Canada and the Asia-Pacific Policy Project
 
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Human Security in Southeast Asia, April 24-25, 2024

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 …

2023 CDSN CAPSTONE

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 …

CAPPP publishes Special Issue in the Canadian Political Science Review

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 …

Indo-Pacific Strategy Forum, December 4 – 5, 2023

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. …

Human Rights in the Indo-Pacific Symposium, April 14, 2023

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 …

China’s Latest Five-Year Plan: Insights for Western Canadian Trade, May 10-13, 2021

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 …

September 25, 2021 Symposium

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 …