VANCOUVER, BC – June 20, 2025 – The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) is pleased to announce the launch of its annual Media Fellowship Program for 2025-26.
The APF Canada Media Fellowship Program, launched in 1986, offers two Canadian journalists the opportunity to spend time in Asia researching and preparing stories for Canadian audiences. The goal of the program is to help Canadian journalists become better informed about this dynamic part of the world in order to write and broadcast insightfully on Asia and Canada-Asia relations. To date, the program has supported 100 journalists, including well-known Canadian media figures such as Carol Off, John Ivison, Daphne Bramham, Nathan VanderKlippe, Chantal Hébert, Paul Kennedy, Francis Bula, and Hayley Woodin Hastings, among others.
Two 2025-2026 APF Canada Media Fellows will receive up to C$10,000 each for travel, accommodation, and in-country expenses. This year, proposals that align with the Foundation’s current work around emerging technology, AI and data governance, economic security and supply chain resilience, maritime governance and security, energy security, climate solutions, space, trade and investment, and the Arctic will be given preferential consideration.
“As Canadians turn their attention and aspirations increasingly to the Indo-Pacific region, it is more important than ever that they be well-informed,” said Jeff Nankivell, President and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. “A strong, sovereign Canada needs a strong independent media industry, and for decades now, APF Canada’s Media Fellowships have supported professional journalists in their pursuit of new and important stories on issues impacting Asia and relevant to Canada. I look forward to the contributions of this year’s Media Fellows.”
The application deadline is August 22 (11:59 p.m. PT), 2025.
For more details on the APF Canada Media Fellowship Program and how to apply, please follow this link.
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About the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) is an independent not-for-profit organization focused on Canada’s relations with Asia. Our mission is to be Canada’s catalyst for engagement with Asia and Asia’s bridge to Canada.
APF Canada is dedicated to strengthening ties between Canada and Asia through its research, education, and convening activities, such as the Canada-in-Asia Conferences series, our Women’s Business Missions to Asia, and Indo-Pacific Strategic Dialogues & Roundtables initiative.
For over four decades, our research has provided high-quality, relevant, and timely information, insights, and perspectives on Canada-Asia relations for Canadians and stakeholders across the Asia Pacific.
Info: communications@asiapacific.ca
