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March 22, 2021
ANNOUNCEMENTS

The UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and its Institute of Asian Research strongly condemn the recent tragic violence against the Asian community in Georgia and the rise in anti-Asian racism in the United States and in Canada. We offer our support and stand in solidarity with UBC’s Asian community, and all racialized groups, recognizing that Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour in Canada experience racism on a daily basis.

Associate Professor Kristen Hopewell, Canada Research Chair in Global Policy in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia, has been appointed a non-resident Wilson China Fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.

Nepali Language in a Community Context (NEPL 390) and Tibetan Language in a Community Context (TIBT 390) will be offered by the Department of Asian Studies in collaboration with the UBC Himalaya Program from May 10 to May 21 this year!
IN THE MEDIA
► SPPGA Professor Paul Evans commented in The Globe and Mail, "Trial in China for Michael Spavor to Start Friday; Kovrig’s to Begin Monday" (Subscription). March 17, 2021.
PUBLICATIONS
► Liu Scholar alumni William Plowright published a new book in Routledge, "Armed Groups and International Legitimacy Child Soldiers in Intra-State Conflict". February 24, 2021.
► SPPGA Director Allison Macfarlane published a piece for Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, "The Fukushima accident: Do we have the wisdom to move forward?". March 11, 2021.
OUR EVENTS
Monday, March 29

Time: 5:00PM - 6:00PM PT
Location: Zoom (link will be sent to registrants)
Speaker: Dr. Megumi Chibana (Kanagawa University)
Sponsor: Centre for Japanese Research

Tuesday, March 30

Time: 3:00PM - 4:30PM PT
Location: Zoom (link will be sent to registrants)
Speaker: Dawa (Dadoen) Jongdong, Nawang Seldon, Tenzin Nawang Tekan, Tsering Wangyal
Sponsor: Himalaya Program

Tuesday, April 13

Time: 4:00PM - 5:15PM PT
Location: Zoom (link will be sent to registrants)
Speaker: Dr. Will Bridges (University of Rochester)
Sponsor: Centre for Japanese Research, Department of Asian Studies

EXTERNAL EVENTS
Wednesday, March 24

Time: 4:30PM PT
Location: Zoom (link will be sent to registrants)
Speakers: Dr. Huiyao (Henry) Wang, Ron Hoffmann, Dr. Howard Lin (Ryerson University), Dr. Edy Wong (University of Alberta), Dr. Xiaohua Yang (University of San Francisco)
Sponsor: Hong Kong-Canada Business Association

Thursday, March 25

Time: 3:30PM - 5:00PM PT
Location: Zoom (link will be sent to registrants)
Speaker: Dr. Murat Iyigun (University of Colorado Boulder)
Sponsor: UBC Centre of Asian Legal Studies

NEW OPPORTUNITIES
To notify us of upcoming Asia related events, send us an email at joelle.lee@ubc.ca.

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