A Year to Remember - 2018 Multicultural Creative Works Festival

A Year to Remember - 2018 Multicultural Creative Works Festivalis promoted by City of Richmond together with many other Culture Day events

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For celebrating Canada's Culture Days, for celebrating Canada-China Year of Tourism 2018, for celebrating multicultural creative writing and lightening up community spirit, sponsored by Culture Days, BC Culture Days, City of Richmond, Richmond Art Centre, WS Immigrant & Multicultural Services Society will host “A year to remember - 2018 Multicultural Creative Works Festival” at Richmond Culture Centre on September 30th.

Time: September 30, 2018 Sunday @10:30am-1:00pm

Place: Performance Hall, Richmond Culture Centre

Address: 7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond, BC V6Y 1R9

Contact: Sophia Zhang, 778 863 5828, sophia@wsisc.com

Everyone is welcome to participate this event from famous poets and writers to any individual who is passionate about creative writing and share their experience of 2018 Canada-China Tourism which include but not limited to:

-Canadian/Chinese attractions, tours and experiences;

-Canada's/China's national parks and historic sites! Discover Canada's museums and enjoy unforgettable experiences;

-Your experience to stay with family and/or friends in Canada/China;

-The warm-hearted Canadians/Chinese, tell us about the nice people in Canada/China.

Free admission to the festival on September 30, 2018. Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy creative works sharing, Music, Dance, cakes and more!

Submit your creative work to info@wsisc.com. Each creative writing should be original and with no more than 1,000 words count; poem, essay, short story, song, painting, photography, calligraphy, drawing and many more are all welcome.

1st submission deadline: September 23, 2018 (for sharing on the Culture Day Festival);

2nd submission deadline: October 7, 2018 (for the digital book)

A digital book will be published for the first 50 original creative works; the book launch will be on March 8th, 2019 at Richmond Public Library.

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What kind of experience are you offering to the public:

Talks and Discussion

Collective Creation

Category:

Literature and Spoken Word

Multicultural

Keywords:

All ages

Contemporary

Family Friendly

Improvisation

Kids

Performance

Poetry

Singing

Storytelling

Youth/Teens

Cake

This event is wheelchair accessible.

A year to remember - about Canada-China Year of Tourism 2018

Although nearly 10,000 km separate our two countries, we are friends and family.

Today, more than 1.7 million Canadians—about 5% of Canada's population—have Chinese ancestry. Mandarin and Cantonese are the most spoken languages in Canada after English and French.

To celebrate our deep ties, the governments of Canada and China have officially named 2018 the Canada-China Year of Tourism. It's an incredible opportunity to celebrate our history and what makes us unique.

2018 will be a great year for Canadian tourism. We're ready to welcome record numbers of Chinese visitors, and Canadian tourism operators are ready to show off all the excitement and adventure that our country has to offer.

Quick facts:

In 2016, more than 610,000 Chinese tourists visited Canada
More than 1.8 million Canadian jobs are related to the tourism sector
In 2016, international visitors contributed $20 billion to Canada's economy
In September 2016, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang officially declared 2018 the Canada-China Year of Tourism
The Government of Canada has set a goal of doubling the number of Chinese tourists coming to Canada by 2021
Canada recently opened seven new visa application centres in China to help Chinese visitors come to Canada more easily and quickly
China is currently Canada’s second-largest trading partner, after the United States