Pan-Asia Career Panel II Featuring U of T Alumni
Thursday, February 16th, 2012
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, February 16, 2012 | 3:00PM - 5:00PM | Seminar Room 208N, Munk School of Global Affairs 1 Devonshire Place |
Description
A panel and Q&A session for students to meet and interact with successful practitioners from different fields across Canada
Free Admission
The seminar will be followed by light refreshments.
Distinguished Panellists:
Tony Wong is a senior reporter with the Toronto Star. Over more than two decades he has reported on business and economics, politics at Queen’s Park and City Hall and crime and courts. In addition to the Star, Wong has reported for CBC Radio, CityTV, OMNI TV, and The London Free Press. But he most fondly remembers being a cub reporter for The Varsity and The New Edition at the University of Toronto. While at U of T, Wong also started a monthly magazine called Dialogue – the first English language magazine in Toronto aimed at the Asian diaspora.
Jon Silva graduated from Trinity College in the University of Toronto with an Honours B.A. in International Relations. He also completed a Master in Public Policy from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC. He joined the Canadian federal government in 2006 through the Management Trainee Program (MTP), which was a leadership development program offering challenging work assignments and formal training within the federal public service. As an MTP participant, Jon worked at the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) where he held analyst and project officer positions in the Philippines and Vietnam Country Programs. He is currently a Senior Development Officer with the Vietnam Country Program at CIDA.
Jing Jing Chang completed her BA in Cinema Studies and French at the University of Toronto and her PhD in modern Chinese history and Cinema Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is currently Assistant Professor of Film Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University. Her teaching areas are Asian and world cinemas. And her research interests include Cold War film cultures, Hong Kong cinema, and postcolonial studies.
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