The Embassy of Canada in Vietnam announced a grant of C$159,203, which is being channelled through the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives, for five projects in Vietnam. Two of the projects focus on...
In the latest issue of Canada-Asia Agenda, titled “Extending Censorship Controls in Southeast Asia,” author Kieran Bergmann, Google Policy Fellow at the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global...
The internet has become a powerful tool for information, association and expression for a growing audience in Southeast Asia, but this may be curtailed as governments hone in to extend controls over...
Editorial (Canada-Asia Viewpoints - Op-Ed) septembre 2012
Canada’s engagement with China remains a work in progress, and we are at the early stages of what promises to be a long-term, multi-faceted relationship. For Canadians operating in China, respecting...
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird presented this year’s John Diefenbaker Defender of Human Rights and Freedom Award to the late Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan’s former Federal Minister for ...
In this survey, sponsored by Cathay Pacific Airways, Canadians engaged with Asia were asked to consider different dimensions of the Canada-Asia relationship with respect to human rights. Among...
Asian practitioners want to see continued Canadian engagement on human rights, despite its apparent ineffectiveness, according to a new Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) survey,...
Editorial (Canada-Asia Viewpoints - Op-Ed) Février 2012
Building a mature and constructive relationship with China is in Canada’s interest. Such a relationship depends on China’s compliance with its own laws and treaty commitments that promote economic...
Editorial (Canada-Asia Viewpoints - Op-Ed) Février 2012
As Prime Minister Harper heads to China, the challenge for the Prime Minister will be to combine his evident political skills with Canada’s international priorities to develop a strategic vision on...
Editorial (Canada-Asia Viewpoints - Op-Ed) Mars 2011
As we consider the factors that contributed to social unrest in the Arab world, we cannot help but think of China, where political power is concentrated by law in the Communist Party. Friends of...
Editorial (Canada-Asia Viewpoints - Op-Ed) Février 2011
Many people wonder if the crisis in Egypt, leading to Hosni Mubarak’s resignation on February 11, might spur similar popular upheaval for regime change in Asia. Asia has no shortage of...
Editorial (Canada-Asia Viewpoints - Op-Ed) Janvier 2011
China’s encounters with the international community continue to invite reflection on the circumstances of China’s ‘rise.’ The denunciation of Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize by the PRC regime, among...
Canada’s relevance to Southeast Asia is waning at a critical time. Once deemed an active player in regional affairs, now, no longer. At a time when major players, like US and China, are actively...
Pitman Potter, Senior Fellow with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
and Professor of Law at the University of British Columbia discusses the
Charter 08 manifesto and the strategy its authors...
Pitman Potter, Senior Fellow with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
and Professor of Law at the University of British Columbia suggests that
the Charter 08 movement has behind-the-scenes high-...
Beijing’s censorship of news about protests in Tibet and during the Olympic torch relay has been widely misinterpreted in media comment in North America and Europe. Beijing’s action was...
As protests continue against China’s policies in Tibet and its human rights record, a group of Canadian-based experts examined the issues and the role Canada might play. An appeal to China...
Canada’s imposition of the ‘toughest ever’ economic sanctions on Burma for its human rights abuses complicates this country’s already troubled ties with ASEAN. It also...
Le dernier énoncé officiel de la politique étrangére du pays, Le Canada dans le monde, a été publié en 1995.
