UVic Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives

Are you a student at UVic, looking for a life-changing experience? Come to an info session on 15 Oct or 18 Nov and find out about CAPI's funded internships in Asia in 2026 (grad OR undergrads are eligible. Canadian/PR students only) bit.ly/4nq0s8N

📢This Thursday at CAPI, join us for a discussion of elections in South and Southeast Asia with panelists Neilesh Bose, Yukiko Nishikawa, Mark Williams and Akshaya Chandani. 3:30-5:30pm | FRA 192 bit.ly/3CAkbAA

📢@uvic is seeking a CAPI China Chair at the level of Associate/Full Professor, cross-posted at @UVicHistory and @uvicpoli and embedded at CAPI. Deadline for applications 2 Jan 2025 🇨🇳🇨🇦bit.ly/40M4bFJ

Thank you to our expert panel @KaiOstwald, Jia Wang, @tremblay_reeta and @VinaNadjibulla who shed light on the impacts for Asia of a Trump administration at our public event last week.

CAPI was honoured to welcome Canada's Ambassador to China, Jennifer May @canjenmay who gave a keynote talk at the CAPI Asia Forum, a campus wide gathering of UVic Asia-focused researchers on 4 October.

UVic grads and undergrads - mark your calendar for an upcoming info session on funded internships in Asia! bit.ly/3ZFFQkh

CAPI, in partnership with @BhutanLaw, is offering an 8 day educational study tour in Bhutan this fall, 26 October - 3 November. Bhutan offers a unique backdrop to explore sustainability amid emerging climate challenges. bit.ly/3wHFNby

Thanks to co-organisers CAPPP (@thompsonriversu), and all participants at our Human Security in Southeast Asia conference - including the grad student panel - for a stimulating and enriching exchange of ideas. bit.ly/CAPI_SEAsia-ro…

Coming up on 25-26 April, in partnership with CAPPP at @thompsonriversu, CAPI presents a 2 day conference on Human Security in Southeast Asia. Free and open to the public, more info and registration at bit.ly/3xxuD9G

Thrilled to have visited @UVIC, @SFU & @Ocean_Networks & engaged in insightful meetings with Professors & staff. Grateful for the warm welcomes and enriching discussions. Looking forward to further collaboration between BC's universities & research institutes and 🇯🇵 universities!

Congratulations to CAPI Associate and @UVicSoc's Midori Ogasawara who has published the article 'Protective abandonment: Risk, data, and surveillance of nuclear workers post Fukushima' in Current Sociology. bit.ly/3wWfSNn

Call for Papers: The second iteration of this Asia in World History workshop will take place at @UVic this fall. Eligible candidates will be recent PhDs working on their first books. Deadline: 29 Jan 2024 bit.ly/IOP-wrkshp

Call for applications: Field School in Thailand, May 2024. CAPI, @uvicpoli and @UVic GDS are offering this third-year level course. Full funding is available for qualified students. Deadline for applications 24 Jan. Info session: 1-2pm, 16 Jan at CAPI bit.ly/fldschl

Call for CAPI interns! CAPI offers funded internships with our partner organizations in Asia starting in May 2024. Deadline for applications 4pm, 26 January 2024. Info session on 17 Jan 1-2pm at CAPI (within the Law Library). bit.ly/CAPI-2024-inte…

This Thursday (30 Nov) visiting scholar Dr. Naoki Sakai will deliver the Lansdowne Lecture. 3:30-5:00pm Cornett A225. Presented by CAPI and @UVicPAAS bit.ly/3N5z8gj

Join us this Thursday for a talk by Ting Hui Lau from the National University of Singapore. 3:30-4:30pm in the CAPI Boardroom FRA A168a bit.ly/3R9JWMY

Today at 3:30pm! Join UVic Sociology's Midori Ogasawara in conversation with former CSIS agent Huda Mukbil, who will offer a unique, internal perspective on Canada's spy agency. In person at CAPI FRA A168a or via zoom bit.ly/3QSetyE

Find out what four visiting "Past Wrong, Future Choices" resident artists and scholars have been working on, this Thursday 2 November in Visual Arts A134 bit.ly/3tOKH4Ne

Join us this Thursday when @NidhiSrinivas_ @TheNewSchool will give a talk about his book, discussing how NGOs have emerged as key agents of development over time. 3:30pm Thurs 26 Oct in the CAPI Boardroom bit.ly/409vG9L

CAPI is delighted to announce new funding! 🎉 between 2024-27, 25 UVic students will get the opportunity become @QEScholars and participate in life-changing internships in Malaysia and Thailand. Thank you @univcan @RideauHallFdn @CommFdnsCanada & The Victor Dahdaleh Foundation