[ Deutsche Version am Ende ] Carola Lange wrote her last message as the Congress's president in the most recent issue of the "Infoblatt." In it, she informed you that she would step down from the office as president. 

At the AGM in April, I was elected as her successor. I would like to take the opportunity to introduce myself and the members of the current board. 

My name is Bjoern Meinhardt and I was born in Frankfurt upon Main. I grew up in Bad Nauheim, a spa resort some 30 kilometres to the north of Frankfurt in the Wetterau region. I went to school in Bad Nauheim and passed my "Abitur" in June 1988, the high school certificate that allows one to study at university.

Deutsche, die an der Bundestagswahl am 24. September 2017 teilnehmen möchten, sollten rechtzeitig die Eintragung in das Wählerverzeichnis beantragen. Hier geht's zum Merkblatt und Antragsformular.

The German Embassy is thrilled to announce that the German Parliament (Bundestag) has decided to include Canada into its International Parliamentary Scholarship Program (IPS). Young Canadians up to the age of 30 will have the chance to do a five months long internship (March to July) at the German Bundestag. The internship is accompanied by various seminars, workshops and excursions on all aspects of German up-to-date domestic and foreign policies, the federalist structure of the country, as well as its past and present.

 

If you are a Canadian citizen under the age of 30 with profound skills and interest in German politics and language (minimum level B2, as defined in the Common European Framework of Languages), this might be a great opportunity for you. You can find more information by following this link (https://www.bundestag.de/europa_internationales/internat_austausch/ips/kanada/513256, unfortunately only in German).

 

Application deadline: August 31, 2017

Im Bundesweiten Verzeichnis befinden sich derzeit 68 Einträge. Es soll von Jahr zu Jahr wachsen und langfristig die Vielfalt kultureller Ausdrucksformen in und aus Deutschland sichtbar machen. Das Verzeichnis und ein Register Guter Praxisbeispiele mit 4 Einträgen werden in einem mehrstufigen Verfahren von der Deutschen UNESCO-Kommission und verschiedenen deutschen staatlichen Akteuren erstellt. Es ist also kein UNESCO-Verzeichnis.

The German Canadian Congress is proud to be a sponsor of the newly founded German Meetup Winnipeg, a group for everyone interested in German culture and the German language.

Please join this group to practice your German or participate in German cultural events.

Are you a German Canadian Business Owner or Executive?

Please join our LinkedIn Group and get to know all the other German Canadian Business People.

 

We are pleased to announce that Ms. Lucia M. Stuhldreier is the newly appointed Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany for the province of Manitoba.

The office of the Honorary Consul in Winnipeg will be offering consular services as of January 5, 2015.

We have been informed that a new Honorary Consul will be introduced in Winnipeg on the 15th of December.  At this time we do not know when a new German Consulate will start operations. We will keep you updated right here.  Make sure you sign up to our newsletter as well.

Here is the winner of the 2014 Raffle

Original Seiffen Christmas Pyramid.
Carrie Weinheimer

Here is the Winner of the 9" Android Tablet with Google Play:
Amber Tegart

Here is the Winner of the Spices & Tea Gift Basket
Ron Bayko

All Winners , please contact the German-Canadian Congress during office hours to arrange for pickup of your prize.

 

Every year the German Canadian Congress raffles off an original handcrafted Christmas Pyramid.  You can now buy your Raffle Tickets online.  

Buy Raffle Tickets here