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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Mapping social innovation in Taiwan
July 19, 2012
In September 2012, recent UofT graduates Melinda Jacobs, Remi Kanji, and Wendy Pan will be travelling to Taiwan to study, map, and assess the social innovation landscape in Taiwan.
Read full articleChanging Technologies of Film Projection in the People’s Republic of China
July 3, 2012
Thomas Lahusen and Tong Lam, both are historians at UofT, will collaborate with Tina Chen, a film historian at the University of Manitoba, to carry out a SSHRC funded multimedia research project on “Changing Technologies of Film Projection in the PRC.”
Read full articleRemi Kanji, James Poborsa and Betty Xie awarded David Chu Leadership Awards
July 3, 2012
Takashi Fujitani, Dr. David Chu Professor and Director of Asia Pacific Studies, is pleased to announce this year’s three winners of the Dr. David Chu Leadership Awards.
Read full articleAI affiliated students selected for internships in Taipei
July 3, 2012
Remi Kanji and Wendy Pan start internship positions in the fall with DFAIT’s Canadian Trade Office in Taipei. Our affiliated students will have an opportunity to apply academic knowledge to the professional work environment.
Read full articleCanada-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 articleStudents 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 articleFree advance screening of Love in the Buff
March 20, 2012
The Hong Kong International Film Festival’s opening film Love in the Buff directed by Pang Ho-cheung screens internationally on March 30. Toronto audiences will have a chance to see it in advance on March 26 for free.
Read full articleAsian Institute launches summer internship program
March 9, 2012
The Asian Institute is seeking bright and motivated students to fill its five summer internship positions.
Read full articleAsian Institute calls for nominations of students for leadership prizes
March 1, 2012
To recognize and celebrate outstanding leadership, the Dr. David Chu Leadership Awards are provided to undergraduate and graduate students in support of Asia-Pacific studies. Three to six winners will be selected and awarded with a $1,000-2,000 prize.
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