Workshops, Sports & Activities
ACCES has been trying to provide a platform for the members in general to connect, to interact, and to support each other and to keep physically and mentally healthy by providing a variety of sports, activities, workshops and events, such as Family Skiing Field Trips, International Chess Workshops, ACCES Summer Soccer Activities, PD Day Activities – Knowing the City Better, ACCES Basketball Club, Women in Motion –Swimming Against Stream, Family In Motion, Summer Camps, Volunteer Appreciation Events, Cross-cultural Parenting, Multicultural Food Festival, Youth-Led Tutoring, Antiracism Youth Workshops, New-Year’s Celebration, Computer Training Workshops for Teachers and volunteers, Education Training Seminars and more than 20 demo sessions on a variety of subjects yearly.
Alberta Chinese Cultural Education Society (ACCES) was registered in 2001 as a non profit organization. It was approved by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) as a charitable organization in 2021. For the past 23 years, ACCES has been providing services to more than 6000 members in the community. In 2023, the Alberta Education approved our application for being a funded and accredited Alberta Heritage Language School, which will provide online and in-person Chinese Language and Culture credited courses to Grade 10-12 in Alberta. The ACCES Chinese School for Preschool to Grade 12 students, even for adult students without providing credits is still a non-profit school under ACCES. There are four sections under ACCES: ACCES Chinese School, Alberta Heritage Language School, Beyond Language and Culture Education, Sports, Workshops, and Activities.