Though a comparison of Canada and China’s health-care systems may not come naturally, there is one chief parallel: both of these vast countries’ rural populations experience a lower standard of health care than those of urban areas. As Canada seeks...

Visceral. Dreamlike. Violent. These are a few of the words I scribbled in my notebook in the first minutes of Doug Chan’s latest film, The Last Roar of a Mother Bear. Reviewer Shelly Kraicer describes the film as “one of the strangest murder-mystery...

With images of ballistic missiles, beleaguered refugees and bombastic despots still fresh in our minds, thoughts now turn from the year that was to the one to come. APF Canada’s crack team of dedicated researchers has once again turned its...

Kristina Shen is a fourth-year student at the University of Victoria’s Peter B. Gustavson School of Business. After declaring her specialization in international business, she went on to complete an international co-op with the Kyoto Sangyo...

Peter Wang is a fourth-year student at the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He recently completed a four-month co-op term with Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC), a major professional services firm specializing in...

From November 8th to November 11th, 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid a historic visit to Vietnam where he and Vietnamese Prime Minister, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, announced a comprehensive economic partnership. After 44 years of diplomacy, Canada...

Hannah Shin was a student at the University of Victoria, where she studied Anthropology. She also has a degree in microbiology from the University of Manitoba. From October 2016 to March 2017, she did an internship with Network Activities Group (NAG...

What began in China as a youth-driven social movement to celebrate being single has now morphed into a shopping holiday that makes Black Friday look amateurish. Every Nov. 11, on Singles’ Day, shoppers across China take to their phones and...

Relations between Beijing and Seoul, which had become increasingly frigid with the so-called 'THAAD crisis' of recent months, have started to show signs of thawing. Last week, the two governments signaled their agreement to disagree about the THAAD...

Welcome to the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada’s new podcast series about youth cultures in East Asia. Over the next several weeks, join co-hosts Justin Kwan and Linda Qian as they travel across five cities in East Asia: Shanghai, Taipei, Hong...

Welcome to the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada’s new podcast series about youth cultures in East Asia. Over the next several weeks, join co-hosts Justin Kwan and Linda Qian as they travel across five cities in East Asia: Shanghai, Taipei, Hong...

Source: Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images, Mandy Cheng/AFP/Getty Images Welcome to the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada’s new podcast series about youth cultures in East Asia. Over the next several weeks, join co-hosts Justin Kwan and Linda Qian as...

Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images Welcome to the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada’s new podcast series about youth cultures in East Asia. Over the next several weeks, join co-hosts Justin Kwan and Linda Qian as they travel across five...

There has been a renewed interest over the past few years in strengthening Canada-China trade relations as part of the Canadian government’s strategy of international trade diversification. The Trudeau government, however, faces the challenge of...

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau were two of only three recipients of the 2017 Global Citizen Award, a program that recognizes and celebrates individuals who have contributed to “strengthening the...

Welcome to the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada’s new podcast series about youth cultures in East Asia. Over the next several weeks, join co-hosts Justin Kwan and Linda Qian as they travel across five cities in East Asia: Shanghai, Taipei, Hong...

During my year in Beijing, I saw its streets getting flooded with yellow and orange bicycles. In retrospect, I was witnessing a historical moment—that is, when ofo and Mobike, the two giants of Chinese bike-sharing schemes, began their market...

Welcome to the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada’s new podcast series about youth cultures in East Asia. Over the next several weeks, join co-hosts Justin Kwan and Linda Qian as they travel across five cities in East Asia: Shanghai, Taipei, Hong...