AI’s Global Ideas Institute participants make their own opportunities
July 23, 2012
Future Youth Engineers from Northview Heights Secondary School created a unique design idea for a waterless, affordable, and hygienic toilet ...
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Canada-Hong Kong Library symposium enriches minds and holdings
June 26, 2012
On March 19, the Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library hosted China’s Macao SAR: 12 Years of Breakthrough & Transformation, a one-day international academic symposium co-organized by the University of Macau (UM) and the University of Toronto.
Read full entryStudents pushed to think about health innovation at Global Ideas Institute
May 1, 2012
The Global Ideas Institute is at the cutting-edge of research, teaching, and citizen engagement. Leader organizer, Asian Institute, exposes and engages young people – future global leaders – to address pressing global challenges.
Read full entryFive AI Students Observe Presidential and Legislative Elections in Taiwan
February 11, 2012
For eight days in January, five students of the Asian Institute travelled to Taipei, Taiwan to conduct field research, timed to coincide with Taiwan’s presidential and legislative elections.
Read full entryAlana Boland leads international course module in Chengdu, China
February 3, 2012
Geography and Asian Institute students get inside look at urbanization and development in western interior.
Read full entrySpotlight on Richard Charles Lee Canada Hong Kong Library
January 26, 2012
The Library houses the largest research collection on Hong Kong and Canada-Hong Kong studies outside of Hong Kong. The Asian Institute is a collaborator of the Library’s speaker and cinema series. View the Library video here.
Read full entryThe University of Toronto’s Independent Weekly: The future of the Chosen Un
January 20, 2012
North Korea, to borrow Winston Churchill’s phrase, is “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.”
Read full entryCanadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies conference a great success!
November 24, 2011
On October 14-15, the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies hosted the biennial conference of the CCSEAS. More than 120 people attended for a full two days of panels. Scholars from Asia, Europe and the
Read full entryLongest journey by motorcycle in one country
November 22, 2011
Asian Institute affiliate Ryan Pyle and his brother Colin are in the Canadian edition of the Guinness Book of World Records for 2012, following their epic tour of China – a 10,091-mile (16,240-km) ride starting and finishing in Shanghai.
Read full entryFull house at opening of Taiwanese Cuisine: Intimate Politics in Film
October 21, 2011
The opening gala screening of NIGHT MARKET HERO directed by Tien-Lun Yeh played to a full house at Innis Town Hall last Friday. While the after party in Innis Café, showcasing authentic Taiwanese night market food, spilled into the hallways.
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