Co-hosted in partnership with the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy and Thompson Rivers University, this year’s forum will examine how Canada can recalibrate its Indo-Pacific approach amidst shifting geopolitical and economic headwinds.
FOOD SECURITY & CANADA-SRI LANKA RELATIONS
DATE: DECEMBER 12TH – 13TH, 2025
LOCATION: UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO, COLOMBO, SRI-LANKA
The conference will feature a diverse range of panels and workshops focusing on innovative solutions to emerging security challenges in the Indo-Pacific.
Dr. Robert Hanlon and Dr. Saira Bano, faculty members at Thompson Rivers University (TRU), have been awarded two grants in support of their work with the Canada and Asia-Pacific Policy Project. This is a first-time achievement for TRU in securing awards from the Department of National Defence (DND) and Global …
The Human Security in Southeast Asia conference was hosted by the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives (CAPI), University of Victoria, in partnership with the Canada and the Asia-Pacific Policy Project (CAPPP) at Thompson Rivers University. The conference included a graduate student panel and roundtable discussions on health, gender, development, trade and …
The CDSN 2023 Capstone featured the Capstone Laureates and their research on both global and prevalent issues of security, defence, environment, and international relations: https://www.cdsn-rcds.com/capstone. Haval Ahmad, a 2023 Capstone Laureate, is an associate faculty member at Royal Roads University and a contributor for the CAPPP. The video below includes presentations …
The CAPPP has published a Special Issue in the Canadian Political Science and has contributed several works in the Research Symposium, focusing on the Indo-Pacific region: https://ojs.unbc.ca/index.php/cpsr/issue/view/12 Vol. 17 No. 1 (2023): Special Issue: Canada and the Indo-Pacific strategic environment, Guest Editor: Robert J. Hanlon. Canada and the Indo-Pacific Strategic …
The Indo-Pacific Strategy Forum (IPSF) is the most extensive Indo-Pacific conference in Canada and focuses on conversations of defence and trade relations in the Indo-Pacific. The IPSF in Ottawa, December 2023 hosted approximately 40 experts from the Indo-Pacific, Canada, and the United States to engage in comprehensive panels and interviews. …
This symposium on April 14, 2023 marked Thompson Rivers University’s (TRU) inaugural graduate conference on Human Rights in the Indo-Pacific. This symposium sought to unpack the human rights dimensions of Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS) which has been defined as a ‘once-in-a-generation global shift that requires a generational Canadian response’. “Today …
For firms, producers and others in Western Canada that have made China the West’s second-largest trading partner – and continue to increase that trade – China has provided a roadmap of its new economic goals in its latest Five-Year Plan (FYP). To ignore this information is a wasted opportunity, and …
