2013 News Release Archive
Vancouver, B.C. – May 16, 2013 – The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada, www.asiapacific.ca) will convene up to 400 leading industry and policy experts representing close to 20 countries to discuss Asia’s future and Canada’s strategy for engagement at the Canada-Asia 2013 conference themed ‘Navigating Asia’s Future, Charting Canada’s Strategy.’ DATE: Monday, June 3rd (evening),...
May 16, 2013
Vancouver, B.C. – May 14, 2013 – As Canada takes chairmanship of the Arctic Council this week, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) released a poll today that finds a majority of Canadians oppose giving India (74%), Singapore (70%), South Korea (65%), and China (56%) a greater role in Arctic governance. A majority (54%) do not believe that denying Asian states a voice in Arctic...
May 14, 2013
Vancouver, B.C. – May 7, 2013 – The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada), with support from National Federation of UNESCO Associations in Japan (NFUAJ), today announced the launch of a bilateral youth exchange program between Canada and Japan with funding from the Japanese government. The ‘Kakehashi Project’ will send 200 Canadian high school students on a 10-day study tour of...
May 07, 2013
Vancouver, BC – April 16, 2013 – The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) today announced that it will host Canada-Asia 2013 , a major conference with leading industry and policy experts from North America and Asia to discuss Asia’s future and Canada’s strategy for engagement. The conference takes place at the Waterfront Fairmont Hotel in Vancouver, BC from June 3-5, 2013. This...
April 16, 2013
Vancouver, BC – April 11, 2013 – The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada today announced the appointment of a new Senior Fellow, Yuezhi Zhao, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Political Economy of Global Communication at Simon Fraser University. She will join nine other Senior Fellows in lending their expertise to the Foundation.Yuezhi Zhao is the founding Director of the Institute for...
April 11, 2013
Vancouver, BC - April 4, 2013 – More than 150 energy & environment experts, business and policy leaders from Canada, Asia and the United States gathered today at the “Forging Trans-Pacific Cooperation for a New Energy Era,” Pacific Energy Summit to hear international leaders address the the energy security and environmental challenges facing our economies and citizens. The event was co-...
April 04, 2013
Vancouver, BC— March 21, 2013 -The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada today announced three recipients of its 2013-2014 Media Fellowship Program. The program, supported in part by Cathay Pacific Airways, offers up-and-coming and established Canadian journalists the opportunity to travel and spend time in Asia to research and prepare stories that are both relevant and of interest to ...
March 21, 2013
Vancouver, B.C.– March 14, 2013 - The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada), through the National Conversation on Asia, announced today that it is partnering with the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto in convening a group of experts to examine ways that Canada can boost the country’s level of “Asia competence.” The task force is being co-...
March 14, 2013
Vancouver, B.C. – March 6, 2013 – Canada should seize a once-in-a-generation opportunity to become a transportation leader by creating a North American Gateway, argues a new report released today by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada, www.asiapacific.ca). The authors contend that changing dynamics in the global economy combined with Canadian advantages in logistics and...
March 05, 2013
Vancouver, B.C. and Washington, D.C.– February 26, 2013 – Today, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) and The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), in partnership with the Asian Development Bank, announced key speakers headlining the annual Pacific Energy Summit, which will take place on April 2-4 of this year in Vancouver, Canada. This year’s Summit, “Forging Trans-...
February 25, 2013
Toronto, ON and Vancouver, BC – January 16, 2013 – The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, and the Canadian Art Foundation proudly present Jane DeBevoise, Chair of the Asia Art Archive, as the featured speaker for the Asia Contemporary Speaker Series (ACSS) lecture at 7pm on January 23, 2013 in Montreal. The rise of Asia on the international scene is...
January 16, 2013
