The deterioration in Canada-China relations in the past few years has seen an escalation in attacks on those who dissent from the growing trend to demonize China. This is not the first time this has happened. In the 1960s, Professor Paul Lin faced systemic harassment when he advocated for the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Canada. This online webinar will explore the anti-Asian racism and the many dimensions of Canada-China relations, past and present.
Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Time: 4:30pm Pacific Time / 7:30pm Eastern Time
Location: Virtual Session via Zoom
The 2021 Paul and Eileen Lin Commemorative Lecture is presented by Canada-China Focus in partnership with Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC (CCHSBC), the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute (CFPI) and the University of Victoria Centre for Global Studies.
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the Program Participants (Speakers and Moderator) are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or position of the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC (CCHSBC), its Board of Directors or its members. The Program Participants' opinions are based upon information they consider reliable, but neither CCHSBC nor its Board of Directors, warrant its completeness or accuracy. Any content provided by the Program Participants are of their opinion.
Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Time: 4:30pm Pacific Time / 7:30pm Eastern Time
Location: Virtual Session via Zoom
The 2021 Paul and Eileen Lin Commemorative Lecture is presented by Canada-China Focus in partnership with Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC (CCHSBC), the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute (CFPI) and the University of Victoria Centre for Global Studies.
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the Program Participants (Speakers and Moderator) are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or position of the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC (CCHSBC), its Board of Directors or its members. The Program Participants' opinions are based upon information they consider reliable, but neither CCHSBC nor its Board of Directors, warrant its completeness or accuracy. Any content provided by the Program Participants are of their opinion.
Speakers
Honourable Yuen Pau Woo was appointed to the Senate of Canada in November of 2016 where he sits as an independent representing British Columbia. He has been the Facilitator of the Independent Senators Group since 2017, and was re-elected for a second two-year term in December 2019.
Senator Woo has worked on public policy issues related to Canada’s relations with Asian countries for more than 30 years. From 2005-2014, he was President and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, where he continues to serve as Distinguished East Asia Fellow. He is also Senior Fellow at Simon Fraser University’s Graduate School of Business, and at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia. He is a member of the Trilateral Commission and on the board of the Vancouver Academy of Music. He also serves on the Advisory Boards of the Mosaic Institute, the Canadian Ditchley Foundation, and the York Centre for Asian Research.
Senator Woo has been a member of the following Senate Standing Committees: Foreign Affairs and International Trade; National Finance; Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources; Selection; and Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament. (Biography Credit: Senate of Canada)
Senator Woo has worked on public policy issues related to Canada’s relations with Asian countries for more than 30 years. From 2005-2014, he was President and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, where he continues to serve as Distinguished East Asia Fellow. He is also Senior Fellow at Simon Fraser University’s Graduate School of Business, and at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia. He is a member of the Trilateral Commission and on the board of the Vancouver Academy of Music. He also serves on the Advisory Boards of the Mosaic Institute, the Canadian Ditchley Foundation, and the York Centre for Asian Research.
Senator Woo has been a member of the following Senate Standing Committees: Foreign Affairs and International Trade; National Finance; Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources; Selection; and Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament. (Biography Credit: Senate of Canada)
Xiaobei Chen 陈小蓓 is a Professor of Sociology & Associate Chair in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University. She is Past-President of the Canadian Sociological Association (2021-2022). Her research and teaching interests inlude: sociology of childhood and youth, governance and power, citizenship, racism, colonialism, citizenship, Asian diasporas especially the Chinese diaspora, and Buddhist social thought. Her current research & community engagement are focused on anti-Asian racism and Sinophobia.
Dr. Timothy J. Stanley is a professor emeritus of anti-racism education and education foundations in the Faculty of Education of the University of Ottawa where he is also the former Interim Dean of Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. He studied under Professor Paul Lin at McGill University in the 1970s and later participated in the Canada-China student Exchange Program. A historian of anti-Chinese racism in Canada, he lived in Beijing from 1976-78 as a Canada-People's Republic of China Exchange Scholar. He was recently a member of the General Advisory Committee for the new Canada Hall of the Canadian Museum of History and has been a leading critic in relation to the commemoration of Sir John A. McDonald. He is the author of Contesting White Supremacy (UBC Press), the forgotten story of Chinese Canadians who fought segregation in Victoria in the 1920s. Professor Stanley was also CCHSBC's first lecturer (2017) for the Paul and Eileen Lin Commemorative Lecture.
Moderator
Bianca Mugyenyi is an activist, journalist and author of the book Stop Signs. She is the current Director of the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute, former Co-Executive Director of The Lea, and led programming and campaigns at Concordia University's Centre for Gender Advocacy. (Biography Credit: CFPI)