Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada ongoing podcast series on emergent issues and ideas, featuring conversations with thought-leaders from the Asia Pacific and Canada. Asia Pacific Conversations is where conversation meets innovation at the intersection of Canada-Asia relations.
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Latest Episode
March 20, 2024 | Episode 8Asia Pacific Conversations: Unpacking India’s 2024 National Elections
As 968 million registered voters prepare to cast their ballots in the world’s largest election from April 19 to June 1, APF Canada’s Vice-President Research & Strategy, Vina Nadjibulla, explores the critical dynamics of India’s upcoming elections with Michael Kugelman, Director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., and their implications for stakeholders in Canada and around the world.
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February 20, 2024 | Episode 7
Asia Pacific Conversations: The Evolving Role of Journalists Covering Human Rights Stories in the Philippines
2023 Marshall McLuhan Fellow Jodesz Gavilan, an investigative reporter with Rappler, an independent news outlet in the Philippines, discusses the challenges for human rights journalists in her country. In her conversation with APF Canada's Senior Program Manager, Erin Williams, she talks about covering the Duterte administration's 'war on drugs', fractious politics, and creating impactful solutions to social challenges.
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February 7, 2024 | Episode 6
Asia Pacific Conversations: Canada’s Inquiry into Foreign Interference
From January 29 to February 2, 2024, Canada’s Foreign Interference Commission held preliminary hearings as part of the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions. As APF Canada continues to monitor and provide analysis on this process and its impact and importance for Canadians, our Vice-President Research & Strategy, Vina Nadjibulla, unpacks this first round of hearings and their implications for our national security and the integrity of our democratic institutions.
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January 29, 2024 | Episode 5
Asia Pacific Conversations: Taiwan Elections 2024, Outcomes and Implications
In this special edition of Asia Pacific Conversations, Vina Nadjibulla, APF Canada's Vice-President, Research & Strategy, discusses Taiwan's 2024 presidential and legislative elections with Dr. Yves Tiberghien. Yves is a Professor of Political Science, Director Emeritus of the Institute of Asian Research, and Co-Director of the Center for Japanese Research at the University B.C.
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November 22, 2023 | Episode 4
Asia Pacific Conversations: A Strategy for Our Age
At the first anniversary of Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS), and recently returned from the Indo-Pacific Strategy Forum in Ottawa on defence and trade engagement with the region, the Foundation’s Vice-President Research & Strategy Vina Nadjibulla discusses the implementation and implications of the ‘generational’ foreign policy codified within the IPS.
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November 22, 2023 | Episode 3
Asia Pacific Conversations: Summit to Talk About
In this episode of the Asia Pacific Conversation podcast series, the Foundation’s Vina Nadjibulla, Vice-President Research & Strategy, discusses the highs, lows, surprises, and disappointments following her participation at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Week 2023 in San Francisco November 11-17.
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June 29, 2022 | Episode 2
Asia Pacific Conversations: APF Canada Program Manager Anastasia Ufimtseva Discusses our 2022 Investment Monitor Report
APF Canada President and CEO Jeff Nankivell joins the Foundation's Business Asia Program Manager, Anastasia Ufimtseva, to discuss key findings and takeaways from the Investment Monitor 2022 annual report, including what it can tell us about changes in investment relations between Canada and the Asia Pacific in the post-pandemic environment.
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May 10, 2022 | Episode 1
Asia Pacific Conversations: APEC Executive Director Dr. Rebecca Sta Maria
In the first episode of the Asia Pacific Conversation podcast series, host Jeff Nankivell, President & CEO of APF Canada, sits down with Dr. Rebecca Sta Maria, APEC Executive Director, to discuss the opportunities and challenges the APEC region represents for Canada and what Canadians can gain from active engagement and participation in the region.