Asia Events

The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada is supporting the Government of Canada’s Team Canada Trade Mission to India by bringing a delegation of Canadian women entrepreneurs to Mumbai and Bengaluru in mid-October 2026. 

Led by The Hon. Maninder Sidhu, Minister of International Trade, the Team Canada Trade Mission will help Canadian businesses explore commercial opportunities and build relationships in the Indian market.

APF Canada’s delegation of entrepreneurs includes women-led companies in healthtech, cleantech, renewable energy, and agrifood. Participating entrepreneurs will connect with potential partners in India through business meetings, market briefings, site visits, and networking.

Alongside the mission, APF Canada will convene executive women’s roundtables on Canada-India commercial relations in Mumbai and Bengaluru, bringing together Canadian and Indian business leaders to explore women’s leadership, cross-border networks, and opportunities for commercial collaboration. The discussions will consider how sustained relationships can help women-led businesses access markets and contribute to stronger Canada–India economic partnerships.

Building on APF Canada’s participation in the Team Canada Trade Mission to Japan earlier this year, this initiative forms part of the Foundation's Women’s Business Mission to Asia Series, supporting women entrepreneurs in expanding internationally and advancing Canada’s trade diversification across the Indo-Pacific.

This initiative is made possible through the generous support of the Government of Canada's Women Entrepreneurship Strategy and the Mission Series' Official Airline Partner, Air Canada.

How ready is the Indonesian business community to seize the opportunities offered by the Canada-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)? Findings from the Kadin Indonesia Institute survey show that 84.4 per cent of respondents have either never heard of or know very little about the Agreement. Interestingly, a majority of respondents are already able to identify potential sectors and channels for doing business with Canada.

Through a collaboration between the Kadin Indonesia Institute and the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, these findings are highlighted in the Insights Paper “Indonesian Business Perceptions of the Indonesia–Canada CEPA,” exploring the gap between business awareness and the utilization of Canada-Indonesia CEPA opportunities.

The rapid growth of satellite mega-constellations – from SpaceX's Starlink and Amazon's Leo to emerging Chinese operators Qianfan and Guowang – is transforming the space environment in ways that may pose risks to orbital safety, the atmosphere, and the night sky. Yet Western and Chinese experts have had little opportunity for dialogue on how to manage these shared challenges.

The second in a series of ​Outer Space workshops co-organized by APF Canada and the Outer Space Institute, this two-day, closed-door event will bring together approximately 20 experts in space law and policy from Canada, China, and the broader Indo-Pacific region. 

Participants will explore opportunities for information exchange, best-practices sharing, and confidence building between Canadian and Asian constellation regulators and operators – with a view to fostering safer and more sustainable use of low Earth orbit.