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 2013 – 2014

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. Debbie Guo Secretary General Mr. Terry Prychitko Treasurer

Dr. Tina Chen Mr. Edmond Lip Mr. Hsiang-Hsin Liu M r. Rui Wang Mr. Steven Wu

ADVISORY BOARD 2013 - 2014

Mr. David Chin Hon. Pearl McGonigal Dr. Charles Lam Mr. Herb Stephen Dr. Hermann Lee Mr. Harry Ong Ms. Eva Luk Mr. Victor Mah Ms. Shirley Mar Justice Scott Wright

HONORARY SOLICITOR

Mr. David Cheop, LL.B.

2 Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre

2013 - 2014 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) Edmond Lip Dr. Tina Chen Maria Lip Dr. Yuewen Gong Dr. Alison Marshall Steve Howes Terence Tsoi Dr. Hermann Lee 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 Lingyao Meng Program Coordinator Jieying Zhu Program Coordinator Spencer Leung 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

Zhen Cui 崔震 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 Rosa Hu

Saisai Kong 孔赛赛 Zhiyin Li 李芷茵 Shu - O Lin 林淑娥 Tong Lin 林通 Ang Li 李昂 Zhanyou Liu 刘展佑 Jiejun Li 李俊颉 Jasimine Li 李雅芳 Jose Neves Guoqing Qin 秦国庆

Maria Lip Yue Shen 沈玥 Jun Shi 石俊 Steven Howes

4 Lan Vooh Yiliang Wang 汪轶亮

Guoying Wang 王国英 Harry Ong 王夏利 Ke Wang 王科 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 Feng Zhou 周烽 Ceci Howes Davey Howes

5 PRESIDENT’S REPORT

It was a very busy and exciting year for the Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre and its working partners. As per usual, the WCCCC’s schedule was jam-packed with wonderful events this past year. In particular, we were very pleased to revive Folklorama’s Chinese Pavilion after a six year hiatus. We came back with great excitement and success.

Many of the annual programs and events continued this year including the Chinese New Year Banquet, the community volunteer income tax program, Chinese immigration passport renewal service, the Summer Lunch Concert Series, MCYC Cultural Arts Night, Zhonghua Cup basketball tournament and the Winnipeg Chinatown Street Festival.

We also had many other special guests visit Winnipeg. The Consul General of the People’s Republic of China again made several visits to Winnipeg. The Consul General’s Office hosted the Chinese National Day celebration reception with many friends of the community. Another special visit this year included members of Taiwan’s National University of Physical Education. They made a tour stop in Winnipeg to showcase their Taiwan Impression show at the Technical Vocational Theatre. Finally, the Peking Acrobats came back to Winnipeg after two years to perform with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. We partnered with the WSO in a fundraising dinner and show and raised funds for the Winnipeg Chinese Community Fund.

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 staff and volunteers. The WCCCC’s success is largely due to their dedicated contributions and commitments. Finally, I would like to give an honourable mention to our departed Executive Director Kevin Fan. After eight years, he left the WCCCC to pursue other opportunities, and we would all like to wish him the very best. He played an integral role in the operations of our cultural centre during his tenure.

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

6 2013 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 October 2013. This year, we had ten 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, Canada-China Friendship Association, Manitoba China Time, Panda Tea, Noodle Express, Giant Tiger, and Safeway etc. The registration fee for individual teams is $60.00 and $100 for organization teams. Our biggest expense is to pay the referee service. Champion team is Waffles; 2nd Place is Manitoba Chinese Tribune; the 3rd Place is Hunters. We also have the Scoring Champion, Tong Wong who is from MCT and MVP is Ronel Banibo from Waffles. 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.

GOLDEN DRAGON CITIZEN OF THE YEAR GALA

On Thursday, November 12, 2013, the Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre hosted its biennial fundraising event, the Golden Dragon Citizen of the Year Gala, at the Winnipeg Convention Centre at 6pm. The Honourées are two of Manitoba’s outstanding citizens, Her Honour, Mrs. Anita K. Lee and Dr. David T. Barnard, Ph.D, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manitoba, who have both demonstrated outstanding leadership to our city, province and country.

7 Over 600 people attended the Gala. The Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba Hon. Philip Lee, the Honourable Greg Selinger, Premier of Manitoba and Mr. Fang Li, Consul General of the People’s Republic of China in Toronto brought greetings. There was also a silent auction at the dinner. The Gala raised over $100,000, which will be used for WCCCC daily operation and programs in the following two years.

2013 WCCCC CHRISTMAS PARTY

The 2013 WCCCC Christmas Party was held at the Government House on December 10, 2013. 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 attended the party. Everyone enjoyed the food and had a good time at the party.

2014 CHINESE NEW YEAR BANQUET

The Winnipeg Chinatown Development Corporation and Manitoba Chinese Benevolent Association hosted a Chinese New Year Banquet on February 4, 2014 at Kum Koon Garden Restaurant. There were over 600 guests attending the banquet.

Dr. Tina Chen is the master of ceremonies. During the banquet, the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba Hon. Philip Lee, Premier Greg Selinger, and Councillor Brian Mayes represented Mayor Sam Katz to bring the greetings on behalf of the three levels of Government. The City of Winnipeg presented the Community Service Award to Mr. Kwok Ngan, Ms. Maria Lip and Mrs. Margaret Lee Grant, who are the outstanding contributors to the community. The Canada Post unveiled the Year of the Horse stamp, and presented a framed Year of the Snake stamp to the Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre. Moreover, Downtown Winnipeg BIZ 8 announced the winner of the Year of the Horse Chinatown Banner Design Competition - Victoria Buen, a student in Red River College. The new banner is also unveiled at the banquet.

2014 CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS

WCCCC hosted two Celebrations for the 2014 Chinese New Year. The first celebration was at 1:00pm, January 25, 2014 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.

The second one was at 1:00pm, February 1, 2014 at WCCCC featuring the Open House. There were folk dances, martial art performance, singing and musical instrument.

Celebration at the WCCCC Celebration at the Forks Market

9 2014 MCYC ARTS NIGHT

On March 22, 2014, MCYC hosted the 3rd Annual Cultural Arts night, inviting performers of different cultural backgrounds such as Indian, Vietnamese, local Canadian singer to show their talent and share their culture.

During the Arts Night, we had around 250 guests, audience, performers and volunteers participated, presented 12 great performance. Through the selling of tickets, refreshments and home-made baked goods, MCYC was able to raise around $350.00. 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 4th Arts Night in the spring of 2015.

2014 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 23, 2014. Ricky Wong and Carmen Lau facilitated the training session for the 26 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 10 computer software training. We covered the whole tax return from beginning to the end. March 30, 2014 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 April 5 and April 12, 2014. 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 200 returns with the Canada Revenue Agency. A big thank 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

WSO PEKING ACROBATS FUNDRAISING EVENT

On April 29, 2014, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO) and Winnipeg Chinese Cultural & Community Centre (WCCCC) joined hands in a fundraising event – Peking Acrobat. Since the WSO and the WCCCC each have Endowment Funds held and managed by the Winnipeg Foundation, the net proceeds will donated to the Endowment Funds. The event began with a celebratory 12 courses authentic Chinese feast at Kum Koon Garden Restaurant, and followed by the Peking Acrobats and WSP performance at the Concert Hall. The event was very successful, over $6000 was raised and donated to the Winnipeg Chinese Community Foundation Fund.

2014 TAIWAN IMPRESSION --- TAIWANESE AMERICAN HERITAGE WEEK & ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH IN CANADA

The Cultural Arts Performing Team from National Taiwan University of Physical Education and Sport visited Winnipeg in celebrating Taiwanese American Heritage Week and Asian Heritage month in Canada. The event co-hosted by the Winnipeg Chinese Cultural & Community Centre, Manitoba China Times, and the Winnipeg Chinese Cultural Association on May 4, 2014 at 7pm.

11 The performance was held at the Tec-Voc High School Theater, which is located at the west of Winnipeg. The Lieutenant Governor Hon. Philip Lee, Minister Flor Marcelino and Dr. Joseph Du brought the greetings. About 500 distinguished guests from Winnipeg’s all walks of life enjoyed a Taiwanese version of Chinese cultural feast.

May is the Asian Heritage month in Canada. It was wonderful to have the opportunity in bringing Taiwanese dances, heritage, and culture to Winnipeg in May. The dance group performed the traditional Taiwan aboriginal dance and showed the aboriginal cultural in Taiwan.

There was a welcome dinner for Director General Mr. Rong-chuan Wu, Taiwan Economic and Cultural office in Toronto and the performing team of National Taiwan University of Physical Education and Sport on May 3rd at Golden Terrace at 7pm.

DR. JOSEPH DU AWARD BY CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Dr. Joseph Du became the Canadian Medical Association honorary membership on May 14, 2014. There was also a reward dinner on that night.

12 DR. JOSEPH DU RECEIVED HONORARY DEGREE FROM U OF M

Dr. Joseph Du received an honourary degree of Doctor of Laws from University of Manitoba on May 15, 2014.

2014 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.

2014 FOLKLORAMA CHINESE PAVILION

Folklorama promotes the ethno-cultural diversity of Manitoba through entertainment and public celebrations of culture and education. This perfectly matches the WCCCC’s mission statement. This year, the board decided to rejoin Folklorama and ran the Chinese pavilion after six years rest.

Under the leadership of Dr. Choy and the support from Dr. Du, the Chinese pavilion organizing committee was formed in February. The committee includes Tina Chen, Patrick Choy, Saina Fan, Miao Fang, Frank Guan, Debbie Guo, Steven Howes, Doan Lan, Anita Lee, Malinda Lee, Jasmine Li, Hsianghsin Liu, Lingyao Meng, Terence Tsoi, Jessica Truong, Steven Wu, James Yezi, Jack Feng Zhou. Below is the org chart for each operational sub-committee that delivered the entire Chinese pavilion.

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Chair

Dr. Choy

Committee

Kay Xu Kay

Coordinator Debbie Guo Kevin Fan Ambassadors Wu Yanisa Zhao; Lunan Huang. Daniel

Feng

Dr.

Show

Zhou

Meng

Service

Display

Cultural

Lingyao

Sponsors

Beverage

Production

Anita Lee Anita Lee

Volunteer

Jack

Marketing

Jesimin Li

Admission

Miao Fang

Steven Wu

JamesYezi

Guan/MCT Debbie Guo Food Service

During August 3 – 9, 2014, with Lingyao Meng’s talent and organization, the show production successfully presented a great show to over 4000 audiences. There are over 100 performers coming from various local performing groups and individuals such as WCCCC performing troupe, Friendly Manitoba Dance Association, You Can Flow Tai Chi, Red Mantis Kung Fu, Chi Wu Athletic Association etc. There are over 150 volunteers from youth to seniors, from new immigrants to international students, from long time Chinese pavilion volunteers to 1st time folklorama volunteers, participated the Chinese pavilion and made contribution in different area within the pavilion.

From the survey response summary provided by Floklorama, the overall Chinese pavilion rating is 5.40 out of 6, which is above the average over all pavilions rating of 4.65.

Folklorama Chinese Pavilion provides a 7-day stage to local performing groups to showcase their talent, provides opportunities to new and experienced volunteers to promote Chinese culture, builds bridges among local communities. It also proves that running the Chinese pavilion is one of the most profitable projects.

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2014 CHINATOWN STREET FESTIVAL

WCCCC and Downtown Winnipeg BIZ co-hosted 6th Annual Chinatown Street Festival on King at Rupert on September 13 and August 14. The program was from 1:00pm to 7:00pm on September 13, and from 1:00pm to 5:00pm on September 14.

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 of family services, Kerri Irvin-Ross, Councillor Brian Mayes, The Honourable Pearl McGonigal and RBC Regional Vice-President, Ms. Holly Toupin.

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

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CHINESE NATIONAL DAY RECEPTION

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 23, 2014. Over 200 people attended the event and celebrated 65th Anniversary of P.R. China

The lieuntnant Governor of Manitoba, Hon. Philip Lee, Dr. Joseph Du and Minister of family services, Kerri Irvin-Ross brought greetings. Other important guests include Minister Jim Rondeau, Minister Flor Marcelino, Minister Gerald Farthing and Councillor Dennis Smook.

PASSPORT RENEWAL SERVICE

16 On September 20, 2014, the Consul Mr. Junlei Wang and Consul Yongtao Mi 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 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, staffs and volunteers to help out this community service event. The consuls processed over 200 applications within one day. The Consuls appreciated the help from the Centre and commented that the mission was a great success.

2014 WCCCC LIBRARY REPORT

Library Collection development: Library’s collection development is ongoing. The Consul General of P.R. China in Toronto donated twice and over 2000 books to our library during 2013-2014. 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 10 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 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.

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2014 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. Feb 15—Health talk about Chiropractic treatment at WCCCC delivered by Dr. Colina Wong and was well received by 25 attendants. 2. March 8— Workshop “Train the trainers about Hepatitis A, B & C and communicable diseases –HIV & TB” was held at WCCCC conducted by Maria Lip, who was trained in Ottawa and shared the updated health information with 9 health care providers in Winnipeg. 3. July 12 —Health seminar about Hepatitis delivered by Colina Wong to general public of Chinese origins. 4. Nov 5 to Dec 12/2014 – A six week health workshop “Let us get better together” to be held at WCCCC every Friday 12 noon to 2:30 pm. This is an outreach program of Seven Oaks Wellness Centre. It provides clues and tips to people who suffer from chronic pain or health problems such as back and neck pain, insomnia, chronic fatigue etc. Maria will do translation during the workshop. We hope to adopt the module into Chinese Community as it is commonly used in other senior care centre as well.

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.

Dr. Colina Wong conducted workshop Train the trainers about Hepatitis A, B & C about Chiropractic treatment and communicable diseases –HIV & TB

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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 Annual Report, 2014

Under the Distinguished The purpose of the Winnipeg Chinese Community Foundation is to raise and Patronage of: manage the Winnipeg Chinese Community Fund. The Fund is an independent

The Honorable Philip S. Lee entity authorized by the Board of Directors of the Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and CM, OM, LLD Community Centre (WCCCC). The Winnipeg Chinese Community Fund was first Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba listed in the Annual Report of the Winnipeg Foundation (WF), published as a supplement in the Winnipeg Free Press in January 2005.

Honorary Co-Chairs The Fund is vested with the Winnipeg Foundation as per agreement signed by the Dr. Joseph Du, CM, OM WCCCC and the WF. The capital of the Fund remains permanently in the WF and Hon Pearl McGonigal, CM, OM the interest from the Fund is to be distributed by the Winnipeg Chinese Community

Chair Foundation Fund (WCCFF) for worthy causes in the Chinese community at the discretion of the WCCFF Board of Directors. Dr. Patrick Choy, OM

Secretary The interested received from the Winnipeg Foundation in 2013 was $7,663. Six

Mr. Edmond Lip applications to the WCCFF was approved and the support for the following applications were distributed in January 2014:- Treasurer

Justice Scott Wright (ret) The Great Wall Dance Academy of Canada Dr. Hermann Lee- Director

Friendly Chinese Dance Association of Winnipeg Mr. James Yau, President

RedMantis Athletic Association Sifu Josh Schafer

Folklorama-Chinese Pavilion and Zhong-Hua Cup basketball tournament Mr. Kevin Fan, Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre

Manitoba Chinese Youth Committee Ms Debbie Guo, Advisor/Director

Manitoba Northern Light Drum Incorporated Ms Qi Wang

U can Flow Tai Chi and Qi Gong Academy Danzhu Xiao Mowat, President and Head Coach

Further information on the WCCFF can be obtained by contacting Dr. Patrick Choy, Chair or Mr. Edmond Lip, Secretary, of the Foundation.

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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 Report of the Nomination Committee PATRONAGE OF: November 2014 The Honourable Philip S. Lee, C.M., O.M. Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba Incumbents for the WCCCC Board:

HONORARY PRESIDENT: The Rt. Hon. Edward R. Schreyer, PRESIDENT: P.C., C.C., O.M., C.D. Dr. Joseph N.H. Du, C.M., O.M. PRESIDENT: Dr. Joseph N.H. Du, C.M., O.M. VICE PRESIDENTS: VICE PRESIDENT: Dr. Patrick Choy, O.M. Dr. Patrick Choy, O.M. Ms. Malinda Lee Ms. Malinda Lee Mr. Ben Lee Mr. Ben Lee

TREASURER: Mr. Terry Prychitko, F.C.A. TREASURER:

SECRETARY: Mr. Terry Prychitko, F.C.A. Ms. Debbie Guo

DIRECTORS: SECRETARY: Dr. Tina Chen Ms. Debbie Guo Mr. Edmond Lip Mr. Hsiang-Hsin Liu Mr. Rui Wang Mr. Steven Wu DIRECTORS: Dr. Tina Chen ADVISORY BOARD: Mr. David Chin Mr. Edmond Lip Dr. Charles Lam Mr. Hsiang-Hsin Liu Dr. Hermann Lee Ms. Shirley Mar, LL.B. Mr. Rui Wang Ms. Eva Luk, LL.B. Mr. Steven Wu Mr. Victor Mah Hon. Pearl McGonigal, C.M., O.M. Mr. Herb Stephen HONORARY SOLICITOR: Mr. Frank Tsang Mr. Kai Cheong Wong Mr. David Cheop, LL.B., QC Justice W. Scott Wright

HONORARY SOLICITOR: Nomination of Additional Directors Mr. David Cheop, LL.B.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Mr. Zheng Fan Ms. Jade Wang* Mr. Jack Zhou* STAFF: Ms. Lingyao Meng Ms. Jieying Zhu Mr. Spencer Leung *Both Ms. Wang and Mr. Zhou had attended WCCCC Board Meetings as Mr. Yunzhou Ling observers. Ms. Yufang Zeng

Respectfully submitted by

Patrick Choy Chair, Nominating Committee

20 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 completed. It is the youth branch of the WCCCC to raise youth voice in the Winnipeg Chinese community and encourage more youth involvement. The MCYC is organized by a group of young, enthusiastic high school and university 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 3rd 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, played main role in set up and close out the event; formed a 20-volunteer team to participate the Motionball fund raising event for special Olympics; had a leadership training in August to sharpen their leadership skills; moreover, actively involved in 2014 folklorama Chinese pavilion’s organization and operation (see report separately); last but not the least, MCYC organized the first Chinatown residence Christmas Party in Peace Tower by presenting various performance with the local senior residence and received wildly good feedback.

After three 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. We hope to continue work hard in recruiting new members, improving the performance and building the strong youth connection within the community.

Chinatown Residence Christmas Party, December 2013

MCYC leadership training, August 2014

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Chinese New Year Raffle Tickets selling, 2014 Folklorama Chinese Pavilion, August 2014

Motionball team one Motionball team two

OTHER ACTIVITIES

2013-2014 WCCCC MEMBERSHIP REPORT

The Membership Committee recruited member year round (2013-2014) 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 2014, membership includes:

Regular Membership 普通会员 60 Student Membership 学生会员 10 Senior Membership 老年会员 33 Family Membership 家庭会员 4

22 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 2013-2014, including two line dance classes, and one ballroom dance class. James teaches students at all levels.

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. 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.

23 CHINESE VERSION 中文

2013 年中华杯篮球友谊赛

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 2013 年 10 月举办了第四届中华杯篮球友谊赛。这一年，我们共有十个队参赛，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，本地的华人社团也积极组队参与了球赛。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、中加友谊协 会、红雯国货、熊猫奶茶、三宝面之家等。今年的注册费分为个人组队$60.00，商家或社 团组队$100。球赛的主要花费是裁判协会的服务。

本届的冠军队是 WAFFLES，亚军是 MCT 枫华队，第三名是 Hunters。今年我们还额 外设立了得分王和最有价值球员奖。得分王的得主是来自 MCT 枫华队的 Tony Wang，来 自 WAFFLES 的 Ronel Banibo 以他高超完美的球技获得了最有价值球员奖。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！

最有价值球员 Ronel Banibo

得分王 Tony Wong

24 金龙奖慈善筹款颁奖晚宴

温城中华文化中心于 2013 年 11 月 12 日晚六时在温尼伯会议中心，举办了金龙奖慈 善筹款颁奖晚宴。金龙晚宴是温尼伯每两年举办一次的具有极大影响力的盛大慈善颁奖宴 会。此次荣获金龙奖的两位杰出人士分别是省督夫人刘巾眉女士和曼尼托巴大学校长大卫 •本纳德教授。他们都对加拿大、曼尼托巴省及温尼泊市的发展做出了杰出的贡献，并且 展现了他们卓越的领导才能。 超过 600 位嘉宾出席了此次晚宴。曼省省督李绍麟先生，曼省省长 Greg Selinger 以 及多伦多总领馆总领事房利先生都在晚宴上发表了贺词。此外，晚宴期间还设有无声拍卖 会。此次筹款晚宴共筹得了超过十万加元，此款项将用于温城中华文化中心在未来两年的 日常运营。

2013 温城中华文化中心圣诞晚会

2013 温城中华文化中心圣诞晚会于 2013 年 12 月 10 日在省督府举行。包括政府官 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。

中国甲午马年新春晚宴

温城华埠发展商会暨缅省中华会馆於 2014 年 2 月 4 日在金冠大酒楼举办中国甲午马 年新春晚宴，承蒙省督李绍麟阁下和夫人，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。晚宴上市议员 Brian Mayes 代表温尼泊市长 Sam Katz 发表讲话并亲自为本年度 3 位荣获温尼泊社区服务奖的 获奖人颁奖，他们分别是：Kwok Ngan 先生、Maria Lip 女士和 Margaret Lee Grant 女士。 25 加拿大邮政局也在此次宴会上举行了发行马年纪念邮票揭幕仪式，同时温尼泊市发展 局为华埠举行马年旗帜揭幕典礼，晚会充满新春气象，热闹非凡。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。

2014 年青春绽放文化艺术晚会

2014 年 3 月 22 日，缅省中华青年会 (MCYC) 举行了第三届青春绽放文化艺术晚会， 邀请了除华人社团之外的印度，越南和加拿大本地等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 250 人参加了此场晚会，通过卖票和传统食品义 卖，青年会共筹得大概$350 的资金。

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 2015 年春季继续主办新一届青春绽放文化艺术晚会。

“北京杂技”筹款活动

2014 年 4 月 29 日，温尼伯交响乐团与温城文化中心联手举办了一场筹款活动——北 京杂技汇演。由于温尼伯交响乐团和温城文化中心在温尼伯基金会都设立有自己的基金， 所以此次活动所筹集的资金都将全部捐献于温尼伯基金会。活动先于金冠餐厅举行晚宴， 以 12 道精致的中国菜肴为晚会拉开了帷幕。晚宴过后，众人转移至温尼伯音乐厅欣赏北 京杂技和温尼伯交响乐团带来的精彩演出。此次活动非常成功，文化中心筹集了超过 6000 加元，所有筹集款项全部捐献到了温城中华社区基金会。

26 2014 “印象台湾”——亚洲文化遗产月

为了庆祝台美文化遗产周和加拿大亚洲文 化遗产月，来自国立台湾体育运动大学的文化 艺术表演团于 2014 年 5 月初抵达温尼伯，和温 城文化中心、曼省中华时报及中华文化社一同 协办了 2014“印象台湾”活动。 此次活动于 5 月 4 日晚上 7 时在温尼伯西 部的 Tec-Voc 高中小剧场举行。曼省省督 Hon. Philip Lee，多元文化部部长 Flor Marcelino 和 Dr. Joseph Du 分别发表了演讲和祝词。晚会顺 利开始并成功拉下帷幕，为 500 多位温尼伯百 姓带去了与众不同的台湾特色表演。 5 月是加拿大的亚洲文化遗产月。我们很荣幸能够请到台湾的表演团为温尼伯人民带 来精彩的台湾传统舞蹈和文化表演。呈现包括台湾客家及原住民特色的多元文化，并融合 台湾传统及当代元素，呈现美丽台湾印象，展现中华传统艺术与台湾新生力量兼容并存的 文化内涵。 另外，文化中心于 5 月 3 日晚 7 时，在金煌举办了欢迎多伦多台北经济文化办事处处 长吴荣泉及国立台湾体育运动大学文化艺术访问团的晚宴。

溫尼泊中國城街道歡慶會

由温城中华文化中心举办的温尼泊中国城街道欢庆会自 2009 年以来已成功举办五 届，今年 9 月 13 日至 14 日举办 了第六届街道欢庆会，获得了 各界人士的热烈回应，更蒙省 督李绍麟阁下及夫人，市议员 布瑞恩•梅斯及众多社会达贤出 席盛会，共襄盛举。欢庆会期 间，来自华人及非华人的许多 表演团体带来了精彩的演出。 每年我们都为街庆带来新的元 素，除了往年深受大家欢迎的 舞狮，熊猫奶茶，中文旧书义 卖，省督切蛋糕与大众分享 等 ， 今 年 还 增 设 有 微 型 动 物 园，路边按摩，牛羊肉烤串 等，并且在两天的欢庆会期间 都有电视台现场报道。值得一 提的是卡尔加里洪门振华声艺术研究社与本地温尼泊警魂社协办粤剧折子戏与粤曲献唱也 为街庆增兴，带来令人久违的广东粤剧。

27 2014 第 45 届民风节中国馆

28 驻多伦多总领馆在曼尼托巴省举行国庆 65 周年招待会

2014 年 9 月 23 日，中国驻多伦多总领馆房利总领事率一行六人，在缅省首府温尼辟 Fort Garry Hotel 举办了大型的国庆招待会，与温尼辟各界两百多人共同庆祝中华人民共和 国建国 65 周年。 出席的政要包括：缅省省督李绍麟夫妇，家庭服务部部长 Kerri Irvin-Ross，多元文化 部部长 Flor Marcelino, 老年部部长 Jim Rondeau，市议员 Dennis Smook 等。

驻多伦多总领馆派领事赴温尼伯市办理换发证件

9 月 20 日上午九点王军垒和米永涛领事到温城中华文化中心为曼省侨胞提供了中国 护照及香港护照的换发服务。 根据规定，换发护照须本人亲自到使领馆办理，曼省没有设置中国领馆，因此在曼省 的侨胞及留学生必须到多伦多使领馆办理。随着曼省华人的增多，多伦多领事馆每年都会 派领事前来温尼伯为侨胞提供换发护照服务。温城中华文化中心作为此项服务活动的协办 单位，为使领馆提供场地、义工等。今年两位领事在一天之内共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。

29 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。

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。

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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