Based on our Bylaw, there is an annual member fee for being our members. Signing up as our member is your choice, not a mandatory requirements for participating in our services, programs and classes. Adult(18 and above) Member fee is $50/year; 18 and under will be half of that: $25/year from June to June.
The yearly benefits of being a member are: participating in our more than 30 free demo or training sessions; being able to get the access to downloading learning materials or lesson recordings when the programs are ready; joining in our 12 sessions of knowing-the-city-better activities for free; granting privileges to free summer camps; being invited to our Annual General Meeting(AGM) to be reported about our Financial Report and annual operations; having the right to vote for the Board Members at AGM.
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.