Yvonne Xiao Tiberghien is a Canadian freelance writer, former Lecturer at Sichuan University of International Studies (Chongqing), and a native of the Autonomous Yi Region of Da Liang Shan in Sichuan.
Dayuan Xue is a Professor and project leader at the College of Life and Environmental Sciences at Minzu University of China (MUC) in Beijing; former Chief Scientist on biodiversity under the Ministry of Environmental Protection of China, Director of Ethno-ecology Commission under the Chinese Society of Ecology; a member of the World Commission of Protected Areas of IUCN; a member of the Task Force of Indigenous and Local Knowledge under IPBES.
Li Guo is a Ph.D. Candidate in the department of political science at the University of B.C. and a specialist on Chinese environmental politics. Her research centres on biodiversity protection, genetically modified food policies, and national parks regulation. Her dissertation examines different modes of public participation and contestation at the interface between environmental conservation and economic interests in China.
Sebastian Murdoch-Gibson is a Post Graduate Research Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. He studied Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs.
Justin is Program Manager, Trade, Investment, and Innovation at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Vietnam News Agency is a state-owned agency under the Vietnamese Government, and functions as the official information channel of Vietnam.
Yingqiu Kuang is a Mitacs Research Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. She is also a PhD Candidate in political science at the University of B.C. Her research interests include international political economy in multinational corporations and technology standardization, with a focus on China.
Elizabeth McIninch is a Director on the Canada-Vietnam Trade Council and a communications consultant, book editor, and speechwriter with a focus on Southeast Asia.
Katerina Graham is pursuing an MA in political studies at Queen’s University. Her areas of research interest include contemporary political theory, critical theory, and democratic theory.
Nathan is a Faculty Member, Political Science, at St. Francis Xavier University and a former Program Manager, Surveys and Research Methods, at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.
