December 23, 2009
During the Prime Minister’s visit to Hong Kong earlier in December, a MOU was signed between Hong Kong and Canada to firm up the establishment of a bilateral “Working Holiday Arrangement” to take effect from March 1, 2010.
Read full entryOctober 20, 2009
TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION (London) | What are you reading? | From a look over the shoulders of a scholar-reviewer
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The Asian Institute at the University of Toronto hosted its inaugural conference on Asian Foodprints on Friday, May 1. This year’s focus was China and Hong Kong.
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The Centre for South Asian Studies has invited award-winning Prasanna Vithanage, one of Sri Lanka’s most notable filmmakers, to screen his latest film currently touring the festival circuit and will be released into Sri Lankan cinemas in July 2009.
Read full entryApril 13, 2009
Starting September, there will be a shift in priorities for the undergraduate program in South Asian Studies. “This is a good time to rethink what we want the program to do,” said Chelva Kanaganayakam, director of the Centre for South Asia Studies.
Read full entryApril 7, 2009
“The politics of blame never resolved anything.” University of Toronto English professor and director of the Centre for South Asian Studies, Chelva Kanaganayakam, is among a group of non-political voices searching for a genuine solution.
Read full entryMarch 5, 2009
In a ten-day excursion led by Stephen Trott and Kunhee Park, Asia Pacific students were hosted by Seoul National University, Ewha, Korea University, think-tanks and civil society during Reading Week. A presentation of their observations is forthcoming.
Read full entrySeptember 1, 2008
Sherlyn Hu, graduate student of the Asia Pacific Studies program and Faculty of Social Work, coordinated the production and delivery of online trauma counseling training modules for a mental health professional training program held at Chengdu, Sichuan.
Read full entryAugust 18, 2008
In May, Professor Joshua Barker accompanied 14 graduate and undergraduate students to Indonesia for an inaugural field course about planning and development in an Asian megacity. The pilot was a great success and will likely be repeated in the future.
Read full entryJuly 22, 2008
An e-journal led by Asian Institute’s students, Asia Pacific Reader, officially received over 180,000 hits since its launch less than two year ago on October, 2006. Hits came from more than 60 countries, from every continent except perhaps Antarctica.
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