The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Podcast

Dans cet épisode de « Conversations Québécoises », Alexandre Veilleux , conseiller à la recherche et aux communications de l'APFC, discute des relations diplomatiques et commerciales entre l'Inde et le Québec avec M. Francis Paradis , directeur du Bureau du gouvernement du Québec à Mumbai depuis 2019. Cet épisode met de l’avant la richesse de l'histoire entre l’Inde et le Québec, le rôle de la Fra...

In this episode of Kakehashi Conversations, Alexander Treasure, a former APF Canada Research Scholar for Northeast Asia, sits down with Kakehashi alumnus Howard Fremeth , a communications leader with a diverse background in governmental relations, research, stakeholder relations, and journalism. Former Vice-President for Media and Stakeholder Relations at the Business Council of Canada and current...

In this episode of CIAC Conversations, Kapil Kapoor , Regional Director, Asia, with Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), joins APF Canada’s Communications Director Mike Roberts on the sidelines of this year’s annual Canada-in-Asia Conference. The conversation touches on IDRC’s mandate and work – particularly as it intersects with the Indo-Pacific – and the Centre’s evolving s...

In this episode of CIAC Conversations, FinDev Canada CEO Lori Kerr sits down with APF Canada’s Communications Director Mike Roberts at this year’s annual Canada-in-Asia Conference to discuss – among other topics – the opening of FinDev Canada’s regional office in Singapore, announced at CIAC2025.  Lori touches on the strategic importance of FinDev Canada’s new office as a platform to continue deep...

In this episode of Asia Pacific Conversations, we welcome a very special guest – Dr. Raja Mohan, APF Canada’s inaugural Indo-Pacific Visiting Scholar , under our new Indo-Pacific Fellowship Programs banner. Professor Mohan is an author and renowned expert on geopolitics, the global governance of emerging technologies, and India’s foreign and economic policies. A former Director and now a Visiting...

In this episode of CIAC Conversations, Universities Canada President & CEO Gabriel Miller sits down with APF Canada’s Communications Director Mike Roberts at this year’s conference to share his thoughts on the participation of Universities Canada, co-host of the Canada-in-Asia Conferences series, at CIAC2025. Gabriel discusses the importance of engagement by Canada’s post-secondary institutions wi...

In this episode of Asia Pacific Conversations, recorded in Vancouver, Canada, on March 13, 2025, APF Canada’s Vice-President Research & Strategy Vina Nadjibulla reflects on the first 50 days of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration through an Asia Pacific lens. Having recently returned from India, Taiwan, and Singapore, where she attended several strategic dialogues with partners, peers, an...

In this premier episode of CIAC Conversations, APF Canada’s President & CEO Jeff Nankivell, the originator of the Canada-in-Asia Conferences series, sits down with the Foundation’s Communications Director Mike Roberts to share his thoughts on CIAC2025. Jeff dives into the past, present, and future of CIAC, the growth of dynamic Canada-Asia partnerships, and what APF Canada’s future activities will...

In this episode of Asia Pacific Conversations, recorded in Sydney, Australia on February 13, 2025, APF Canada’s President and CEO Jeff Nankivell engages in a candid conversation with Ryan Neelam, Director of Public Opinion and Foreign Policy at the Lowy Institute, Australia’s world-renowned independent international policy think-tank.

In this episode of Kakehashi Conversations, Alexander Treasure, a former APF Canada Research Scholar for Northeast Asia, sits down with Kakehashi alumna Christina Caouette , a public policy and foreign affairs analyst with the Government of Canada.   Currently a Senior Policy Analyst at Natural Resources Canada working on Canada's energy security and net-zero commitment, Christina has enjoyed a pr...

The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada hosted Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee, Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, on February 3, 2025, for a discussion on the critical maritime challenges and strategic imperatives facing Canada in the 21st century. The Vice-Admiral delivered opening remarks before engaging in a conversation with APF Canada Vice-President Research & Strategy Vina Nadjibulla and taking...

In this first episode of Kakehashi Conversations , Alexander Treasure, a former APF Canada Research Scholar for Northeast Asia, sits down with three-time Olympic Foil Fencer champion Eleanor Harvey . Eleanor competed at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, bringing home a bronze medal in the individual foil event and helping Team Canada place fourth in the Women’s Foil Team event. She looks back on her...

In this episode of Asia Pacific Conversations, Vina Nadjibulla, APF Canada’s Vice-President Research & Strategy, looks back at the key developments and lessons in Canada-Asia relations from 2024. And she dusts off her crystal ball to discuss the critical themes, key countries, and big trends we’ll be watching at APF Canada in 2025. Hosted by our Communications Director Michael Roberts, this first...

In this special episode of Asia Pacific Conversations, APF Canada’s Senior Program Manager for Trade and Investment, Anastasia Ufimtseva , chats with Colin Harris , one of British Columbia, Canada's most successful technology entrepreneurs. Harris, holder of five patents in microelectronics, is the co-founder of PMC-Sierra – now part of Microsemi Corporations– with R&D operations in Burnaby, B.C....

In this episode of Asia Pacific Conversations, Major-General Greg Smith , Director-General of International Security Policy with Canada's Department of National Defence, unpacks Canada's evolving military engagement in the Indo-Pacific region. In a wide-ranging conversation with the Foundation’s Vice-President Research & Strategy Vina Nadjibulla , MGen Smith draws on his experience with NATO, Cana...

In this episode of Asia Pacific Conversations, Professor T. V. Paul, Distinguished James McGill Professor of International Relations at McGill University and a Distinguished Fellow with APF Canada, unpacks his latest book, The Unfinished Quest: India’s Search for Major Power Status from Nehru to Modi. In a wide-ranging conversation with the Foundation’s Vice-President Research & Strategy Vina Nadj...

In this episode of Asia Pacific Conversations, we turn a spotlight on Taiwan following two recent APF Canada interactions with Asia’s high-tech powerhouse – the Taipei Security Dialogue in Taiwan on September 12 and an APF Canada event in Vancouver with Taipei Economic and Cultural Office Canada Representative Dr. Harry Tseng on September 9. Featuring a conversation with our Vice-President Researc...

This episode of Asia Pacific Conversations features an encore audio presentation of our special event with Canada’s Minister of National Defence, Bill Blair. At this public event in Vancouver on August 8, 2024, Minister Blair discussed Canada’s contributions to peace and security in the Indo-Pacific with our Vice-President Research & Strategy, Vina Nadjibulla. In his opening remarks, Minister Blai...

This episode of Asia Pacific Conversations features a discussion about the dramatic events in Bangladesh over the past several weeks with Michael Kugelman, Director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center. In this episode, Michael and Vina discuss the “trigger point” that set this mass uprising in motion, the violence and repression that rocked the country of more than 170 million, India’...

In this episode of Asia Pacific Conversations, Vina Nadjibulla, APF Canada’s Vice-President Research & Strategy, shares her experiences – and international security takeaways – as a ‘distinguished visitor’ at Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, the world’s largest combined joint maritime exercises held every two years in and around the Hawaiian Islands. Hosted by Canada’s Department of National Defe...

In this episode of Asia Pacific Conversations, Vina Nadjibulla, APF Canada’s Vice-President Research & Strategy, discusses her takeaways and concerns following a multi-country visit to the Indo-Pacific in May/June that included meetings, summits, and dialogues in the Philippines, South Korea, Singapore, and Mongolia, where she participated in the Ulaanbaatar Dialogue on Northeast Asia Security. To...

Southeast Asia boasts a population of 660 million and, as a region, represents Canada’s fourth-largest merchandise trading partner, with trade reaching $40.7 billion in 2022. In this episode of Asia Pacific Conversations, APF Canada’s Program Manager, International Trade & Investment, Anastasia Ufimtseva, chats with Noel Navin, the Director of International Sales (Southeast Asia) for Agropur. Agro...

India is a rising regional and global power and a champion of peace and security across the Indo-Pacific. Its growing economic might and strategic influence place India in a unique position as it navigates expanding great power rivalries at its doorstep and beyond. India is also currently in the late stages of its 2024 national elections (April 19 to June 1), the largest in world history with near...

As international attention has turned to the devastating wars in Europe and the Middle East, the escalating civil war between the military junta and pro-democracy forces in Myanmar rages on. Since the military seized power in a February 2021 coup d’etat, tens of thousands of people have been killed, and some 2.5 million people have been displaced as the junta attempts to thwart a growing civilian...

In this special episode of Asia Pacific Conversations, Santiago Alba-Corral, Director of the International Development Research Centre’s Climate Resilient Food Systems Program, discusses the ongoing work of this Canadian institution in supporting research and researchers in developing countries to find solutions to the “global challenges of humanity.” Santiago – a key speaker and participant at th...