Please visit our MACS official web site at www.ManitobaChineseAcademy.com
May 2003
MACS or the Manitoba Academy of Chinese Studies is a federally registered charitable organization founded in Winnipeg in 1974 by a group of ethnic Chinese immigrant professionals mainly from the academic and medical fields. Its primary mission is the promotion of Chinese culture and the teaching of the Chinese language amongst Manitobans.
Its main activity is a Chinese school that has some 180 students attending Mandarin classes every Saturday morning at Grant Park High School in Winnipeg. In addition to these classes that are from kindergarten to grade 10, MACS provides adult classes in beginner and intermediate conversational Mandarin. Other areas of instruction include Calligraphy, Chinese History and Literature, Chinese Yo-Yo and Chinese Folk Dance.
Beginning in 2001, students passing the final exam of Senior I Class graduate from MACS with a certificate would make them eligible to write a challenge exam for Introductory Mandarin Language from the Asian Studies Center of the University of Manitoba.
In the Cultural arena, MACS has over 40 adults taking Tai-Ji classes. It also has over 40 choir members (MACSC), which promotes the singing of Chinese songs in the community such as at an annual Christmas party for the seniors at Sek On Toy, The Chinese Senior Citizens' home in Winnipeg's Chinatown.
