CASE STUDY: The Asia Pacific.
How, what, and why does what’s going on in Asia matter for Canada?
Join us for the Canada - Asia Pacific Case Study, as we brainstorm, discuss, and debate the question “How do we put Asia on the mental map of Canadians”?
SESSION AGENDA
MORNING (9-12): Warm up for the Canada-Asia Pacific Case Study afternoon roundtable by joining 25@25: Canada’s Future with Asia for a lively and interactive morning of Mental Mapping. Brainstorm, explore, and share the ideas and keywords you think are what connects Canada and the Asia Pacific. Have your say in our Speaker’s Corner, and leave your mark on our giant transpacific map!
AFTERNOON (1-4): Engage in a provocative and dynamic discussion about putting Asia on the mental map of Canadians with our forward-thinking panel of Asia practitioners, chaired by Yuen Pau Woo (President and CEO, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada), and facilitated by Paul Evans (Professor and Director of the Institute of Asian Research at the University of British Columbia).
FEATURED SESSION PARTICIPANTS
Hank Bull
Hank Bull was born in Calgary in 1949 and grew up in Ontario and Nova Scotia. In 1973 he joined the Western Front in Vancouver, one of Canada’s first artist-run centres. His has explored performance, video, radio and telecommunications art. Interested in networks of exchange, he has travelled widely and collaborated with artists from all over the world, particularly in Asia. In 1999, he was a co-founder of the Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art (Centre A), where he continues in the role of executive director.
Yuen Pau Woo
Yuen Pau Woo is President and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. Mr. Woo is on the management board of the National Centre of Excellence in Immigration Research at UBC and Simon Fraser University (Metropolis BC), and is an advisor to the Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Centre and the Asian Development Bank. He is also on the International Advisory Council of the Asia Society in New York, a member of the Greater Vancouver Advisory Board for the Salvation Army, and a board member of the Mosaic Institute. Mr. Woo was born in Malaysia and grew up in Singapore. He was educated at Lester B. Pearson College, Wheaton College, the University of Cambridge, and the University of London. Mr. Woo has previously worked as a consultant on international marine affairs and as an economist for the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation.
Paul Evans
Paul Evans is Professor and Director of the Institute of Asian Research at the University of British Columbia. He earlier served as the Co-CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and held academic appointments at York University and Harvard University. A specialist on the international relations of Eastern Asia, his first book was a biography of John Fairbank, his most recent a lexicon of Asia Pacific security terminology, and his current one on “Canada and Global China: After Engagement.” For a full academic c.v. go here.
Eleanor Guerrero-Campbell
Eleanor Guerrero-Campbell received her Masters of Urban Planning from the University of the Philippines in 1977 and has built a strong, storied career in community planning ever since. She immigrated to Canada shortly after the completion of her Masters and worked as a community planner for the cities of Edmonton and Surrey before becoming a policy planner and corporate strategist for the City of Richmond. In 2003, after working for MOSAIC as a director, she took on the position (volunteer) of Executive Vice President of the then-Filipino Canadian Support Services Society, and transformed the small drop-in centre for Filipinos into Multicultural Helping House Society (MHHS), a full-service immigrant service agency and charity for immigrant Filipinos and other underserved ethnic minority communities. AT MHHS, Guerrero-Campbell was instrumental in fundraising and building a three-level centre with offices, a community centre and temporary housing for immigrants. When Guerrero-Campbell later became Executive Director / Chief Executive Officer of MHHS, she helped expand the society’s services to include settlement support, employment counseling and job search, mentoring, and programs for seniors, youth and caregivers. In 2008, Guerrero-Campbell became the Executive Director / Chief Executive Officer of the Minerva Foundation for BC Women, volunteering one day out of five during the work week. The foundation seeks to empower women to achieve their full capacity through four pillars: leadership, economic security, education and community safety.
Robert E. Bedeski
Robert Bedeski holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley (1969), is Professor Emeritus, University of Victoria, Canada, and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Mongolia Academy of Sciences in 2008. During his forty years of teaching and writing on Asian political affairs, he has taught at Ohio State University, Carleton University (Ottawa), the University of Victoria in Canada, and the Semester at Sea. He has written numerous books and articles on arms control, political development, human security, and democratization. In the course of his quest for understanding contemporary Asia, he has lived in Japan, Taiwan, China, South Korea, and Mongolia, studied their respective histories, languages, and politics, and met with leading officials and scholars. He is currently writing a book entitled The Asian State, its Mongol Legacy and Transformation in which he examines the genealogy of Asian totalitarianism from Chinggis Khan through Mao Zedong and Kim Il Sung. During his career in Canada he served as consultant to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Defence, as well as President of the Japanese Studies Association of Canada, and President of the Canadian Consortium on Asia Pacific Security.
Alden E. Habacon
Alden E. Habacon is a diversity specialist and public intellectual in the area of interculturalism in Canada, and diversity in media and public institutions. He is the Manager of Diversity Initiatives for CBC Television and a sought-after national and international speaker and consultant on the topic of “Multiculturalism 2.0.” He is also the founder of Schema, an online magazine about the 1.5- and second generation Canadian experience of being “more than ethnic.” His current areas of focus are cultural innovation, interculturalism and multi-generational diversity within the new Canadian mainstream. As a diversity specialist, Alden regularly speaks to and consults with government agencies, nonprofits and companies around the world on various diversity issues. Alden is of Filipino ancestry and defines himself as a Cultural Navigator. He was born in Manila and spent much of his childhood living in Western Canada. He graduated from Simon Fraser University with a BFA in Visual Arts and currently lives in Vancouver with his wife.
SESSION BIBLIOGRAPHY ON ASIA- CANADA RELATIONS.
Current Affairs & Topics
- Campbell, Colin, Jason Kirby. 30 April 2008. ‘Foreign Backlash’ MacLeans. Available HERE.
- Fung, Melissa. 10 June 2009. ‘Canada’s Ugly Secret’ CBC The National. Available HERE.
- Gobell, Debra. 27 September 2009. ‘Vancouver Peace Summit’ CBC The National. Available HERE.
- Hanomansing, Ian. 19 October 2009. ‘Migrant Refugees: Then and Now’ CBC The National. Available HERE.
- McMillan, Charles. 11 July 2009. ‘Canada Being Left Behind in Asia’ AsiaPacific Video. Available HERE.
- Northcap, John.26 September 2009. ‘Made in Canada Video Games’ CBC The National. Available HERE.
- Paltiel, Jeremy. 29 September 2009. “A Canadian on the Margins of China’s Big Parade – the PRC at 60” Canada-Asia Agenda, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. Available HERE.
- Potter, Pitman. 14 May 2009. ‘Charter 08 and Human Rights in China’ AsiaPacific Video. Available HERE.
- Rape Relief. 3 October 2008. ‘Flesh Mapping: Vancouver Markets Pacific Women’ Available HERE.
- Stevenson, Mark. 1 April 2007. ‘Asian Carp Invasion’ CBC The National. Available HERE.
Policy Papers & Statements
- 21 January 2008. Strategic Advisors’ Report and Recommendations: Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative. Available HERE.
- 14 May 2008. Co-Chairmen’s Statement of the Fifth ASEAN –Canada Dialogue, Ho Chi Minh City. Available HERE.
- Canada China Business Council. March 2008. ‘Ensuring Canadian Prosperity in a Changing Global Economy. Policy Position Paper. Available HERE.
- Yan, Miu Chung, Sean Lauer and Sherman Chan. February 2009. ‘Social Capital and the Labour Market Process among New Generation Youth from Visible Minority Immigrant Families’ Working Paper Series 09-01, Metropolis British Columbia, Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Diversity. Available HERE.
SESSION ORGANIZERS
Hanna Cho
Hanna Cho is Project Manager for 25@25: Canada’s Future with Asia. She joined The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada in 2008 as a post-graduate Research Fellow, where her research focused on policy implications of new media technology in Canada and South Korea. She obtained her BA in Communication and History at the University of Ottawa and completed her MA in the Joint Graduate Programme in Communication and Culture at York University. A habitually interdisciplinary collaborator, Hanna’s focus on technology and social change often veers into the realm of public policy and participatory dialogue.
Jean Michel Montsion
Jean Michel is a young scholar who just completed his SSHRCC-funded doctoral studies in International Relations at McMaster University. He is now a Post-Graduate Research Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, where he pursues his research on gateway issues between East and West, with a particular focus on labour mobility and community politics. Jean Michel is the symposium editor for the multimedia peer-reviewed journal entitled Bridges: Conversations in Global Politics.
