Keynote Speakers on the Canadian Side
Ambassador Fred Bild: Former Canadian Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China; currently Adjunct Professor at the Centre of East Asian Studies, University of Montreal.
Presentation: Canada and China, whither our future cooperation?
Dr. Jing Ming Chen: Professor & Canada Research Chair in the Department of Geography at the University of Toronto, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Presentation: The Impact of Canada-China Environmental Science Research
Dr. Paul Evans: Director, Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia
Presentation: Universities as Educators and Innovators in the Development of the Canada-China Relationship
Dr. Dilantha Fernando: Professor, Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba
Dr. Ruth Hayhoe: Professor of Comparative Higher Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto.
Presentation: The Educational Dimension of China’s Transformation
Dr. Rolf Mirus: CN-Professor of Trade Policy (Emeritus); Research Professor of the Western Centre for Economic Research, School of Business, University of Alberta
Presentation: Transforming Canada-China Educational Cooperation: Legacies and Future Challenges in Management Education
Mr. Jeff Nankivell (Guest of Honour):
Director-General, Asia Division, the Canadian International Development Agency
Dr. Jan Walls: Professor Emeritus and Founding Director of the David Lam Centre for International Communication, Simon Fraser University
Presentation: Society, Economy and Environment – Minorities in the Collaboration between China and Canada