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Upload your video - anything from a video collage, animated short, mini-documentary - and WIN!
Engage with a dynamic community of innovators and tell us what you think matters most for Canada’s future with Asia.
Create a video short that describes an issue, challenge, or opportunity you feel Canadians should be thinking about in our relations with Asia. Is it family values? Freedom of speech? Fusion cuisine?
Share your vision, and help ignite an exciting new Canada-Asia dialogue! If you’re between the ages of 18-35, we want to hear from you. Upload your video – anything from a mini-documentary, animated short, visual collage, or even a cameraphone capture – be as creative as you like! We’re looking for forward-thinking entries between 30 sec. – 3 min. in length, with the main idea articulated as a theme or short phrase.
Enter now, and share your vision for Canada’s future with Asia! Be sure to enter early and get your friends to vote! Contest submissions must be submitted by December 31, 2009.
If you’re between the ages of 18-35, we want to hear from you. To be eligible for any of the contest prizes, you must be a permanent resident or citizen of Canada.
Entries may be created and submitted by individuals or groups of up to 4 people.
The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and 25@25
The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada is an independent, not-for-profit think-tank on Canada’s relations with Asia. It was created in 1984 by an Act of Parliament and functions as a knowledge broker, bringing together people and knowledge to provide current and comprehensive research, analysis and information on Canada’s transpacific relations. It promotes dialogue on economic, security, political and social issues, fostering informed decision-making in the Canadian public, private and non-governmental sectors.
As we celebrate the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada’s 25th anniversary, we’re amazed at how much things have changed since 1984, and how much more things are poised to change in the next 25 years. In 1984, China was in the early stages of implementing an ‘open door’ policy; today, it has become the global centre of economic and political gravity. In much the same way, the relationship between Canada and Asia has grown by visibly, highlighted by the visible changes in Canada’s economic, cultural, and urban landscapes. Today, the global impact of Asia no longer needs explaining, and Asia is no longer seen by most Canadians as “over there”, distant, and exotic. Indeed, what happens in Asia is something that will matter more and more to Canadians from all walks of life, and there are few people who would refute the significance of Canada’s transpacific relations.
Yet it would be a stretch to say that there’s a deep understanding of Asia, or how what goes on in the Asia Pacific interacts with and impacts Canada. This is where you, your ideas, and this 25@25 contest can help ignite a new dialogue. Share your experiences, ideas, perspectives, and help us identify 25 specific issues, challenges, and opportunities that you think we need to be thinking about when we envision Canada’s future with Asia.
Why is the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada doing this?
Youth see the world in different ways than their parents, teachers, and older generations do. Especially in Canada, young people’s perspectives are globally-oriented from an early age, with many youth coming from different parts of the world as first and second-generation immigrants, growing up in cities with cultures from around the world at their doorstep.