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Past 2013 events

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Past 2012 events

Thursday, December 6, 2013
Event for Members Only
Film and Reception hosted by the Chinese Embassy

Thursday, November 22, 2012
7:00 p.m.  Annual General Meeting.  
7:30 p.m.  Guest speaker:  Brian Evans, Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta.  (Click on speaker to get more details. )
True Son of China:  The Life and Times of Chester Ronning (1894-1984),  Library and Archives Canada, Room C, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa

Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. Without haste, without fear:  Lessons from China's rise to an art world superpower (Click for notice)

Derek Jessop, Art Advisor, specializing in contemporary Chinese art, Toronto and Chongqing 
Library and Archives Canada, Room 156, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa

Wednesday,  September 26, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. 
Portraits of 21st Century Chinese Universities: In the Move to Mass Higher Education with Professor Ruth Hayhoe, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.
Library and Archives Canada, Room 156, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa

The Three Gorges Project and China’s Water Resources Strategy 
with Dr. Wang Qiming, Chinese Embassy. Presentation / Summary 
June 12, 2012, Room 156, Library and Archives Building, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa. 7:30pm.

Playoff Time in China: Leadership Prospects for the 18th Party Congress 
with Professor Jeremy Paltiel, Carleton University. 
May 23, 2012, Room 156, Library and Archives Building, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa. 7:30pm.

Canada-China Agricultural Relations  with Fred Gorrell, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 
Tuesday April 10, 2012,  Room 156, Library and Archives Building, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa. 7:30pm. Presentation.

Canada-China Economic Relations: Beyond Petroleum
with Daniel Poon, North-South Institute, and David Rothwell, David Rothwell and Associates.
March 6 2012 at 7:30 pm, Colonel By Room, Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West.

Chinese New Year's Banquet celebrating the Year of the Dragon
February 12, 2012, Mandarin Ogilvie Restaurant, 6:00 p.m.  SOLD OUT!

Transforming China's "Grave" Environmental Situation
with Arthur Hanson, former President, International Institute for Sustainable Development 
January 12, 2012, 7:30 pm, First Unitarian Church, 30 Cleary Avenue, Ottawa

 

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2011 events

December 15, 2011, 7:30pm, Professor Josephine Smart, University of Calgary, spoke on Finding Safe Food in China, Library & Archives, 395 Wellington St., Room A 

November 21, 2011, 7pm: CCFS-Ottawa Annual General Meeting.  After the business meeting beginning at 7:30pm, 2011 Ottawa Book Award winner Eric Enno Tamm gave an illustrated presentation Two Western Adventurers in China, 1906 & 2006  based on his prize-winning book The Horse That Leaps Through Clouds,  Room A, Library and Archives Canada,  http://horsethatleaps.com/

Robert Wright, Canadian Ambassador to China 2005 to 2009, gave a talk Lessons Learned from My Time in China,  October 12, 2011, Library and Archives, Wellington Street, 7:30 p.m. 

September 20, 2011, 7:30 p.m., David Burke, former military attaché, Canadian Embassy in Beijing PRC, spoke on China's military development in the 21st century; Library and Archives Canada, Wellington St. 

June 9, 2011, 7:30 p.m.  Professor Kimberley Manning, Concordia University, spoke on the topic Challenging Democracy: Gender Quotas in the Chinese Countryside,  Room A, Library and Archives, Wellington Street 

May 12, 2011, 7:30 p.m.  Dr. Derek Ireland spoke about his recent work in China in urban, regional, and rural planning. Room A, Library & Archives, Wellington Street. This event was part of the program of the 2011 Asian Heritage Month Society-Ottawa. 

April 28, 2011, 6:00 p.m.  The Chinese Embassy hosted a buffet reception for CCFS-Ottawa members  in recognition of the 35th anniversary of the founding of CCFS-Ottawa.  Ambassador Zhang Junsai gave an informative slide show about China's Twelfth Five-Year Plan. 

March 18, 2011, 7:30pm: Talk by Professor Moses Kiggundu, Carleton University, Perspectives on China-Africa Relations, Room A, Library and Archives, Wellington Street. 

February 13, 2011, 6pm: Chinese New Year Banquet -Year of the Rabbit, a ten-course New Year Celebration banquet at the Mandarin Ogilvie Restaurant, 1137 Ogilvie Road.  200 members and their friends attended with special guests including Chinese Ambassador Zhang Junsai and his wife. 

January 14, 2011, 7:30pm: Beneath the Miracle: Inequality and Economic Development in China, Professor Joseph Wong, University of Toronto, at Library and Archives, Wellington Street, Ottawa.

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Year of the Rabbit Banquet

February 13, 2011, CCFS's Year- of-the- Rabbit New Year banquet at the Mandarin Ogilvie Restaurant was a resounding success with close to 200 attendees, with remarks by Chinese ambassador Zhang Junsai, Mayor Jim Watson, and former Canadian ambassador to China Robert Wright.

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2010 events

November 25 , 2010,  7:00 pm.  Annual General Meeting.  7:30 p.m. an illustrated presentation on Film Making In China Since the 1980s  by Dr. Peter Rist, School of Cinema, Concordia University, Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington St. Room A, Ottawa.

Canada-China Film Festival, in celebration of 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Canada and the People's Republic of China.  October 6,7,21,28.  Organized jointly by Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Chinese Embassy, CCFS-Ottawa, and other organizations. 

September 30, 2010, 7:30pm.  An illustrated presentation on The Untold Story of China-Canada Trade 200 Years Ago, by Ron Whate, Ottawa archaeologist and ceramicist; Salle de Presse, Gatineau City Hall. 

June 17, 2010, 7:30pm:  John Higginbotham, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade speaking on Canada's Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative: Building Bridges of Transportation and Trade between Canada and China,  the Press Room, Gatineau City Hall, ground level, 25 Laurier, Hull/Gatineau. 

May 17, 2010, 7:30pm: Where in the World is Global China? a presentation by Dr. Paul Evans, Director, Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia; the Press Room , Gatineau City Hall, ground level, 25 Laurier, Hull/Gatineau. Prof. Evans talked about China’s rise as a global force that is broader, deeper and more significant than just economics CCFSEventMay17-10PaulEvans.pdf. This event was part of the Asian Heritage Month Society Ottawa program for May. 

April 29, 2010: The Path of China’s Economic Development and Success Factors of Western Businesses in China: Looking Forward into the Next Few Decades, a presentation by Professor Nailin Bu, Queen’s University, Gatineau City Hall, 7:30pm 

March 18, 2010 : Partners in Development: China, Canada and the World Bank Group, presentation by Isaac Goodine, formerly of the World Bank, Press Room Videotron, Gatineau City Hall, 7:30 p.m. 

February 21, 2010 : Chinese New Year Banquet -Year of the Tiger; a ten-course New Year Celebration at the Mandarin Ogilvie Restaurant, 1137 Ogilvie Road, Gloucester, Ottawa, 6 p.m. 

January 21, 2010 : The Prime Minister's recent visit to China and the Canada-China Relationship, a presentation by Phil Calvert, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. Please note the new venue: Press Room/ Salle de presse Vidéotron, Gatineau City Hall, 25 Laurier St. Gatineau (Hull sector), 7:30 p.m.

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2009 events

A listing of our events from 2009.

November 26, 2009, Annual General Meeting at Library & Archives; at the Business Meeting members for the new executive committee were elected  followed by a screening of the CCTV Documentary film ‘A Retrospective of 60 Years of Chinese National Day Celebrations’

October 15, 2009, 7:30p.m. Room 156, Library & Archives, 395 Wellington, Ottawa: Professor Christian Constantin, Graduate School of International and Public Affairs, University of Ottawa, will give an Illustrated Talk on China’s Energy Policy and Global Climate Change .

September 17, 7:30p.m.: Mr. Loic Gouadec will be giving a talk and demonstration on “Tai Ji Chuan”. Tai Ji (Tai Chi) is a series of complex, slow-motion movements, each named and designed (for example, The White Crane Spreads its Wings) to ensure effective circulation of the Qi, or intrinsic energy of the universe, through the mind and body. It derives partly from the Shaolin Temple martial arts of China and partly from Daoism. Mr. Gouadec, who lives in Ottawa is an expert in the art.

June 18: 7:30 pm – Presentation by M. Jean-François Leclerc, Director, Centre d’Histoire de Montréal, on Montrealizing Bethune: The genesis of the exhibition ‘ The Adventures of the Unpredictable Doctor Bethune’ at the Centre d`Histoire de Montréal. Library and Archives Canada, Wellington Street, Ottawa, Room 156.

May 7: 7:30 pm Talk by Dr. Bernie Frolic, Professor Emeritus, Political Science, York University and Senior Researcher, Asian Institute, Munk Centre, University of Toronto, on Current Prospects for Political Change in China. Library and Archives Canada, Wellington Street, Room A.

April 16, 7pm Talk by Dr. André Laliberté, School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa, on The revival of religion in contemporary China. Library and Archives Canada, Wellington Street, Room A.

March 19: 7:30 pm Talk by Senior Colonel CAI Ping, Defence Attaché of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China, on China's Security Policy Today, Library and Archives Canada, Wellington Street, Room A.

Sunday, February 8, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. Year of the Ox - New Year's Banquet.  A traditional Chinese New Year Celebration Banquet Graced by the presence of Chinese Embassy representatives and other VIPs at the MANDARIN OGILVIE RESTAURANT 1137 Ogilvie Road, Gloucester, Ottawa

January 15, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. Illustrated talk by Professor Charles Burton of Brock University on the Reforms of Deng Xiaoping.  One of the founding fathers of the New China, Deng Xiaoping is the Chief Architect of China’s Opening Up and Reform Policies, the socialist cause with Chinese characteristics that produced China’s economic miracle. The year 2008 marks the 30th anniversary of the start of the Reform Movement. Professor Burton is a well-known sinologist who has served in the Canadian Embassy in Beijing. Library and Archives Canada, Room 156.

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2008 events

November 26 (Wednesday), Annual General Meeting, Room 156, Library & Archives Canada, 395 Wellington St. Professor Scott Simon, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Ottawa will give an illustrated presentation on Ethnic Minorities in Greater China. This will be preceded by a business meeting beginning at 7p.m. All are welcome; admission is free with a $5 charge for non-members; tea and light refreshments will be served.

October 16 (Thurs), 7:30p.m. Invitation to a Film Evening “Hello, Xiaoping”, A TV documentary co-produced by China Central Television, 95 minutes, in English. Library and Archives Canada, Room 156, 395 Wellington Street. All are welcome, with a $5 charge for non-members.
Deng Xiaoping, one of the founding fathers of the New China, is the Chief Architect of China’s Opening Up and Reform Policies, the socialist cause with Chinese characteristics that produced China’s economic miracle. October 2008 marks the 30th Anniversary of the start of the Reform Movement.

September 11 (Thursday), 7:30p.m. Presentation by Dr. Xiaobei Chen, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University on Adoptions of Chinese Children: from Christian Missionary Philanthropy (1880s to 1950s) to Intercountry Adoption (1990s - present). Library and Archives Canada, Room 156. All are welcome; Chinese tea and refreshments; there is a $5 admission for non-CCFS members.

September 10 (Wednesday) 6:30p.m. a dinner in honour of Mr. Qing Boming and Ms. Ye Zi of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship With Foreign Countries, on their visit to Ottawa, September 9-10, at the Palais Imperial Restaurant on Dalhousie at Clarence. This is on a self-pay basis at approx. $25 per person, cash bar. CCFS- members please advise L. Merklinger at 819-777-8434 by September 5.

May 29 (Thursday), 7:30 p.m. Presentation by Professor Gary Evans, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Arts, Department of Communication, University of Ottawa on The China Optic in NFB Films. Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street, Room 156; tea and refreshments. Free admission for members, $5 for non-members.

April 15 Invitation to a Film Evening, St. Luke Lutheran Church, 326 MacKay Street, "T H E Y C H O S E C H I N A" A film by Shuibo Wang introduced by Gilliane Lapointe

March 13, 7:30 p.m. Illustrated talk by Ann Chudleigh on Glorious Chinese Gardens: Imperial and Scholars’ Gardens Compared. Library and Archives Canada, Room 156

February 10, 6:00pm. Chinese New Year Banquet - to usher in the Year of the Rat, at the Mandarin Ogilvie Restaurant; with remarks by Ambassador Lu Shumin, Senator Mac Harb, Pierre Poilievre M.P., City of Gatineau Councillor Juan da Silva, and featuring gu-zheng music by Vicky Ye and Sandy Yip, and CCFS talents Dominic Darcy and Georges Sapounidis; doorprizes were generously donated by the Chinese Embassy, Canada Post, the McGarry Family, and the Mandarin Ogilvie Restaurant.

January 10, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. Talk by Ambassador Lu Shumin on Canada-Chinese Relations in the Run-up to the Olympics. Library and Archives Canada, Room 156. 
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