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CAPI alumni

From long-time staff members, to former Directors and Chairs, and committed members of CAPI's Executive Committee, CAPI's alumni often remain engaged with the Centre through our events and projects.   

  • Harding

    Andrew Harding, Former CAPI Director and Law Program Chair

    Andrew Harding received his MA (Oxon) in 1974, his LLM (Singapore) in 1984, and his PhD (Monash) in 1987. 

  • King

    Richard King, Former Director

    Richard King joined the Centre in July 2004 as Director and completed his term as Director in June 2009.  His principal area of interest is modern Chinese literature and culture.

  • Tyedmers

    Heidi Tyedmers, Program Manager

    Heidi Tyedmers has an Honours BA from the University of Toronto in Anthropology and Biomedical Ethics, and an MA from the University of Victoria in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus on Oceania.

  • Chan

    Stella Chan, Former Secretary

    Stella was the Centre's Secretary from CAPI's inception in 1987 until February 2009.  She can now be found in UVic's Department of Psychology where she is working as the Department's Secretary.

  • Chea

    Chany Chea, Work Study- Program Assistant, Internship Program

    Chany Chea is a fourth year student of Political Science and Pacific and Asian Studies. Her areas of interest are migration, development and gender with a regional focus on Southeast Asia. She worked as an internship program assistant with Center for Asia Pacific Initiatives.

  • Evans

    Nicole Evans, Work Study Student 2010-11

    Nicole is a third year Pacific and Asian Studies and Environmental Studies student. She is interested in connecting science, social science and the humanities and learning about the biophysical environment and its relationships with culture, the economy and society.

  • Farkas

    Kristy Farkas, Former CAPI Program Assistant

    Kristy Farkas has an Honours B.Mus. from Wilfrid Laurier University, in Waterloo, Ontario, and an M.Mus. from UVic, both with a focus on composition.  Before joining CAPI in 2009, she spent two and a half years teaching ESL in Japan.

  • Fox

    Natasha Fox, Work Study - Student Coordinator

    Natasha Fox is a second year MA student in the Pacific and Asian Studies department with a research focus on sexual minority women in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ni-Chome district. She worked as a student coordinator with the Center for Asia Pacific Initiatives.

  • Garrett

    Chris Garrett, Former Executive Committee Member

    Chris Garrett's research centers around physical oceanography, with an emphasis on mixing processes which crucially affect ocean circulation and climate.

  • Hiebert

    Melissa Hiebert, Work Study - Student Coordinator

    Melissa Hiebert is a second year philosophy masters student with an interest in the ethics of international development and foreign aid. She worked as a student coordinator with the Center for Asia Pacific Initiatives.