We are very pleased to launch online Library of Western Canada Hunan Association. All members can borrow books from our library.
We will invest minimum $1000/year to buy new books.
It is free to all registered association members. Association membership fee is $20/year/family.
Book and cash donations are welcome.
Think Ahead, and Pave the road to our future.
“The future is a pattern dependent on the movements of the present” Quote from the book Poppy War by R.F. Kuang.
12 students graduated today after completing 15 Advanced Python classes and 5 Fundamental classes starting from May. We didn’t rent fancy classrooms, but we have achieved more than the most prestigious institution or University can offer. 我们没有租借高档的教室，但是我们提供了名校一样的教育。
Western Canada Hunan Association
HACC Technology Club
Out Python class students organized a very successful BottleDrive on September 16, 2018 to raise fund for future classes and events for their Clubs.
HACC https://www.hacctech.com/
AI4YouthCanada: http://www.ai4youthcanada.com/
We offered a 3-day training course (September 9, 16, 23) on a real time database system to help our students expand their skill set or find jobs in IT or OT areas.
Tom Luo and Marcus You generously donated $300 to our community.
By Flora Zhou, Grade 4
Congratulations to Flora Deng, our long term director and volunteer, on her newly founded organizations.
1. The Windows to Calgary Chinese Association
2. Canada-China Multi-Field Exchange Association
Marshal Scholar, Cambridge MPhil student, The Poppy War Author, a daughter from Hunan Province, China.
Time: 4:30pm on Saturday, Aug 25
Location: Westside (69th Street and 17th Ave)
2018 Sports and Food Festival was cancelled due to poor air quality conditions caused BC fire, so we decided to sell food in our front yard.
“I think the bubble sort would be the wrong way to go” answered Obama. We teach sorting algorithms today. Special thanks to 湖南媳妇 Leanne who donated $1,000 to Hunan Association.
Students in Class PFM201806 (Python Fundamentals) receive their certificate in big smiles. PFM201807 (4th of the year) and Advanced Class PAD201807 (1st of the year) will start on Friday, July 27, 2018.
As our annual tradition, 15 families with kids celebrate Canada’s 151 birthday by travelling all way down to Oliver BC, camping in Hillside Orchards U-Pick farm, experiencing local cultures, watching Osoyoos Cherry Fiesta Parade roll down the main street, and viewing the magic and incredible natural phenomenon of Spotted Lake.
It is great to call this great country “our home”.
“Cherries are the first harvest of the year.”
Gather at Bowness Park and greet summer with our annual event with authentic Hunan food and perfect picnic dishes. It is great to meet with friends and families, and to see kids growing up happily.
June 24, 2018
【五律】6月24日湖南同乡会Bowness公园聚会记事
文/西门错马
六月小荷新，湘军莅水滨。
拔河添稚趣，震鼓长精神。
美食依然辣，家醪照旧纯。
年年复此地，早不异乡人。
10 students in PFM201805 (Python Fundamentals) completed the course on Jun 15th, 2018.
PAD Curriculum
1. File and Data Processing, Natural Language Processing using NLTK – Tom
2. Internet and Social Media Programming – Tom
3. Graphical user interface development using Py QT – Marcus
4. Recursion and Sorting Algorithm – Marcus/Tom
5. Introduction to Database and SQL – Tom
6. Database Programming using Python – Marcus
7. Data Science in Python 1 – Tom
8. Data Science in Python 2 – Marcus
9. Project – Game or Mobile App or Robot or Image Processing
10. Project – Game or Mobile App or Robot or Image Processing
Nothing beats a tasty roasted goat on a Saturday afternoon in the summer.
Please come and join us for our annual “2018 Summer Potluck, Barbeque and Goat Roast Party”
Date: 11:00am-4:00pm, June 23 2018
Location: Site 6, Bowness Park, Calgary
Hosted by Western Canada Hunan Association.
Topics: Steam CBC Radio Calgary and Control Christmas Lights using Raspberry PI
When: 6:30pm to 8:30pm Friday, May 11th 2018.
Where: Chinese Cultural Centre, Room #231 197-1 St SW, Calgary, AB T2P 4M4, Canada
祝贺小天鹅艺术学校成立十周年
Topics: Lists, Tuples, Sets, Matrices
When: 6:30pm to 8:30pm Friday, May 4th 2018.
Where: Chinese Cultural Centre, Room #219. 197-1 St SW, Calgary, AB T2P 4M4, Canada
Hunan Association Technology Club
https://www.hacctech.com
Mission statement: To inspire young minds to participate, learn and practise in Information Technology
Topics: Strings, Functions, Object Orientation, MatPlotLib
When: 6:30pm to 8:30pm Friday, April 27, 2018.
Where: Chinese Cultural Centre, Room #219. 197-1 St SW, Calgary, AB T2P 4M4, Canada
文/西门错马
浪得西加好泽天。
二三子弟，旧趣弄新弦。
前朝数据今朝挖，
我的智能责任田。
派耸编程岂豹关。
良心课件，苦习与侪看。
夫能育就些些个，
一网英才值万钱。
“Big data offers great opportunities to develop and promote traditional Chinese medicine (TMC) “, says Mrs Xu Lu (陆旭) Consul General on Sino North America Partnership of Traditional Chinese Medicine opening ceremony on April 21, 2018.
Education is the corner stone. Hunan Association and HACC tech Club will be offering “Machine Learning using R” programming course in the summer.
When: 6:30pm to 8:30pm Friday, April 20, 2018.
Where: Chinese Cultural Centre, Room #219. 197-1 St SW, Calgary, AB T2P 4M4, Canada
Friday, April 14
Introduction to Computation and Programming using Python
The course is co-hosted by Technology Club Canada and Western Canada Hunan Acosicaition. It will be total of 5 classroom training sessions, each session will be 1.5-2 hours with 2-3 sections. Each section will be a 20-minute presentation followed by 15-minute exercise.
For the last session, we will arrange a small project on Raspberry PI and a pizza party.
Future courses include Advanced Python Peogramming (numpy data processing, Raspberry PI projects) , Data structure, Database programing, Machine Learning using R, Software Designer, Internet-working, network security and more.
When: Friday night 6:30 to 8:30 starting from April 13th.
Where: Chinese Cultrural Centre, 197 1 St SW, Calgary, AB T2P 4M4, Canada
What to Bring: Laptop with Windows 7 and above or Mac OS.
Fee: Small fees to cover the cost of classroom rental, materials, snacks and drink etc.
Recommended age 14 and up. Please indicate the age of the attendees when you register. Adults can indicate as 18+. We will select candidates and group them appropriately.
#springski at Sunshine Village and Ski Resort.
Date: Saturday Mar 31st, 2018
Western Canada Hunan Association 
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