Authors

Lynette H. Ong is a Professor of Political Science at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto, a Senior Fellow at the Asia Society’s Center for China Analysis, and a Senior Fellow (non-resident) at APF Canada.

She is an expert on China and Southeast Asia (Singapore and Malaysia). She is the author of three books: Outsourcing Repression: Everyday State Power in Contemporary China, which has won multiple accolades from various disciplinary associations; The Street and the Ballot Box: Interactions Between Social Movements and Electoral Politics in Authoritarian Contexts; and, Prosper or Perish: Credit and Fiscal Systems in Rural China.

Chloe Yeung is a Research Scholar with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada’s Greater China Team. She holds a Master of Global Affairs from the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto, and a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences from University College London (UCL). Her research interests include Canada-China relations, sustainable trade and development, and gender equality.

David Matijasevich teaches political science at Capilano University in North Vancouver, Canada. His research and teaching interests include populism and protest, regime change and resilience, democratic theory and practice, and the politics of Thailand and Singapore.

Deeplina Banerjee is a Research Scholar with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada's South Asia Team. She is currently a Ph.D Candidate at Western University. Her doctoral research seeks to understand the strengths and limitations of Canada's Rohingya Response Strategy in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Her broader research interests include artificial Intelligence and automation and the future of work, renewable and clean energy, green employment, and Canada-South Asia relations. Gender is a cross-cutting theme in her research. 

Dr. Scott Harrison is a former Senior Program Manager, Northeast Asia, with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

Yvonne Lau is a Vancouver-based journalist who covers business and culture with an eye on China and Russia. Yvonne’s bylines can be found in Fortune, Forbes, Maclean’s, The Walrus, Broadview, and more. She is part of Room Up Front’s 2023-2024 cohort of mentee photojournalists; a former ambassador for Women LEAD Nepal, and a former co-chair at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. 

Yvonne was the recipient of a 2023-2024 Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Media Fellowship.

Fen Osler Hampson, Chancellor’s Professor and Professor of International Affairs, Normal Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University

Fen Osler Hampson is Chancellor’s Professor and Professor of International Affairs at the Normal Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA) at Carleton University in Ottawa. The former Director of the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (2000-2012), Professor Hampson served as Director of the Global Commission on Internet Governance and is the President of the World Refugee & Migration Council. 

He holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University where he also received his A.M. degree. Hampson also holds an MSc. (Econ.) degree (with distinction) from the London School of Economics and a B.A. (Hon.) from the University of Toronto. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, he is the author or co-author of 15 books and editor or co-editor of 32 other volumes, with expertise in Canadian foreign policy, internet governance, international organization and negotiation, and conflict resolution and analysis.

Deanna L. Horton is currently a Senior Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto, a Global Fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC, and a Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. At the Munk School, Ms. Horton has undertaken research focused on Canadian company locations in Asia, based on data collected for an interactive map. 

In her diplomatic career, Ms. Horton served as Canada’s Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, as Minister (Congressional, Public and Intergovernmental Relations) in Washington, and a total of twelve years in Japan culminating in her appointment as Deputy Head of Mission. She was a negotiator on the original North American Free Trade Agreement, and then spent four years in Washington following the NAFTA and WTO legislation through U.S. Congress. In the private sector, Ms. Horton was Vice-President (Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs) at Sherritt International, a diversified resource company.

Ms. Horton has a Diploma in International Studies from the Bologna Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies; M.A. (International Affairs) from Carleton University Norman Paterson School of International Affairs; B.A. (Hons) McGill University. Ms. Horton also spent two years at the U.S. State Department Foreign Service Institute in Yokohama, Japan.

Paul Meyer is Adjunct Professor of International Studies and Fellow in International Security at Simon Fraser University. He is a Senior Advisor to ICT4Peace, an NGO promoting a “peaceful environment” in cyberspace.

Danielle Goldfarb is an advisor and expert on the digital economy, real-time data, geopolitics, trade, and public policy. She is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, an advisor on public policy to Mila (Quebec Institute on Artificial Intelligence), a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Canada Institute, a director on the Board of the Toronto Association for Business and Economics, and a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.