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Event Summary: Building on Canada-ASEAN Security Co-operation: Furthering Strategic Partnership in the Indo-Pacific

The ‘Building on Canada-ASEAN Security Co-operation’ symposium, hosted by the 91ÑÇÉ« Centre for Asian Research’s Canada-ASEAN Initiatives, in collaboration with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and Global Affairs Canada, brought together stakeholders from the Canadian federal government, think-tanks, the Canadian military, and Canadian universities, as well as ambassadors from three Southeast Asia countries to discuss how […]

Philippine Studies Group launches Filipiniana collection 

Through its Filipiniana collection development project, the Philippine Studies Group (PSG) at 91ÑÇÉ« acquired 107 titles for donation to 91ÑÇÉ« Libraries (YUL). This project was part of a grant from the Philippine government to enhance academic and research collaborations between 91ÑÇÉ« and Philippine universities.  A full list of titles acquired is available here.  […]

ABMP and YCAR launch the China Insights Fund: Building knowledge and understanding of China

The 91ÑÇÉ« Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) announces the relaunch of the China Insights Fund (CIF), made possible by the incredible support of the Asian Business and Management Program (ABMP). Originally established to foster research specifically on Canada-China interactions, the CIF now takes on a significantly broadened scope. This renewal reflects the dynamic evolution of […]

Norcliffe receives SSHRC funding for research on cycle design to assist the mobility of persons with a disability

Congratulations to Faculty Associate Glen Norcliffe EUC) whose receipt of a SSHRC Insight Development Grant was announced in March 2024. Glen and his team are researching Velomobility for Disability: The Design, Production and Distribution of Cycles that assist the mobility of persons with a disability. The study aims to discover the source and efficiency of new […]

Virtual Filipino and Indonesia language courses open to Canadian grad students

YCAR is pleased to be a part of the Canadian Southeast Asian Studies Initiative / Initiative canadienne pour l’étude du sud-est asiatique (CSEASI/ICESEA), which is offering synchronous online language courses open to graduate students across Canada. The courses are hosted by the University of Victoria, which is home to CSEASI/ICESEA, which is funded by the […]

Winter lecture series focuses on the South Asian Studies classroom

Embedded in the field of South Asian Studies, this YCAR-supported series engages with the methodologies and epistemologies of researchers, educators and artists as they reflect on their pedagogies, commitments, responsibilities and accountabilities in academic teaching. With the arts as thematic focus, the three speakers—from the United States, India as well as our Faculty Associate Soma […]

Areej Alshammiry is our 2023 Albert CW Chan Foundation Award recipient!

Congratulations to Areej Alshammiry, the 2023 recipient of the 2023 Albert CW Chan Foundation Award. A doctoral student in Sociology, Areej is a Vanier Scholar whose research explores state violence and statelessness. She is also a community-based researcher at the Centre for Community Based Research and a member of the Interim Core Group (ICG) of […]

A Serious Wedding (जे सी बी रवनवा) is new ethnofiction film by Graduate Associate Rajat Nayyar

A Serious Wedding (जे सी बी रवनवा) is Graduate Associate Rajat Nayyar's (Theatre and Performance Studies) new Bhojpuri ethnofiction film about a radical love story between a young man and a tree. Can the community’s songs help him save his love from being cut down? For over a decade, Nayyar has been researching the role […]

PSG welcomes 2022 Marshall McLuhan Fellow Karmina Constantino

By Patrick Alcedo and Marissa Largo Philippines Studies professors and students of 91ÑÇÉ« welcomed 2022 Marshall McLuhan Fellow Karmina Constantino on 15 May 2023 in Toronto. Constantino, a veteran Filipina television broadcast journalist and an anchor with the ABS-CBN News Channel known for her hard-hitting questions to politicians, presented her compelling and timely talk: […]

Call for Submissions | 2023 CCSEAS-CCEASE Conference

The 2023 Conference of the Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies, to be held in Québec City, invites papers and panels on the theme of resilience in all its manifestations. We especially encourage proposals that address the question from inter-disciplinary and comparative perspectives. But as always, the conference scientific committee is also happy to receive […]