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Page 1: Annual Report 04-05 Final for Print - University of Victoria · 2020-06-18 · Shoichi Yokoyama CAPI Associates are attached to CAPI through projects and through their involvement

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Design and Layout:

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Copyright 2005Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives

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William NeilsonStella ChanHeidi TyedmersZhang JunhuaZahra Ismail

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Director's Message....................................................................................................................................1

Mission and Objectives.............................................................................................................................2

People at CAPI...........................................................................................................................................3

Director and StaffExecutive CommitteeAssociatesExternal AdvisorsVisitors and FellowsChairs and Program Professors

CAPI Program Initiatives..........................................................................................................................5

Japan ProgramChina ProgramCambodia-Canada Legislative Support ProjectVietnam Legal Reform Assistance ProjectGovernance and Asia-Pacific Legal Relations ProgramInternational Internship Program

CAPI On-Campus Activities...................................................................................................................11

On-Campus LecturesBrown Bag Lecture Series

CAPI Student Events...............................................................................................................................13

Student CoordinatorCAPI's Work & Study in the Asia-Pacific Region Fair

Keep in Touch...........................................................................................................................................13

CAPI Sponsored Events..........................................................................................................................14

Asian Nationalisms Project - Workshop TwoJapanese Studies Association of Canada ConferenceChina's Diplomacy of Multilateralism ConferenceAIDS, Culture and Politics in Oceania ConferenceBritish Columbia China Scholars Symposium

CAPI Awards & Fellowships.....................................................................................................................17

Anand-UVic Fund Graduate ScholarshipStudent Research FellowshipStudent Language FellowhipCAPI Annual Asia-Pacific Service AwardStudent Essay PrizeDorothy and David Lam Lecture Series

CAPI Chairs ~ Publication Update..........................................................................................................19

Contents

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Di r e c to r ' s MessageT h i s h a s b e e n t h e f i r s t y e a r a t t h e C e n t r e f o r t h r e e m e m b e r s o f t h e C A P I

t e a m : L a w C h a i r A n d r e w H a r d i n g , C h i n a C h a i r W u G u o g u a n g , a n d m y s e l f a sD i r e c t o r. D r s H a r d i n g a n d Wu i n t r o d u c e d t h e m s e l ve s t o t h e U n i ve r s i t y a n dt h e c o m m u n i t y w i t h i n a u g u r a l l e c t u r e s , a n d h a v e t a k e n u p t e a c h i n g d u t i e s i nt h e i r a c a d e m i c u n i t s , L aw f o r D r. H a r d i n g a n d Po l i t i c a l S c i en ce and H i s t o r yf o r D r. Wu . B o t h h a v e b e e n a c t i ve i n t h e i r f i e l d s o f s c ho l a r s h i p , a n d h av em a d e t h e m s e l v e s a v a i l a b l e t o t h e m e d i a f o r c o m m e n t s o n e v e n t s i n t h er eg i on , i n D r. Ha r d i ng ’ s c a s e t h e A s i a n t s u n a m i c r i s i s , a n d f o r D r. Wu t h ed e a t h o f f o r m e r C h i n e s e p r e m i e r Z h a o Z i y a n g a n d t h e r e p l a c e m e n t o f t h eC h i e f E x e c u t i v e o f H o n g K o n g . A s t h e t h r e e n e w c o m e r s s e t t l e i n t o t h e b u s yl i f e o f t h e C e n t r e , w e h a v e r e l i e d h e a v i l y o n t h e e x p e r i e n c e a n d e x p e r t i s e o fo u r c o l l e a g u e s , J a p a n C h a i r J o s e p h K e s s , A s s i s t a n t D i r e c t o r H e l e nLan sdowne , P r o j e c t O f f i c e r He i d i Ty e d m e r s , a n d t h e C e n t r e ’s f o u n d i n gs e c r e t a r y S t e l l a C h a n . T h a n k s t o t h e i r d e d i c a t i o n a n d i n d u s t r y, C A P I h a sm a i n t a i n e d a f u l l s c h e d u l e o f a c t i v i t i e s , e v e n a s w e p l a n f o r t h e f u t u r e .

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I n r e c e n t y e a r s , t h e a t t e n t i o n o f g o v e r n m e n t a n d t h e p r e s s h a s i n c r e a s i n g l y b e e no n t h e r i s e o f C h i n a a s a n e c o n o m i c a n d s t r a t e g i c s u p e r p o w e r ; i n t h e p r o c e s s , t h ec o n t i n u i n g s t r e n g t h o f t h e J a p a n e s e e c o n o my, b y f a r t h e l a r g e s t i n A s i a , a n d t h es t r a t e g i c i m p o r t a n c e o f J a p a n , h a v e t e n d e d t o b e o v e r s h a d o w e d . A n i m p o r t a n tc o r r e c t i v e t o t h i s t e n d e n c y w a s p r o v i d e d b y C A P I ’ s l a r g e s t e v e n t o f t h e y e a r –a n d t h e l a r g e s t c o n f e r e n c e i n t h e C e n t r e ’ s h i s t o r y – w h e n J a p a n C h a i r J o s e p h K e s sb r o u g h t t o g e t h e r t h e m e m b e r s h i p s o f t h e J a p a n S t u d i e s A s s o c i a t i o n o f C a n a d a a n dt h e J a p a n e s e A s s o c i a t i o n f o r C a n a d i a n S t u d i e s f o r t h r e e e v e n t f u l d a y s i n O c t o b e r2 0 0 4 . T h e C o n f e r e n c e r e c o g n i z e d s e v e r a l s i g n i f i c a n t a n n i v e r s a r i e s i n t h er e l a t i o n s b e t w e e n C a n a d a a n d J a p a n , i n c l u d i n g a h u n d r e d y e a r s o f o f f i c i a lC a n a d i a n r e p r e s e n t a t i o n i n J a p a n a n d s e v e n t y - f i v e y e a r s o f d i p l o m a t i c r e l a t i o n s .I n v i t e d g u e s t s i n c l u d e d C a n a d a ’ s a m b a s s a d o r t o J a p a n , R o b e r t W r i g h t , t h eb a n q u e t s p e a k e r a t t h e c o n f e r e n c e , a n d f o r m e r a m b a s s a d o r D o n a l d C a m p b e l l , w h od e l i v e r e d t h e 2 0 0 4 D o r o t h y a n d D a v i d L a m L e c t u r e a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y t h a tp r e s e n t e d t h e t h e m e o f t h e c o n f e r e n c e : W h y J a p a n M a t t e r s . A c o n f e r e n c e v o l u m e ,e d i t e d by D r. Ke s s a n d H e l e n L a n s d o wn e , h a s b e e n p u b l i s h e d b y t h e C e n t r e , a n dw i l l b e p r e s e n t e d a t t h e 2 0 0 5 J a p a n S t u d i e s A s s o c i a t i o n o f C a n a d a c o n f e r e n c e .

I n S e p t e m b e r 2 0 0 4 , C A P I h o s t e d t h e s e c o n d o f t h e A s i a n N a t i o n a l i s m s w o r k s h o p so r g a n i ze d b y D r. Ra d h i k a D e s a i , o f t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f Po l i t i c a l S c i en ce . D r sH a r d i n g a n d W u j o i n e d t h e s p e a k e r s a l r e a d y a s s e m b l e d t o d i s c u s s t h e n e wmean i ng o f n a t i o n a l i sm i n a c h ang i n g A s i a . I n D e c e m b e r, t h e f i r s t c o n f e r e n c eo r gan i zed f o r CAP I b y D r. Wu , on Ch i n a ’s D i p l omacy o f Mu l t i l a t e ra l i sm , b r ough ts c h o l a r s f r o m b o t h s i d e s o f t h e Ta iw a n S t ra i t s , E u r o p e a n d N o r t h A m e r i c a t o t h eU n i ve r s i t y. D r. Wu i s e d i t i n g a c o n f e r e n c e vo l ume .

No t a l l s c ho l a r l y i n t e r a c t i o n i n vo l v e s h av i ng c on t r i b u t o r s i n t h e s ame p l a c e : t h i sye a r, D r H a r d i n g h a s b r o u g h t t o g e t h e r l e a d i n g l e g a l s c h o l a r s f r o m t h e A s i a Pa c i f i cr e g i o n a n d a r o u n d t h e w o r l d i n a n o n g o i n g v i r t u a l f o r u m , t h e S o u t h e a s t A s i a n L e g a lS t ud i e s web s i t e , wh i c h a l l ows p a r t i c i p an t s t o po s t p ub l i c a t i o n s , n ews andop i n i on s c on c e r n i ng s pe c i f i c c oun t r i e s i n t h e r e g i on .

I n t h e f a c e o f s t i f f c ompe t i t i o n , P r o j e c t O f f i c e r He i d iTy e d m e r s wa s s u c c e s s f u l i n w i n n i n g f u n d i n g f r o mF o r e i g n A f f a i r s C a n a d a t h a t a l l o w s u s t o e x p a n d C A P I ’ sI n t e r n a t i o n a l I n t e r n s h i p P r o g r a m . T h e i n t e r n s w h o s ed e p a r t u r e f o r S o u t h e a s t A s i a a n d O c e a n i a w e r ea n n o u n c e d i n l a s t y e a r ’ s A n n u a l R e p o r t h a v e s i n c er e t u r n e d ; s e ve n m o r e w e r e s e l e c t e d t h i s y e a r, a n dd e p a r t e d f o r t h e r e g i o n t h i s s u m m e r. We a r e p r o u d t o b ea b l e t o p a r t n e r w i t h t h e F e d e r a l G o v e r n m e n t t o p r o v i d et h i s k i n d o f wo r k e xpe r i e n c e i n t h e A s i a P a c i f i c r e g i ont o a g r o u p o f t a l e n t e d a n d h i g h l y m o t i v a t e d y o u n gg r a d u a t e s o f C a n a d i a n u n i v e r s i t i e s . T h i s ye a r, CAP I D i r e c t o r Eme r i t u s B i l l Ne i l s on andA s s i s t a n t D i r e c t o r H e l e n L a n s d o w n e h a v e c o n t i n u e dt h e i r w o r k i n V i e t n a m a n d C a m b o d i a i n C I D A - f u n d e dp r o j e c t s a i m e d a t d e v e l o p i n g t h o s e c o u n t r i e s ’c a pa c i t i e s i n i n c r e a s i ng t h e e f f i c i e n c y o f t h e i r l e g a ls y s t e m s , a n d t h e r e b y i n c r e a s i n g p u b l i c c o n f i d e n c e i nt h e r u l e o f l a w . B o t h h a v e s p e n t t i m e i n t h e r e g i o nm a n a g i n g t h e p r o j e c t a n d c o n d u c t i n g i n - c o u n t r yt r a i n i n g , a n d h a v e h o s t e d p a r t i c i p a n t s f r o m V i e t n a mv i s i t i ng V i c t o r i a .

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CAPI ' s Mis s ion andO b j e c t i v e s

C A P I w a s e s t a b l i s h e d i n 1 9 8 7 a s a n i m p o r t a n t e l e m e n t o f t h e

U n i v e r s i t y o f V i c t o r i a ’ s p l a n t o e x p a n d a n d s t r e n g t h e n i t s l i n k s w i t hun i v e r s i t i e s a nd o t h e r i n s t i t u t i o n s i n t h e A s i a - P a c i f i c r e g i on ,e s p e c i a l l y w i t h C h i n a , J a p a n , S o u t h e a s t A s i a , K o r e a , a n d t h edeve l op i ng i s l a nd s t a t e s o f t h e Sou t hwes t P a c i f i c .

T h e C e n t r e ’ s p r i m a r y m a n d a t e i s t o c o n d u c t a n d f a c i l i t a t e r e s e a r c h o npo l i c y i s s u e s r e l a t e d t o t h e A s i a - P a c i f i c r e g i on . I n a dd i t i o n , t h e Cen t r es e r v e s a s a r e g i o n a l r e s e a r c h f a c i l i t y t o t h e U n i v e r s i t y a n d t o t h e l a r g e rc o m m u n i t y.

Mo r e s pe c i f i c a l l y, CAP I wa s e s t ab l i s h ed t o f u l f i l l s i x f u n c t i o n s :

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i n t e r e s t e d p e r s o n s a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y, a n d t o o r g a n i ze and pub l i c i z e v i s i t sb y s p e c i a l i s t s a nd o t h e r v i s i t o r s w i t h A s i a - P a c i f i c e xpe r t i s e ;

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t h e U n i v e r s i t y ;

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A n i m p o r t a n t p a r t o f C A P I ’ s m a n d a t e i s p r o m o t i o n o f k n o w l e d g e a n d u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e A s i a P a c i f i c h e r e i nV i c t o r i a , a n d w e h a v e c o n t i n u e d t o o f f e r a r a n g e o f e v e n t s a t h o m e . T h r e e o f t h e p a r t i c i p a n t s i n t h e A s i a nN a t i o n a l i s m s w o r k s h o p g a v e a d d i t i o n a l p u b l i c l e c t u r e s o n c a m p u s ; a g r o u p o f r e t u r n i n g i n t e r n s m a d ep r e s e n t a t i o n s o n t h e w o r k t h e y h a d d o n e o n t h e i r i n t e r n s h i p s ; a n d w e h a v e c o n t i n u e d t o o f f e r l u n c h - t i m e“ b r o w n - b a g ” l e c t u r e s , p a r t i c i p a t e d i n c a m p u s - w i d e a c t i v i t i e s t o e n c o u r a g e w o r k a n d s t u d y i n t h e A s i aP a c i f i c , a n d s u p p o r t e d s t u d e n t i n i t i a t i v e s o n c a m p u s . I n e a r l y 2 0 0 5 , t h e C e n t r e t e a m e d w i t h C a m o s u nC o l l e g e t o o f f e r t w o “ i n f o r m a t i o n s e s s i o n s ” o n t h e e f f e c t s o f t h e D e c e m b e r 2 6 th t s u n a m i a n d t h e p r o s p e c t s f o rt h e r e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f t h e r e g i o n . A n d r e w H a r d i n g a n d H e l e n L a n s d o w n e j o i n e d p a n e l s t h a t i n c l u d e d l o n g - t i m ef r i e n d s a n d a s s o c i a t e s o f t h e C e n t r e f o r t h e s e t w o e v e n i n g s . T h i s h a s a l s o b e e n a y e a r f o r p l a n n i n g t h e d i r e c t i o n s t h a t C A P I w i l l t a k e i n t h e c o m i n g y e a r s . A f o r t h c o m i n ge x t e r n a l r e v i e w o b l i g e s u s t o d e f i n e o u r s e l v e s a s w e n o w a r e , a n d t o d e v e l o p i n i t i a t i v e s t h a t t h e f a c u l t y a n ds t a f f m e m b e r s o f t h e C e n t r e h av e p r o p o s e d o r t h a t o t h e r s h a ve a s k e d u s t o b e i nv o l ved w i t h . To s u c c e e d i nt h e g o a l s w e s e t o u r s e l v e s , w e d e p e n d o n t h e s u p p o r t o f t h e m e m b e r s o f o u r e x e c u t i v e c o m m i t t e e , o u ra s s o c i a t e s , a n d o u r c o n t a c t s i n t h e U n i ve r s i t y, t h e l o c a l c o m m u n i t y a n d t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l n e t w o r k s o fs c h o l a r s a n d s t u d e n t s o f t h e A s i a P a c i f i c r e g i o n .

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T h e C A P I a r m o f t h e p r o g r a m h a s p a r t i c u l a r r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s f o r e n h a n c i n g t h ec a p a c i t y o f t h e Pa r l i a m e n t a n d S e c r e t a r i a t s t o e f f e c t i ve l y r e v i ew, mon i t o r, a n dsupe r v i s e gove r nmen t l e g i s l a t i v e p r opo sa l s , i n c l u d i ng c on su l t a t i o n a ndedu ca t i o n . I n J u l y, 2 004 , CAP I D i r e c t o r Eme r i t u s B i l l N e i l s on and A s s i s t a n tD i r e c t o r, H e l e n L a n s d o w n e c o n d u c t e d w o r k s h o p s o n c o m p a ra t i ve l eg i s l a t i onr e s ea r ch , p r ima r i l y f o cu s i ng on an t i - c o r r up t i on l e g i s l a t i o n . A s we l l , B i l l Ne i l s onp r o v i d e d a f o l l o w - u p w o r k s h o p f o r s e n i o r l e g a l r e s e a r c h e r s i n M a y 2 0 0 5 .

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t h e two -day mu l t i d i s c i p l i n a r y c on f e r en c e C h i n a ’ s D i p l o m a c y o f M u l t i l a t e r a l i s mw h i c h w a s h e l d o n t h e U V i c c a m p u s i n D e c e m b e r 2 0 0 4 . T h e e d i t e d p r o c e e d i n g so f t h e c on f e r en c e w i l l b e pub l i s h ed i n t h e c om ing ye a r. S i n c e t h en , CAP I ’sC h i n a C h a i r, Wu G u o g u a n g , h a s a l s o b e e n i n d i s c u s s i o n s w i t h p o t e n t i a lf i n an c i a l s pon so r s a nd c o l l a bo ra t o r s du r i n g v i s i t s t o H o n g Ko n g a n d Ta iwa n ,a b o u t o r g a n i z i n g a s e r i e s o f c o n f e r e n c e s o n C h i n a ’ s f o r e i g n p o l i c y i n t h ec o m i n g y e a r s . T h i s i d e a h a s b e e n w e l l - r e c e i v e d a n d p l a n n i n g f o r t h e s e f u t u r ee ve n t s i s n o w u n d e r wa y.

I n F e b r u a r y 2 0 0 5 , W u G u o g u a n g w a s i n v i t e d t o m e e t w i t h t h e C a n a d i a n P r i m eM i n i s t e r, t h e R i g h t H o n o u ra b l e Pa u l M a r t i n , a n d wa s a s k e d t o g i ve a s h o r tr e s p o n s e t o t h e P r i m e M i n i s t e r ’ s d i n n e r r e m a r k s o n t h e L e a d e r s - 2 0 ( L- 2 0 )P r o j e c t . A n i n i t i a t i v e o f t h e C e n t r e f o r I n t e r n a t i o n a l G o v e r n a n c e I n n o v a t i o na n d U V i c ’ s C e n t r e f o r G l o b a l S t u d i e s , t h e L- 2 0 p r o j e c t a i m s t o p r o v i dep r a g m a t i c i d e a s a n d s t r a t e g i e s t o e n h a n c e t h e e f f e c t i v e n e s s a n d l e g i t i m a c y o ft h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l e c o n o m i c a n d f i n a n c i a l s y s t e m . L a t e r W u G u o g u a n g a t t e n d e d ,b y i n v i t a t i o n , t h e p r o j e c t ’ s s t o c k t a k i n g m e e t i n g i n O t t a w a .

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c o n f e r e n c e o n C h i n a ’s po l i t i c a l c ommun i c a t i o n a t Tr i n i t y Co l l e ge i n Ha r t f o r d ,C o n n e c t i c u t . O t h e r c o n f e r e n c e p a r t i c i p a t i o n t h i s p a s t y e a r i n c l u d e d : p a p e r s a t t h ea n n u a l c o n f e r e n c e o f t h e A s s o c i a t i o n o f A s i a n S t u d i e s a n d a t C A P I ’ s A s i a nN a t i o n a l i s m s W o r k s h o p , a p r e s e n t a t i o n a t a w o r k s h o p o n H o n g K o n g E l e c t i o n s a t t h eU n i v e r s i t y o f B r i t i s h C o l u m b i a , p a r t i c i p a t i n g a s a d i s c u s s a n t a t t h e C a n a d i a nA s i a n S t u d i e s A s s o c i a t i o n a n n u a l c o n f e r e n c e , a n d a t t e n d i n g a c o n f e r e n c e o nC a n a d i a n - C h i n e s e E n e r g y C o o p e r a t i o n a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f A l b e r t a . I n J u l y 2 0 0 4 , W uGuoguang a l s o made s e ve r a l v i s i t s t o a c adem i c i n s t i t u t i o n s i n Be i j i n g , Ch i n a .

I n O c t o b e r 2 0 0 4 W u G u o g u a n g d e l i v e r e d h i s i n a u g u r a l l e c t u r e a s C A P I ’ s C h i n aP r o g ra m C h a i r t i t l e d “A Te s t o f S ov e r e i g n ty : T h e Tr a n s i t i o n o f H o n g Ko n g a n dPo l i t i c a l Change i n Ch i n a ”. O t h e r l e c t u r e s we r e a l s o g i v e n i n t h e ye a r i n c l u d i ngo n e a t U V i c o n " T h e U n f i n i s h e d A g e n d a o f Z h a o Z i y a n g " , a n d o t h e r s a t t h eU n i ve r s i t y o f B r i t i s h C o l u m b i a , t h e C e n t ra l Wa s h i n g t o n U n i v e r s i t y, a n d a t va r i o u st h i n k- t a n k o r g a n i z a t i o n s i n Ta iwa n .

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CAP I , i n t h e p e r s on o f D i r e c t o r Eme r i t u s , B i l l N e i l s on , d i r e c t s t h e c ompa r a t i v e l aw and c i v i l j u dgmen t p a r t s a nds e r ve s o ve ra l l a s t h e c h i e f l e g a l s e r v i c e s a d v i s o r t o t h e P r o j e c t . A s s i s t a n t D i r e c t o r, H e l e n L a n s d o w n eu n d e r t a ke s s e n i o r m a n a g e m e n t r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s a s t h e P r o j e c t ’s t e c h n i c a l s e r v i c e s c o o r d i n a t o r. A l s o i n vo l vedi n t h e c ompa r a t i v e l aw po r t i o n o f t h e P r o j e c t i s UV i c A s so c i a t e L aw L i b r a r i a n , C a r on Ro l l i n s , a nd UV i c L awP r o f e s s o r a n d C a n a d a Re s e a r c h C h a i r i n L a w a n d S o c i e t y J e r e m y We b b e r.

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I n t h e a r e a o f c o m p a r a t i v e l a w a n a l y s i s , t e c h n i c a l a s s i s t a n c e h a s i n c l u d e d a s e r i e s o f w o r k s h o p s d e l i v e r e d b yB i l l N e i l s on a nd J e r emy Webbe r t o s e l e c t e d l e g a l e xpe r t s f r om Hano i L aw Un i v e r s i t y (H LU ) a nd t h e I n s t i t u t e o fL a w R e s e a r c h ( I L R ) . A s w e l l , a C a n a d i a n s t u d y t o u r w a s a r r a n g e d f o r l e g a l r e s e a r c h e r s f r o m t h e H L U a n d I L R t os t r e n g t h e n t h e V i e t n a m e s e l e g a l c o m m u n i t y ’ s e x p e r t i s e i n c o m p a r a t i v e l a w m e t h o d o l o g y a n d a n a l y s i s . I na d d i t i o n , t w o l e g a l r e s e a r c h e r s f r o m e a c h i n s t i t u t i o n w e r e b r o u g h t t o U V i c t o t a k e p a r t i n r e s e a r c h a t t h e L a wS c h o o l f o r a f o u r m o n t h p e r i o d . P l a n s a r e u n d e r w a y f o r t h e n e x t t w o s t u d y p l a c e m e n t s t o a r r i v e a t U V i c i n l a t es u m m e r 2 0 0 5 .

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O t h e r p r o j e c t s c u r r e n t l y u n d e r d e v e l o p m e n t i n t h e G o v e r n a n c e a n d A s i a - P a c i f i c L e g a l R e l a t i o n s P r o g r a m a r ea wo r k shop on Spe c i a l E c onom i c Zone s i n A s i a i n c o l l a bo ra t i o n w i t h D r. C o n n i e C a r t e r o f X i a m e n U n i ve r s i t yt h a t wou l d b e h e l d i n V i c t o r i a o r S i n gapo r e i n e a r l y 2 007 . CAP I ’ s L aw Cha i r i s a l s o wo r k i ng on t h ed e v e l o p m e n t o f a n A s i a n L a w P r o g r a m m e f o r t h e F a c u l t y o f L a w w h i c h w o u l d p o t e n t i a l l y b e l a u n c h e d a s as umme r p r og r am i n 2007 . T he p r e c i s e s h ape o f t h i s p r og r amme i s u nde r d i s c u s s i o n , b u t i t w i l l l i k e l y i n vo l v ecoope r a t i o n w i t h t h e Un i v e r s i t y o f Wash i ng t on L aw S choo l a nd wou l d b r i n g A s i a n l aw s pe c i a l i s t s t o UV i c f o rp e r i o d s o f u p t o s i x week s . A s e r i e s o f CAP I s em ina r s w i l l a l s o b e s c hedu l e d a r ound t h i s e v en t . I n c on j un c t i o nw i t h t h i s , i t i s h o p e d t h a t t h i s o p p o r t u n i t y c o u l d a l s o b e u s e d t o s e t u p a N o r t h A m e r i c a n A s i a n L a w S c h o l a r l yA s s o c i a t i o n a n d a w o r k s h o p o n t h e t h e m e o f N e w C o u r t s i n A s i a .

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2 0 0 4 - 0 5 . I n N o v e m b e r 2 0 0 4 w e w e r e o f f e r e d t w o a d d i t i o n a l s i x m o n t h p l a c e m e n t sb y Fo r e i g n A f f a i r s C a n a d a . Tw o n e w i n t e r n s , Re b e c c a P l u c e r a n d L i s a O k a d a , w e r er e c r u i t e d f o r t h e s e p l a c e m e n t s a n d a r r i v e d i n t h e C o o k I s l a n d s a n d T h a i l a n dr e s p e c t i v e l y i n J a n u a r y 2 0 0 5 . O u r o r i g i n a l g r o u p o f f i v e F o r e i g n A f f a i r s f u n d e di n t e r n s - A l l i s o n E ade s ( F ede r a t e d S t a t e s o f M i c r one s i a ) , Na t h an E l l i o t ( T ha i l a nd ) ,M e g h a n n G r e g g ( C o o k I s l a n d s ) , Z a h r a I s m a i l ( T h a i l a n d ) a n d C a r l a S c h u k( F e d e r a t e d S t a t e s o f M i c r o n e s i a ) - c o m p l e t e d t h e i r p l a c e m e n t s i n F e b r u a r y 2 0 0 5 .O u r U V i c f u n d e d i n t e r n , G w y n R o b i n s o n ( T h a i l a n d ) c o m p l e t e d h e r e i g h t m o n t hp l a c emen t i n Ap r i l . A l l o f t h e s e t a l e n t ed y oung p eop l e h a ve gone on t o n ew j ob s o rg r a d u a t e s t u d i e s . O n e o f t h i s g r o u p , C a r l a S c h u k , c o m p e t e d s u c c e s s f u l l y f o r t h ep o s i t i o n o f D e p u t y D i r e c t o r a t h e r h o s t o r g a n i z a t i o n , t h e C o n s e r v a t i o n S o c i e t y o fP o h n p e i , a n d r e t u r n e d t o t h e F e d e r a t e d S t a t e s o f M i c r o n e s i a i n F e b r u a r y 2 0 0 5 .T h e p r o g r a m , b o t h f r o m t h e p e r s p e c t i v e o f o u r i n t e r n s a n d f r o m t h e i r h o s to r g a n i z a t i o n s , w a s a g r e a t s u c c e s s .

I n F e b r u a r y 2 0 0 5 w e w e r e v e r y p l e a s e d t o l e a r n t h a t w e h a d r e c e i v e d f u n d i n g f o rs e v e n p l a c e m e n t s f o r o u r 2 0 0 5 - 0 6 p r o g r a m f r o m F o r e i g n A f f a i r s C a n a d a .Re c r u i t m e n t s t a r t e d i m m e d i a t e l y, a n d a f t e r a n o t h e r v e r y c ompe t i t i ve s e l e c t i o np r o c e s s i n A p r i l 2 0 0 5 – o v e r 1 5 0 a p p l i c a t i o n s w e r e r e c e i v e d f r o m a c r o s s C a n a d a –s e v e n n e w i n t e r n s w e r e s e l e c t e d f o r o u r p r o g r a m . I n l a t e J u n e t h i s d i v e r s e g r o u p o ft a l e n t e d y o u n g p e o p l e j o i n e d u s a t U V i c f o r a n i n t e n s i v e f o u r - d a y o r i e n t a t i o n .S e s s i o n s f o c u s e d o n a v a r i e t y o f t o p i c s i n c l u d i n g c u l t u r e s h o c k , s a f e t y a n ds e c u r i t y, a n d r e g i ona l i s s ue s , a s we l l a s a s e s s i on on l i v i n g and wo r k i ng ove r s e a sw i t h C A P I A s s o c i a t e A r t W r i g h t a n d o n e o n H I V / A I D S w i t h C A P I E x e c u t i v e m e m b e rL e s l i e Bu t t . F o l l ow i ng t h e o r i e n t a t i o n , f i v e o f o u r i n t e r n s h e aded s t r a i g h t t o t h e i rp l a c e m e n t s i n t h e C o o k I s l a n d s , t h e F e d e r a t e d S t a t e s o f M i c r o n e s i a a n d T h a i l a n d .O u r f i n a l t w o i n t e r n s w i l l b e h e a d i n g o f f t o t h e i r p l a c e m e n t s i n V a n u a t u a n dM a l a y s i a i n e a r l y A u g u s t 2 0 0 5 .

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"My p lacement hasa l lowed me to fo l low mydream o f work ing w i th inmy f i e ld o f s tudy .Wi thout th i s exper ience ,I am no t su re t ha t Iwou ld have app l i ed fo r apos i t i on l i ke the Depu tyD i rec tor o f anenv i ronmenta l NGO. Myp lacement has inc reasedmy con f i dence i n pu t t i ngmy admin i s t r a t i veab i l i t i e s andenvi ronmenta l knowledgein to prac t i ca l use . Forthe f i r s t t ime I f ee l a sthough my work i smak ing a pos i t i ve

d i f f e rence in the wor ld . ”

Carla SchukCAPI Intern 2004-05

"Th i s i n te rnsh ip p rog ramnot on ly a l l owsCanad ians anoppor tun i ty tocont r ibu te to awor thwh i l e cause , bu ta l so g i ves us so much i nre tu rn . In t e rms o f myown l i fe exper ience, i twas a t rue p r i v i l ege to beaccep ted fo r th i sprogram.. .The sk i l l s ,l e ssons and exper i encesI ’ ve had i n the pas t s i xmonths a re

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Rebecca PlucerCAPI Intern 2004-05

" I have been ext remelyfo r tunate to be g iventh i s oppor tun i t y by theCent re fo r As ia Pac i f i cIn i t i a t i ves . I t i si nsp i r i ng to besu r rounded by suchen thus i a sm and to beg iven the oppor tun i t y toconnect and learn f rompeople who workt i r e l e ss l y to ach ievethe i r goa l s . I t can becha l l eng ing to work in anenv i ronment where thelanguage and cu l tu ra lnorms a re un l i ke myown. I t i s t h rough thesecha l lenges, however ,tha t I am recogn i z i ngth i s i n t e rnsh ip to be asmuch an oppor tun i ty fo rpe rsona l g rowth as i t i sfor educat iona ladvancement."

Gwyn RobinsonCAPI Intern 2004-05

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Carla Taylor

Conse r v a t i o n So c i e t y o f P ohnpe i ,P o h n p e i , F e d e r a t e d S t a t e s o f M i c r o n e s i a

C a r l a Ta y l o r, 2 9 , o f G ra n d B e n d , O n t a r i o ,h a s j u s t c o m p l e t e d a n H o n o u r s B A i nI n t e r n a t i o n a l D e v e l o p m e n t , w i t h aS p e c i a l i z a t i o n i n t h e B i o p h y s i c a lE n v i r o n m e n t a n d a M i n o r i n R u r a lD e v e l o p m e n t , a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o fG u e l p h . P r i o r t o t h i s C a r l a h a d a l s oc o m p l e t e d a F i n e A r t s D i p l o m a a tB e a l A r t i n L o n d o n , O n t a r i o w i t h aP a i n t i n g a n d P r i n t m a k i n g S p e c i a l i z a t i o n .C a r l a w i l l b e w o r k i n g f r o m J u l y 2 0 0 5 t oF e b r u a r y 2 0 0 6 a s t h e E n v i r o n m e n t a lA w a r e n e s s a n d M e d i a S p e c i a l i s t w i t h t h eC o n s e r v a t i o n S o c i e t y o f P o h n p e i ( C S P ) ,i n P o h n p e i , F e d e r a t e d S t a t e s o fM i c r o n e s i a . I n t h i s p o s i t i o n C a r l a w i l l b ei n v o l v e d i n a l l a s p e c t s o f C S P ’ se x p a n d i n g E n v i r o n m e n t a l E d u c a t i o n a n dC o m m u n i t y O u t r e a c h P r o g r a m s a n d w i l lp l a y a l e a d e r s h i p r o l e i n t h ed e v e l o p m e n t o f p u b l i c a t i o n s , p u b l i cp r e s e n t a t i o n s , a n d r a d i o a n d t e l e v i s i o np r o g r a m m i n g .

Katie Bisaro

Ch i l d Wo r ke r s i n A s i a , B angkok , Tha i l a nd

Ka t i e B i s a r o , 2 3 , o f Va n c o u v e r, B r i t i s h C o l u m b i ag r a d u a t e d t h i s y e a r f r o m M c G i l l U n i v e r s i t y i nM o n t r e a l w i t h a n H o n o u r s B A i n P o l i t i c a l S c i e n c e .K a t i e i s g o i n g t o w o r k f r o m J u l y 2 0 0 5 t o F e b r u a r y2 0 0 6 a s t h e R e s e a r c h a n d I n f o r m a t i o n O f f i c e rw i t h C h i l d W o r k e r s i n A s i a ( C W A ) b a s e d i nB a n g k o k , T h a i l a n d . I n t h i s p o s i t i o n K a t i e w i l lp r i m a r i l y b e i n v o l v e d i n c o n d u c t i n g r e s e a r c h i n t ot h e c o m p l e x i s s u e s s u r r o u n d i n g c h i l d l a b o u r i nA s i a , i n c l u d i n g t h e p r o t e c t i o n o f c h i l d w o r k e r s ,t h e p r e v e n t i o n o f e x p l o i t a t i v e c h i l d l a b o u r a n dc h i l d t r a f f i c k i n g , a n d p r o v i d i n g s u p p o r t t o C WA’ sn e t w o r k o f m o r e t h a n 5 0 o r g a n i z a t i o n s w o r k i n g o nc h i l d l a b o u r i s s u e s i n 1 4 c o u n t r i e s t h r o u g h o u tA s i a .

Devon Peavoy

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D e v o n Pe av o y, 2 8 , o f P e t e r b o r o u g h , O n t a r i o , i sa g r a d u a t e o f Tr e n t U n i v e r s i t y, w i t h a B A ( 2 0 0 0 )i n E n g l i s h L i t e r a t u r e f o c u s i n g o n C a n a d i a n /N a t i v e S t u d i e s , a n d a l s o h a s a n L L B ( 2 0 0 4 )f r o m D a l h o u s i e U n i v e r s i t y. D e v o n w i l l b e c a l l e dt o t h e B a r i n J u l y 2 0 0 5 a n d t h e n w i l l b e g o i n g t ow o r k f r o m A u g u s t 2 0 0 5 t o M a r c h 2 0 0 6 a s t h eL e g a l a n d H u m a n R i g h t s Ta s k F o r c e Re s e a r c h e rw i t h t h e L e g a l a n d H u m a n R i g h t s Ta s k F o r c e o ft h e P a c i f i c I s l a n d s A I D S F o u n d a t i o n ( L H R T F -P I A F ) i n P o r t V i l a , V a n u a t u . I n t h i s p o s i t i o nD e v o n w i l l b e d i r e c t l y i n v o l v e d i n r e s e a r c h o nh u m a n r i g h t s a n d H I V / A I D S , w i l l p l a y al e a d e r s h i p r o l e i n l e g a l l i t e r a c y a n d r i g h t sb a s e d t r a i n i n g f o r p e o p l e l i v i n g w i t h H I V / A I D S ,a n d w i l l c o o r d i n a t e a n d c o n t r i b u t e t o t h ed e v e l o p m e n t o f a r e s o u r c e b o o k o n t h e c o m p l e xl e g a l a n d h u m a n r i g h t s i s s u e s a s s o c i a t e d w i t hH I V / A I D S , s p e c i f i c a l l y t a r g e t i n g p o l i c y m a k e r sa n d l e g i s l a t o r s i n t h e r e g i o n .

Zoë Bake-Paterson

Pa c i f i c I s l a nd s A IDS Founda t i o n , R a r o t onga , CookI s l a n d s

Zo ë B a k e - P a t e r s o n , 2 4 , o f Va n c o u v e r, B r i t i s hC o l u m b i a , i s a g r a d u a t e o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y o fV i c t o r i a w i t h a B A ( 2 0 0 4 ) i n P r o f e s s i o n a l a n dC r e a t i v e Wr i t i n g , a n d a Wo m e n ’s S t u d i e s M i n o r.Z o ë w i l l b e w o r k i n g f r o m J u l y 2 0 0 5 t o F e b r u a r y2 0 0 6 w i t h t h e P a c i f i c I s l a n d s A I D S F o u n d a t i o n( P I A F ) , i n R a r o t o n g a , C o o k I s l a n d s , a s t h e i rR e s e a r c h a n d C o m m u n i c a t i o n s O f f i c e r. I n t h i sp o s i t i o n Z o ë w i l l b e i n v o l v e d i n r e s e a r c h i n g a n dp r o d u c i n g r e p o r t s a n d m e d i a r e l e a s e s o n a v a r i e t yo f i s s u e s i n c l u d i n g a c c e s s t o d r u g t h e r a p y, h u m a nr i g h t s i s s u e s f a c i n g p e o p l e l i v i n g w i t h A I D S ,p o v e r t y a n d a c c e s s t o c r e d i t a n d e m p l o y m e n t , a n dg e n d e r a n d H I V / A I D S .

Larry van der Est

A s i a n F o r u m f o r H u m a n R i g h t s a n d D e v e l o p m e n t , B a n g k o k , T h a i l a n d

L a r r y v a n d e r E s t , 2 6 , o f H e r i o t B a y, Q u a d r a I s l a n d , B r i t i s hC o l u m b i a , h a s j u s t c o m p l e t e d a B A i n A n t h r o p o l o g y a n d P o l i t i c a lS c i e n c e a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f V i c t o r i a . L a r r y w i l l b e w o r k i n g f r o mJ u l y 2 0 0 5 t o F e b r u a r y 2 0 0 6 a s t h e H u m a n R i g h t s P r o j e c t O f f i c e rw i t h t h e A s i a n F o r u m f o r H u m a n R i g h t s a n d D e v e l o p m e n t( F o r u m A s i a ) i n B a n g k o k , T h a i l a n d . I n t h i s p o s i t i o n L a r r y w i l l b ei n v o l v e d i n r e g i o n a l h u m a n r i g h t s p r o g r a m d e v e l o p m e n t , a s s i s t i n gF o r u m A s i a s t a f f i n o r g a n i z i n g a d v o c a c y c a m p a i g n s , c o n d u c t i n gr e s e a r c h , a n a l y s i s a n d r e p o r t w r i t i n g , a n d l i a i s i n g a n d n e t w o r k i n gw i t h U N b o d i e s a s w e l l a s l o c a l , r e g i o n a l a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l h u m a nr i g h t s o r g a n i z a t i o n s .

Rachel Rouhana

A s i a n F o r u m o n W o m e n , L a w a n d D e v e l o p m e n t , C h i a n g M a i ,T h a i l a n d

Ra c h e l Ro u h a n a , 2 3 , o f W i n d s o r, N o va S c o t i a , h a s j u s tc o m p l e t e d a B A i n S o c i o l o g y, w i t h a M i n o r i n Wo m e n ’ s S t u d i e s ,a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f P e n n s y l v a n i a . R a c h e l i s g o i n g t o w o r k f r o mJ u l y 2 0 0 5 t o F e b r u a r y 2 0 0 6 a s t h e W o m e n H u m a n R i g h t sD e f e n d e r s P r o g r a m O f f i c e r w i t h t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l C a m p a i g n o nW o m e n H u m a n R i g h t s D e f e n d e r s b a s e d a t t h e A s i a P a c i f i cF o r u m f o r W o m e n , L a w a n d D e v e l o p m e n t ( A P W L D ) i n C h i a n gM a i , T h a i l a n d . T h i s c a m p a i g n w a s l a u n c h e d i n J u l y 2 0 0 4 t oa d d r e s s t h e c r i t i c a l s i t u a t i o n o f w o m e n h u m a n r i g h t s d e f e n d e r sw h o f a c e h e i g h t e n e d r i s k s a n d v u l n e r a b i l i t i e s b e c a u s e o f t h e i rw o r k i n s u p p o r t o f w o m e n ’ s r i g h t s . I n t h i s p o s i t i o n , R a c h e l w i l lc o n d u c t r e s e a r c h , a s s i s t i n p o l i c y a n a l y s i s a n d a d v o c a c y, a n dw i l l s u p p o r t t h e o n g o i n g w o r k o f t h e C a m p a i g n t o a d d r e s s t h eu n i q u e i s s u e s f a c i n g w o m e n h u m a n r i g h t s d e f e n d e r s t h r o u g h o u tt h e r e g i o n .

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V i c t o r i a f r o m O c t o b e r 1 t o 3 , 2 0 0 4 . T h i s w o r k s h o p a g a i n d r e w i n m o r et h a n 2 0 l e a d i n g s c h o l a r s o f A s i a w h o p r e s e n t e d a n d d i s c u s s e d p a p e r so n t h e m e s t h a t e m e r g e d a t l a s t y e a r ’ s w o r k s h o p a n d o v e r t h e p a s ty e a r, i n c l u d i ng : H i s t o r y a nd Na t i o na l Con s c i ou sne s s , Re - M a p p i n gNa t i on s : Te r r i t o r i a l i t y, Reg i ona l i sm and G l oba l i z a t i o n , Cu l t u r a lN a t i o n a l i s m : S t a t e a n d Po l i t i c a l E conomy, Na t i o na l i sms and t h eM a n a g e m e n t o f C u l t u r a l D i f f e r e n c e , a n d I n t e l l e c t u a l s , P u b l i cD i s c o u r s e a n d N a t i o n a l i s m s . C o n t r i b u t o r s a t t h i s y e a r ’ s w o r k s h o p

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T o f i n d o u t a b o u t C A P I ' s u p c o m i n g e ve n t s

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O n D e c e m b e r 7 a n d 8 , 2 0 0 4 C A P I h o s t e d t h e m u l t i d i s c i p l i n a r y C o n f e r e n c e ,

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f r o m O c t o b e r 1 5 t o 1 7 , 2 0 0 4 , w i t h t h e t h e m e T h e A n n i v e r s a r y Y e a r 2 0 0 4 : W h yJ a p a n M a t t e r s M o r e t h a n E v e r B e f o r e ! . T h i s t h r e e - d a y c o n f e r e n c e b r o u g h t t o g e t h e rJ a p a n e s e a n d C a n a d i a n s c h o l a r s , g o v e r n m e n t a l a n d n o n - g o v e r n m e n t a ls p o k e s p e r s o n s , a n d r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s f r o m t h e t r a d e , b u s i n e s s , a n d p r i v a t es e c t o r s t o d i s c u s s k e y i s s u e s i n m o d e r n J a p a n a n d t h e r e l e v a n c e o f t h e s e i s s u e sf o r C a n a d a a n d J a p a n - C a n a d a r e l a t i o n s . T h e s c o p e a n d b r e a d t h o f t h e c o n f e r e n c ew a s e x e m p l i f i e d b y t h e f a c t t h a t p a r t i c i p a n t s f r o m a w i d e v a r i e t y o f g o v e r n m e n ta n d r e s e a r c h i n s t i t u t i o n s p a r t i c i p a t e d , a s w e l l a s r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s f r o m m a n y o ft h e m a j o r u n i v e r s i t i e s i n b o t h C a n a d a a n d J a p a n .

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