Chun Kung Fu Class A Wing Chun class is held at WCCCC every Monday from 7:00pm to 9:00pm and Saturday from 4:00pm to 5:00pm.

Yoga Every Wednesday from 4:30pm to 5:30pm, a Yoga class is offered at the WCCCC.

CHINESE VERSION 中文

2012 年中华杯篮球比赛圆满结束

为了推动青少年参与社区活动，让文化中心的活动更加多元化，文化中心于 2012 年 11 月举办了第三届中华杯篮球友谊赛。这一年，我们共有八个队参赛，年龄段从 17 岁到 50 岁不等，队员中有新老移民，中学生，国际学生，本地北美生长的年轻人，和一队加 拿大青年队，本地的华人社团也组队参与了球赛。本次比赛得到以下机构和商家的慷慨资 助和大力支持：皇家银行中国城分行和缅省篮球协会，以及中华时报，雅思学校，红雯国 货和加华超市等。每队注册费为$60.00。球赛的主要花费是裁判协会的服务。

本届的冠军队是长城队，第二名是 WAFFLES，第三名是 MCT 枫华队。中华杯篮球赛 在篮球爱好者的支持下已逐步建立声誉，我们相信新的体育馆的修建，完善的球赛制度和 热心商家的大力支持下，中华杯篮球友谊赛将越办越好。

温城文化中心和比赛组委会对所有参赛队员、现场观众、赞助商家和机构，以及全体 志愿者，在此一并致以诚挚的感谢！

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2012 温城中华文化中心圣诞晚会

2012 温城中华文化中心圣诞晚会于 2012 年 12 月 7 日在省督府举行。包括缅省省长 等政府官员，文化中心的董事会成员，客人们及义工们应邀而来。晚会有超过 120 人参 加。晚会上宾主尽兴。

中国癸巳蛇年新春晚宴

温城华埠发展商会暨缅省中华会馆於 2013 年 2 月 12 日在金冠大酒楼举办中国癸巳蛇 年联欢晚宴，承蒙省督李绍麟阁下和夫人，中华人民共和国驻多伦多领事馆总领事房利阁 下和夫人，各级政府官员，国会议员，省议员，市议员，警长，社会达贤及各界人士等六 百多人士踊跃参加盛会，同庆春节。晚宴上由温尼泊市长 Sam Katz 亲自为本年度 4 位荣 获温尼泊社区服务奖的获奖人颁奖，他们分别是：刘钢先生、郭晓琳女士、周仰生女士和 Josh Schafe 先生。

加拿大邮政局也在此次宴会上举行了发行蛇年纪念邮票揭幕仪式，同时温尼泊市发展 局为华埠举行蛇年旗帜揭幕典礼，晚会充满新春气象，热闹异常。晚会的抽奖节目给与会 者带来了更多的欢乐和愉快的气氛，感谢各大商号，各界友好热心人士报效礼物，及义工 们的积极参与，使晚会获得丰硕圆满的成功。

2013 年青春绽放文化艺术晚会

2013 年 3 月 16 日，缅省中华青年会(MCYC)举行了第二届青春绽放文化艺术晚会， 邀请了除华人社团的之外的非洲，越南和加拿大本地等共 13 个青年团体一起展示其不同 的文化和才艺。观众，嘉宾，表演者和志愿者等约 300 人参加了该场晚会，通过卖票和传 统食品义卖，青年会共筹的数百元的运作资金。 27

所有志愿者在不同程度上都锻炼了他们各自的沟通技巧，市场营销技巧，组织能力， 解决问题的能力，决策能力和团队精神等。晚会取得成功并获得一致好评，青年会将于 2014 年春季继续主办新一届青春绽放文化艺术晚会。

余嶽興醫生八十壽誕

今春恰逢溫城中華文化中心主席余嶽興醫生八十福壽，眾人舉行酒會慶之，舍親家 人，中外良朋，歡聲笑語，共聚一堂，樂聲掌聲此起彼伏，如春潮涌；壽辭壽幅壽畫壽 禮，鮮花彩球五彩繽紛，交相輝映，熠熠璀璨，流連忘返，其樂融融。

和平大厦开幕仪式

由加拿大联邦政府、曼尼托巴省和温尼泊市三级政府资助，温尼泊中华文化中心主建 的“和平大厦”于 2013 年 6 月 21 日举行了盛大的开幕典礼。曼尼托巴省省督李绍麟、加 拿大交通国务部长斯蒂芬•佛莱切(Steven Fletcher)、曼省房屋部长凯莉•欧文罗斯(Kerri Irvin-Ross)、温尼泊中华文化中心主席余嶽興医生以及中国驻多伦多总领馆总领事房利先

28 生在和平大厦开幕仪式上发表了讲话，并为大 厦开幕剪彩。与会人士对“和平大厦”的建成 表示热烈祝贺。

和平大厦主要是为刚到曼省的新移民，特 别是低收入人士提供廉价租金的住房而设计 的。这座七层高的大厦耗资一千四百七十万， 位于温尼泊的中心地带的 Princess 路和 Logan 街的交界处。大厦有六个一室一厅的户型、三 十个两室一厅的户型和十二个三室一厅的户 型。大厦的一楼有一个两千平方尺的多功能大厅可用于组织各种活动，和一个可用于休闲 娱乐的天井。

溫城中華文化中心改建

文化中心在 2010 年獲得$250,000 三級省政府撥款用於廚房及會議室改建，并于 2011 年改建完成。

2012 年獲得溫尼泊基金會$100,000 撥款將用於改建及升級文化中心設施。

2013 年再次獲得省政府撥款$100,000 用於改建文化中心體育館，圖書館及辦公室 等。8 月 15 日省政府部長羅恩•雷米尔 (Ron Lemieux) 在文化中心主持了撥款發佈會儀 式。文化中心主席余岳興醫生、中心董事及省政府相關要員均出席了發佈會。

溫尼泊中國城街道歡慶會

由溫城中華文化中心舉辦的溫尼伯中國城街道歡慶會自 2009 年以來已成功舉辦四 屆，今年 8 月 24、25 日舉辦了第五屆街道歡慶會。獲得各界人士的熱烈回應及積極參 與，更蒙省督李紹麟閣下和夫人，市長山姆•卡茨及市議員，社會達賢出席盛會，共襄盛 舉。歡慶會期間，有舞獅、中國功夫、舞蹈、樂器、合唱等各種中國傳統及現代文化的精 彩表演，並有其他異國民族文化元素的融入。同時，還有眾多商家售賣具有中國特色的精 美禮品、飾品及服裝等。

29 驻多伦多总领馆在曼尼托巴省举行国庆 64 周年招待会 及驻多伦多总领馆派员赴温尼伯市办理领事证件

2013 年 9 月 13 日，中国驻多伦多总领馆房利总领事率一行七人，在缅省首府温尼辟 Fort Garry Hotel 举办了大型的招待会，与温尼辟各界两百多人共同庆祝中华人民共和国建 国 64 周年。

出席的政要包括：缅省省督李绍麟夫妇，省老年部部长 Jim Rondeau，省文化部部长 Christine Melnick, , 市议员 Brian Mayes, Harvey Smith, John Orlikow 和 Paula Havixbeck。

9 月 14 日上午九点吴冬梅副总领事率王军垒、夏少杰领事到温城中华文化中心给侨 胞提供了中国护照及香港护照的换发服务。在四个小时时间里，处理超过两百人的申请。 总领馆每年的护照换发服务给缅省的侨胞带了便利。

“余嶽興醫生榮譽大道”

2013 年 10 月 1 日在中國城花園舉行了一場特殊的街道命名儀式，位於文化中心前的 詹姆士街以溫城中華文化中心主席余嶽興醫生之名，被正式命名為“余嶽興醫生榮譽大 道”。溫尼泊市長山姆•卡茨及市議員麥克•派迪肯和布萊恩•梅斯親自向余嶽興醫生頒發 了街道命名牌匾。余嶽興夫人、親友及文化中心董事見證了這一歷史時刻。

余嶽興醫生幾十年來為溫尼泊華社做出了傑出的貢獻，并通過不同方式弘揚中華文 化，促進中加兩國人民友好，推動中加文化交流。

30 全加华人联会第八届全国代表大会暨第二十一届年会

全加华人联会第八届全国代表大会暨第二十一届年会，于 10 月 4 日至 6 日在温尼伯 温城中华文化中心举行。在新的换届选举中，来自太平洋区的共同主席蔡宏安连任全加华 联全国执行主席。

来自全加各地的华联代表及温尼伯侨团代表等近百人出席了此次会议。到会的嘉宾包 括：曼省省督李绍麟、中国驻多伦多总领事房利、前联邦参议院利德惠、曼省移民及多元 文化厅长 Christine Melnick、曼省文化、族裔及旅游厅长 Flor Marcelino、温尼伯副市长 Russ Wyatt、温尼伯市议员 Brain Mayes 等。

此次会议以“开放、团结、包容、共进”为主题。会议讨论研究了华社关注的加拿 大国家和社区大事，包括加中关系、身份认证、华裔参政、女性参与、各地华埠发展，以 及参与人权博物馆建设等问题。

兴趣班

WCCCC 舞蹈团 舞蹈团主要学习民族舞、古典舞和现代舞。舞蹈团现开设成人班、青年班及幼儿班。成人 班授课时间为周日上午 10 点半-12 点，青年班授课时间为周日下午 1 点-2 点半， 幼儿班 授课时间为上午 11 点-12 点。

螳螂拳 螳螂拳功夫班对所有感兴趣的朋友开放。师傅 Josh Schafer 已经有超过二十年的习武经 验。在 1994 年他开始学习七星螳螂拳，并于 2001 年正式被授予七星螳螂拳高级拳师。授 课时间为周二、周四晚 6 点-9 点，周六下午 1 点-4 点。

武术 武术班导师是 Raine Laoag 先生，同时也是曼尼托巴武术的总教练。授课时间为周二、周 四晚 6 点半-8 点半。武术班的教练和学生经常在文化中心举办的各种活动中表演武术。

咏春拳 文化中心设有咏春拳班，授课时间为每周一晚 7 点-9 点，每周六下午 4 点-5 点。

华人舞蹈班 华人舞蹈协会于 2013 年在文化中心开设了两个排舞班和一个交际舞班，教授不同水平的 学生。授课时间为周六和周日

空手道 文化中心每周二、周三和周四中午都设有空手道班。

31 柔道 文化中心每周一晚都设有柔道班。柔道班导师是 Viet Doan 先生，他在文化中心设课超过 六年。

健身操 文化中心每周一、二、四中午都设有健身操班。

瑜伽 文化中心每周三下午 4 点半设有瑜伽班。

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