The conference will feature a diverse range of panels and workshops focusing on innovative solutions to emerging security challenges in the Indo-Pacific.
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.
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 …
Taking place on September 25, 2021, the one-day event brought together 20 scholars throughout the province to discuss the theme ‘Canada and the Indo-Pacific Strategic Environment’. Participants were asked to address themes of political agency, interdisciplinary, and public policy strategy under the broad theme of ‘Canada and the Indo-Pacific Strategic Environment’. The …
