5月10日，加拿大埃德蒙顿孔子学院到山东师范大学进行访问，副校长郑元杰会见加拿大埃德蒙顿孔子学院理事长劳恩·帕克博士，双方就推动孔子学院可持续健康发展、开展多维度交流进行深入探讨。

　　On May 10th, the Confucius Institute in Edmonton, Canada, made a visit to Shandong Normal University. The vice president, Zheng Yuanjie, met with Dr. Lorne Parker, the director of the Confucius Institute in Edmonton, Canada. Both sides had in-depth discussions on promoting the sustainable and healthy development of the Confucius Institute and carrying out multi-dimensional exchanges.

　　近年来，在双方共同努力下，埃德蒙顿孔子学院已成为山东省与阿尔伯塔省教育交流的典范，埃德蒙顿孔子学院中文教学质量不断提升，学生数量持续增加，下设的27个孔子课堂已成长为当地国民教育体系中中文教学的中坚力量，影响力不断扩大，得到当地民众尤其是学生家长的广泛认同。

　　In recent years, with the joint efforts of both sides, the Confucius Institute in Edmonton has become a model for educational exchanges between Shandong Province and Alberta Province. The quality of Chinese teaching in the Confucius Institute in Edmonton has been continuously improved, the number of students has continued to increase, and the 27 Confucius classrooms under it have grown into the backbone of Chinese teaching in the local national education system, with its influence continuously expanding and gaining wide recognition from the local people, especially the parents of students.

　　劳恩·帕克博士认为，埃德蒙顿孔子学院办学规模和社会影响力不断扩大，已发展成为北美最大的HSK考试中心，连续多年获得全球优秀考点称号，多次获评全球先进孔子学院，学院图书馆已发展成为北美规模最大的中文图书馆，每年开展300余场教学、文化活动，直接受众超过20万人，成为加拿大人民认识中国、了解中国的重要窗口。

　　Dr. Lorne Parker believes that the scale of running the Confucius Institute in Edmonton and its social influence have continued to expand, and it has developed into the largest HSK examination center in North America. It has won the title of global excellent examination site for several consecutive years, and has been rated as a global advanced Confucius Institute many times. The library of the institute has developed into the largest Chinese library in North America. More than 300 teaching and cultural activities are carried out every year, with a direct audience of more than 200,000 people, and it has become an important window for the Canadian people to know and understand China.

　　据介绍，埃德蒙顿孔子学院是山东省教育厅和加拿大埃德蒙顿市公立教育局合作创办的非营利性教育机构，2008年5月正式揭牌。2021年3月我校与山东省教育厅共同成为中方合作伙伴，现已累计派遣中方院长和国际中文教师30余人，有力支持了孔院建设。

　　According to the introduction, the Confucius Institute in Edmonton is a non-profit educational institution jointly established through cooperation between the Shandong Provincial Department of Education and the Edmonton Public Education Bureau in Canada, and it was officially unveiled in May 2008. In March 2021, our university and the Shandong Provincial Department of Education jointly became the Chinese partners, and more than 30 Chinese deans and international Chinese teachers have been dispatched so far, which has strongly supported the construction of the Confucius Institute.