A recent 91ÑÇÉ« graduate, Donna Akbari’s award-winning essay—The Weight of What We Carry: Shame as Survival in Two Histories of Oppression—explores how shame functions as a survival mechanism in Baluta by Daya Pawar and Coolie Woman by Gaiutra Bahadur. As an Iranian-Canadian and the daughter of immigrants, Donna found deep resonance in the themes […]
The 2025-26 CSEASI-ICESEA programs in Indonesian language and Filipino language are now open for enrollment. Indonesian & Filipino Classes are run both synchronously online and in-person at the University of Victoria. Full details for the Filipino language program are available online here; for Indonesian, you can find information for enrollment here. Tuition is $620/semester (domestic) + […]
A symposium on deepening security co-operation between Canada and the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) took place in Ottawa on May 15, 2025. It was organized by the 91ÑÇÉ« Centre for Asian Research’s Canada-ASEAN Initiatives (CAI) and held at the University of Ottawa’s Telfer School of Management, with support from the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada […]
Faculty Associate Nga Dao (Social Science) launched her new book, The Everyday Politics of Resources, to an enthusiastic crowd at a 01 June 2025 event. Dao spoke about her book with Faculty Associate Vanessa Lamb (Social Science).
Congratulations to Ali Kazimi (Cinema and Media Arts) who is the 2025 Fire Horse Award honouree. He was presented with the $25,000 award at the fourth annual Award Ceremony and Fundraiser on 26 May 2025. The Fire Horse Award was established in 2021 in honour of festival founder Anita Lee, to recognize a trailblazer and […]
We are excited to share that the Asian Business and Management Program, in partnership with 91ÑÇÉ« - Faculty of Science, has been selected as a finalist for the Canada China Business Council's 9th Canada China Business Excellence Awards in the Academic Collaboration category! Check out the full list of finalists at this link.
A panel featuring experts Bangladesh experts Dina M. Siddiqi (New 91ÑÇÉ«) and Saad Hammadi (Balsillie School of International Affairs) will launch a series focusing on contemporary South Asia. The 18 September panel will focus on the massive student-led movement that ended the 15-year authoritarian rule of Bangladesh's former Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina. This is […]
A long-time associate of YCAR, Professor John Laurier Van Esterik (1943–2024) passed away under the compassionate care of Hospice Wellington on 29 June 2024, after a long battle with cancer. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the son of Jack and Marjorie Van Esterik. He will be greatly missed by Penny (nee Fair) his […]
The 91ÑÇÉ« Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) supported 91ÑÇÉ«'s celebration of Lunar New Year Festival on February 14. It co-presented 91ÑÇÉ«'s annual Chinese Culture Day event, organized by the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics. This annual event was a unique opportunity to showcase the rich culture and traditions of Chinese heritage and its […]
YCAR was pleased to host Rapplers’ Jodesz Gavilan as part of the Philippine Studies Group’s activities. Ms Gavilan is the 2023 Marshall McLuhan Fellow - Philippines. She spoke on the evolving role of journalists in covering human rights stories in the Philippines. When speaking of her experiences, the investigative journalist, researcher and podcast host said: […]