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Past workshops and symposia

  • Innovations in Learning and Technology: Asia-Pacific Perspectives
    Innovations in Learning and Technology: Asia-Pacific Perspectives
    Apr 10 2012 - 9:00am - Apr 11 2012 - 3:30pm
    , Victoria BC, UVic

    The conference brought researchers from Asia-Pacific and other parts of the world to UVic to discuss innovations in learning and share their experience in incorporating technology into education. Complex interaction of people and technology and its impact on society is becoming increasingly visible in today's world especially in the Asia-Pacific region.

    For more information please also visit the conference website.

  • CAPI ASIA-PACIFIC FORUM
    CAPI ASIA-PACIFIC FORUM
    Oct 28 2011 - 8:30am - 2:00pm
    , Victoria BC

    The forum will provide an opportunity to discuss the importance of the Asia-Pacific region with respect to the University and how CAPI can enhance its role in facilitating relations between the University and this burgeoning part of the world.

  • BC China Scholars Symposium 2011
    BC China Scholars Symposium 2011
    Apr 9 2011 - 10:00am - 5:30pm
    , University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

  • Legal System Reform in Japan: A Brave New World? Juries, Law Schools and Administrative Litigation
    Legal System Reform in Japan: A Brave New World? Juries, Law Schools and Administrative Litigation
    Nov 19 2010 - 1:00pm - 5:30pm
    , University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

    This exploration into legal system reform in Japan was organized by CAPI's Japan Program Visitor for the Fall of 2010, Professor Colin Jones.  The workshop was free and open to the public, and was co-sponsored by CAPI and the UVic Faculty of Law.

  • Human Security in China's Foreign Relations
    Human Security in China's Foreign Relations
    Nov 6 2010 - 8:15am - 6:00pm
    , Victoria, British Columbia

    Overview:

    This workshop brought about a dozen leading scholars from around the world to the University of Victoria campus on November 5th and 6th, 2010 to discuss human security within the context of China's foreign relations.  

  • Three Decades of Chinese SEZs: Old Roads and New Roads
    Three Decades of Chinese SEZs: Old Roads and New Roads
    Jun 18 2010 - 9:30am - 12:30pm
    , University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

    "To end poverty, build a road", so goes a Chinese saying. SEZs, with their focus on massive infrastructure-building and labour-intensive manufacturing of low-tech goods exported to western markets, are the accepted drivers of China's rapid economic growth during the past three decades. The game began with the opening of coastal cities such as Shenzhen and Xiamen in 1980 and culminated with over 6,000 zones in the mid-1990s.

  • Women, Entrepreneurship and Institutional Change: Japan, Canada and Beyond
    Women, Entrepreneurship and Institutional Change: Japan, Canada and Beyond
    Jan 15 2010 - 8:30am - 5:00pm
    , University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia

    This Research Forum was organized by Dr. Aegean Leung, Visiting Research Associate, Japan Program for the Fall of 2009.

  • A Hundred Years of Legal Development in Thailand
    A Hundred Years of Legal Development in Thailand
    Mar 21 2009 (All day) - Mar 22 2009 (All day)
    , Victoria

    The "A Hundred Years of Legal Development in Thailand: Historical, Contemporary and Socio-Legal Perspectives" Seminar was organized by CAPI's Law Chair, Dr. Andrew Harding, and was co-hosted by CAPI and the UVic Faculty of Law. 

  • Japanese Linguistics Forum
    Japanese Linguistics Forum
    Mar 8 2007 (All day) - Mar 9 2007 (All day)
    , Victoria

    This symposium, held in honour of CAPI's former Japan Chair, Dr. Joseph Kess, was co-organized with Dr. Leslie Saxon, Department of Linguistics, Dr. Hiroko Noro, Department of Pacific and Asian Studies, in collaboration with CAPI staff. 

  • Taiwan's Democracy and the Modern Chinese State
    Taiwan's Democracy and the Modern Chinese State
    Oct 24 2006 (All day)
    , Victoria

    This one-day workshop was organized by Dr. Robert Bedeski, CAPI's Program Professor Emeritus in Human Security and Peace in the Asia-Pacific Region.