UVic Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives

We engage in research & programs that build relationships across the Asia-Pacific. Photo: Duncan Chalmers (2017 CAPI intern)

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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) https://t.co/dqaY3CMKb6

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📢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 https://t.co/r2kLKPJlyp

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📢@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 🇨🇳🇨🇦https://t.co/vcnEcXsam3

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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.

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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.

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UVic grads and undergrads - mark your calendar for an upcoming info session on funded internships in Asia! https://t.co/ZbIGJJtptd

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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. https://t.co/9smUmWFaPr

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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. https://t.co/TvHPH8nyDY

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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 https://t.co/JnqEgPzfgI

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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!

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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. https://t.co/Fx0XWd3duj

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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 https://t.co/83MlneBAqz

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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 https://t.co/p8QNTYWpmw

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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). https://t.co/6Qjumx9pIg

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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 https://t.co/fVBlKI2eGp

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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 https://t.co/CGwTiuX6nX

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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 https://t.co/iBvvy2wc9Q

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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 https://t.co/u3auY4aL4J

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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 https://t.co/qCQfGT8wVC

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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