MAY 2025 PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Since our April AGM, I have now taken on the leadership role as President of the Winnipeg Cultural and Community Centre.  May has already given me an indication that this will be a full-time job with lots of roles and responsibilities. I continue to commit to a smooth and gradual transition with an open mind, new ideas, “step outside the box” instead of the “what we used to do” approach. Support from the Executives, our Board of Directors, members, and community will be very important.

During our May Board meeting, many ideas on programming, senior and community activities, and directives were shared, including scheduling regular Board meetings every 3rd Wednesday of each month.

1. May 2025 proved to be a very busy month with the following activities taking place:

  • Our WCCCC website is being refreshed and is linked to Facebook, Instagram,
  • WCCCC launched a WeChat site,
  • New lion heads and lion dance equipment arrived,
  • Lower walls of the gym received fresh paint, as well as line painting of three modified badminton courts.
  • Kitchen clean-up to commence in preparation for a refresh with new equipment.
  • The May 31st Table Tennis Tournament was a huge success, with over 200 spectators and 100 players coming out for the 14-hour event and nail-biting final match!

2. Upcoming Programming for all age groups (for June 2025 – February 2026):

Health / Senior Program:

  • Senior programming such as herb planting, knowing your health seminars, medication management and safety tips, dumpling creation, etc.
  • Cooking classes for dumpling making, simple daily meal preparation, noodle shop, etc.
  • Baking class for Chinese and Western bakery.

Sports Program:

  • Senior programming, such as gentle yoga.
  • Sporting events such as table tennis tournaments and follow-up training programs.
  • New Lion Dance team, along with our dragon dance team, as our cultural recreational activities.
  • The existing gym can now facilitate three modified badminton courts for all age groups to use, training program in progress.
  • Interest and planning for creating a basketball training and reactional program is underway.
  • Upcoming sports programs also include Pickleball and volleyball for all age groups.

Arts and Language:

  • Water colour – traditional to creative arts
  • Chinese language and English class
  • Calligraphy

3. Upcoming events:

July 1st, 2025

Canada Day celebrations at the Cultural Centre include cultural performances and Indigenous spotlights, celebrating the diversity of our Canadian culture. 
Show your pride by wearing the national colours of red and white!

August 3rd to 9th

Chinese Pavilion at Folklorama

Late September

New enhanced version of our annual Night Market

October 28th

Golden Dragon Gala at the Convention Centre

4. Facility rental:

  • Rental Policy: Rental of the Gym, MPR with Kitchen, Meeting room, etc. will be based on a first-come, first-served basis. We are anticipating a higher demand for rental soon. Any existing rental agreement will be the priority. Any existing free access agreement prior will be facilitated when there is no booking by individual, scheduled program, or by other organization.
  • Please note that rental income is one of our very few incomes stream, the centre does rely on these incomes to be sustainable.
  • There is no sole proprietary use of these facilities as they are design for the community.

5. Regular scheduled Board Meeting date, time and location, and Board Meeting attendance:

The recurring Board Meeting is scheduled for the third Tuesday of each month. If a scheduled meeting is to be cancelled for any specific month, one week’s notice will be provided.

There are many other programs in the planning stages, and regular updates will be posted on the WCCCC website. Looking forward to a busy summer and wishing you all a fantastic summer.  Please check out our interest programs, registration is available online. Thank you to our many volunteers who helped update and design our website!

Ray Wan

2025年5月主席报告

自4月的年度大会（AGM）以来，我已正式担任温城中华文化中心（WCCCC）主席一职。五月的工作让我意识到这是一份需要担任不同角色并承担重要责任的全职工作。我将继续致力于平稳的过渡，同时以开放的心态，全新的思维方式推动工作，尝试“跳出框架”，而不是一味沿用“我们以前的做法”。执行团队，董事会，会员以及社区的支持将成为我们最大的助力。

在我们五月的董事会上，大家分享了许多有关项目设置，老年社区活动的想法和指导意见。同时，我们将例行董事会定在每月的第三个星期三。

1. 忙碌的5月开展了以下活动:

  • 完成WCCCC网站更新，并已链接到Facebook，Instagram 和微信公众号；

  • 购买的狮头以及舞狮器材已投入培训使用；

  • 完成体育馆下半部分墙面的重新粉刷和羽毛球场地划线；

  • 厨房清理工作以及设备更新正在有序进行中；

  • 5月31号举办的乒乓球团体赛事取得完满成功，活动持续了14个小时，吸引了超过200名观众和100名选手，最后的决赛更是紧张刺激，扣人心弦；

2. 即将开展适合各年龄层的活动项目 (2025年6月至2026年2月期间):

老年人健康类:

  • 老年人活动，如香草种植、健康讲座、药物管理与安全提示、包饺子等；
  • 烹饪课程，如包饺子教学、日常简餐教学、面馆体验等；
  • 中式与西式烘焙课程；

体育类:

  • 老年瑜伽；
  • 体育赛事：乒乓球比赛及后续的培训项目；
  • 文化休闲：舞狮队、舞龙队
  • 现有体育馆配备三个改良版羽毛球场地，面向所有年龄层开放，训练项目正在开展中；
  • 正在筹划篮球培训项目；
  • 即将开展的体育活动还包括适合所有年龄的匹克球和排球；

艺术与语言类:

  • 水彩画课程，从传统技法到创意艺术；
  • 中文、英文课程；
  • 书法课程；

3. 即将举行的活动:

7月1日

文化中心举行的加拿大国庆日庆祝活动将包含文化表演和原住民特色节目，彰显加拿大多元文化的魅力。
穿上红白国旗色，展现你的自豪感吧！

8月3日 – 8月9日

民风节中国馆

9月底

全新升级的年度夜市即将登场

10月28日

金龙宴将在宴会中心隆重举行

4. 设施租赁:

  • 租赁政策: 体育馆、带厨房的多功能室、会议室等场地的租赁将按照先到先得的原则进行。我们的租赁需求预计将会增加，现有的租赁协议将被优先考虑。此前已有的免费使用协议将在没有个人、排期项目或其他组织预订的情况下予以协调安排。
  • 请注意，租赁收入是我们为数不多的收入来源之一，中心的可持续运营在一定程度上依赖这些收入。
  • 这些场地是为社区而设，不属于任何单位或个人专有使用。

5. 定期董事会会议的日期、时间、地点及出席情况说明:

董事会的定期会议安排在每月的第三个星期二举行。如某个月的会议需取消，将提前一周通知。

还有许多项目正在筹备中，WCCCC网站将定期发去最新资讯。期待一个充实的夏季，也祝大家度过一个精彩的夏天！欢迎浏览我们的各类活动，网上报名即可。感谢众多志愿者协助我们更新和设计网站！

Ray Wan