Taipei, June 20 (CNA) The Canadian Trade Office in Taipei (CTOT) will host a series of events in Kaohsiung for the first time to celebrate Canada's 140th birthday, a Canadian official said Wednesday.
Ron MacIntosh, Executive Director of CTOT, said the Canada Day celebration will be a great opportunity for Taiwanese living in southern Taiwan to enjoy a taste of Canada's excellence and creativity in education, food, drink and culture and to experience Canada's dynamic spirit.
CTOT has been hosted the celebration in different cities in Taiwan each year to celebrate Canada Day, which falls on July 1.
From 2004 to 2006, the celebration has been held in Tainan, Taichung and Taipei, respectively.
The celebration will begin June 26 at the Kaohsiung Film Archive, where the CTOT will host the First Canadian Animation Festival in Kaohsiung until July 12.
To further promote the animation industry in southern Taiwan, the office is working with the Kaohsiung Film Archive to organize a half-day animation seminar to connect Canada's experience with Kaohsiung's animators. The seminar will feature the presence of David Baas, a Canadian animation director who won an Oscar in 2006 for his excellence in animation, and Alex Liao, a digital artist of well-known animation software company Softimage.
From June 20 until the end of July, a Kaohsiung restaurant will offer Canadian seafood. As Kaohsiung is also home to thousands of young Canadians, the office will hold a "Canadian-style party" at a Canadian-run local pub June 27.
The last and the biggest event of the celebration will be a "Canada Village" to be held in front of the Film Archive June 30, offering Canadian food and drink, building products, education counseling and tourism information.