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Richard Heydarian, chercheur invité en études indo-pacifiques à la Fondation Asie-Pacifique du Canada (APF Canada), prononcera des conférences à Winnipeg (9 septembre), Ottawa (12 septembre) et Vancouver (15 septembre), portant sur les développements politiques et sécuritaires récents aux Philippines ainsi que sur les perspectives de rapprochement avec le Canada. 

Merci de revenir au cours des prochaines semaines pour plus de détails concernant les horaires, lieux et modalités d’inscription. 

M. Heydarian est chroniqueur international, conseiller en politiques publiques et professeur titulaire au Asian Center de l’Université des Philippines. Il collabore notamment comme chroniqueur au Philippine Daily Inquirer, animateur à la chaîne OneNews/TV5, et publie régulièrement dans de grands médias mondiaux tels que le New York Times, le Washington Post, The Guardian, Foreign Affairs, ainsi qu’Al Jazeera English, Nikkei Asian Review, South China Morning Post et Straits Times. Parmi ses ouvrages récents : The Rise of Duterte: A Populist Revolt against Elite Democracy (2017) et The Indo-Pacific: Trump, China, and the New Global Struggle for Mastery (2019).  

At the March 2025 G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, Canada led adoption of the G7 Maritime Security Declaration on co-operation on protecting sea lines of communication and critical subsea infrastructure. Translating those commitments into practical collaboration now requires allies and like-minded partners to share intelligence, regulatory best practices, and public-private response frameworks. Lithuania and Taiwan have emerged as frontline innovators in cable-route diversification, rapid-repair capacity, and legal attribution for grey-zone attacks. 

This closed-door dialogue will bring together perspectives from these and other critical stakeholders to identify tangible next steps for collective action and resilience. The discussion will feature, H.E. Egidijus Meilūnas, Ambassador of Lithuania to Canada, and H.E. Harry Tseng, TECO Representative in Canada, as well as other high-level officials from Europe, the Indo-Pacific, and Canada. The discussion will be moderated by APF Canada's Vice-President, Research & Strategy, Vina Nadjibulla.

This is an invitation-only event.

Canada and ASEAN elevated their relationship to a Strategic Partnership in 2022 and are currently negotiating a ASEAN-Canada Free Trade Agreement (ACAFTA). As Canada looks to diversify beyond the U.S. and deepen its Indo-Pacific ties, ASEAN—home to over 670 million people—is central to Canada’s long-term economic and strategic interests.

This timely discussion will explore how Canada can align more closely with the priorities of Malaysia (ASEAN Chair in 2025) and the Philippines (Chair in 2026), and how those priorities can be leveraged to advance the Strategic Partnership and ACAFTA negotiations.

This event is organized in co-ordination with the visit of two distinguished experts on Southeast Asia:

• Richard Heydarian, Senior Lecturer in International Affairs at the University of the Philippines Asian Center and Visiting Scholar at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
   
• Dr. Tricia Yeoh, Associate Professor of Practice at the University of Nottingham Malaysia and Senior Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
   

To RSVP, please register through this link.

Due to limited capacity, registration will be confirmed via email by the organizing team.

Speakers:

• Richard Heydarian, University of the Philippines Asian Center; APF Canada Visiting Scholar
• Dr. Tricia Yeoh, University of Nottingham Malaysia; APF Canada Senior Fellow
• Kai Ostwald, HSBC Chair and Director, Institute of Asian Research, UBC; APF Canada Senior Fellow (Discussant)
• Vina Nadjibulla, Vice-President, Research & Strategy, APF Canada (Moderator)
   

We hope you can join us for this important conversation on the future of Canada–ASEAN relations.

KAS Canada, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, and Canadian Institute for Arctic Security are hosting a two-day conference composed of different panels focusing on the energy sector, Indigenous communities' presence, defence sector challenges, and the Pacific view of the Arctic, with a war-gaming session in which you can observe a realistic scenario of climate risks. 

APF Canada's Vice-President Research & StrategyVina Nadjibulla will be speaking at this conference. 

La Fondation Asie Pacifique du Canada (FAP Canada) organisera la première édition de son Forum indo-pacifique à Ottawa, du 1er au 2 octobre 2025. Organisé dans le cadre de l’initiative de la Fondation pour l’Indo-Pacifique, financée par le gouvernement du Canada, ce forum de haut niveau réunira des décideurs politiques du Canada et de la région indo-pacifique, des leaders d’affaires, des experts universitaires ainsi que des représentants de la société civile pour faire le point sur la Stratégie du Canada pour l’Indo-Pacifique, trois ans après son lancement.

Le forum proposera des discours liminaires, des conversations au coin du feu et des panels de discussion animés par des responsables gouvernementaux chevronnés et des voix influentes de l’Indo-Pacifique, des États-Unis et du Canada.
En plus de faire progresser les dialogues politiques de haut niveau, le Forum vise à renforcer la collaboration entre les secteurs public et privé en rassemblant des représentants gouvernementaux, des leaders de l’industrie et des membres de la société civile afin d’explorer les pistes possibles de coopération.

With the goal of addressing some of the most pressing geopolitical challenges of our time, the annual Montreal International Security convenes Canadian and international experts to engage in constructive dialogue and identify strategies to navigate a rapidly changing global order. 

The conference brings together leading practitioners, policymakers, and thought leaders from around the world to Canada, all of whom share a common dedication to understanding and resolving contemporary and emerging challenges to human rights and security.

APF Canada's Vice-President Research & Strategy Vina Nadjibulla will be speaking at this year's conference.