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• Southeast Asia Roundtable: Economy, Climate, Security in the Shadow of COVID-19, March 31, 2022

  Register at: https://uvic.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIuc–hrTopE9PYSdVOvyO4_Rz-gzy040up A free public event brought to you by the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives, University of Victoria, and the The Canada-ASEAN Initiatives at York Centre for Asian Research, York University…

  March 17, 2022

• Webinar: Regional Connectivity Building in Southeast Asia, April 5, 2022

  This event is part of the Canada, ASEAN and the Indo-Pacific speaker series. Panel Speakers:Cheng-Chwee Kuik, National University of Malaysia Lynette Ong, University of TorontoAmitav Acharya, American University, formerly of York…

  March 10, 2022

• Webinar: The Evolving Economic and Geopolitical Landscape in the Indo-Pacific, February 23, 2022

  This event is part of the Canada, ASEAN and the Indo-Pacific speaker series. This event is presented by the Centre for Asian Studies, Institute of Malaysian and International Studies at…

  February 16, 2022

• Webinar: Book Talk “The Black Race by Ho Chi Minh”, February 19, 2022

  The panel will discuss the contents of the book: “The Black Race by Ho Chi Minh and Selected Works on Systemic Racism,” compiled by Dai Trang Nguyen and edited by…

  February 10, 2022

• Cambodia is officially ASEAN Chair for the whole year of 2022!

  January 4, 2022, asean.org – Our theme: ASEAN A.C.T.: “Addressing Challenges Together” – Our logo: The traditional design of lotus flower embodies the glory and harmony of peace sustained by…

  January 4, 2022

• Canada-ASEAN Scholarships and Educational Exchanges for Development (SEED) – for students

  December 1, 2021, EduCanada – The Canada-ASEAN Scholarships and Educational Exchanges for Development (SEED) program provides students, from member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), with short-term…

  December 1, 2021

• Canada and ASEAN proceed with free trade agreement negotiations

  November 16, 2021 – Ottawa, Canada – Global Affairs Canada Today, the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, met virtually with ASEAN…

  November 16, 2021

• Upcoming event: Canada and ASEAN: Trade Diversification in the Indo-Pacific, November 26, 2021

  Photo: Indo-Pacific biogeographic region map by Eric Gaba CC BY-SA 2.0 This seminar will focus on the need for Canada, and Ontario in particular, to diversify trade with Southeast Asian…

  November 13, 2021

• RCEP will come into force in January 2022

  Key points: The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership or RCEP will come into force in January 2022. Australia and New Zealand were the latest to ratify the world’s largest trade agreement.…

  November 3, 2021

• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s free trade pitch to ASEAN

  Trudeau uses pandemic-plagued supply chains in free trade pitch to ASEAN The Globe and Mail, October 25, 2021 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used the spectre of gnarled global supply chains…

  October 25, 2021