Canadians should learn from their friends ‘down under’, the Australians, when it comes to relations with China, says China’s ambassador to Canada, Zhang Junsai. Speaking to columnist Deborah Yedlin of the Calgary Herald, Ambassador Zhang pointed out that Australia has been working overtime to expand its trade and people-to-people ties with China. Case in point: Austr…

Chinese scientists will surpass U.S.-based scientists in research publication output by 2013, and dramatic developments in the Asia-Pacific region are changing the dynamic of science around the globe, a new report says. Written by three science and academic leaders from the United States, Canada and Singapore (including University of British Columbia President Stephen J. …

More than 200 top CEOs, senior government officials, educators and other leaders from across Canadian society will gather in the nation’s capital later this year to map a strategy for Canada’s success in a world in which economic power is shifting to Asia.

“Canada in the Pacific Century,” a conference hosted by the Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE), will take p…

Canadians must wake up to the opportunities in Asia, write Ken Coates and Carin Holroyd in today’s National Post:

“If this is Canada’s Asian moment, Canada needs a new Asia-centric approach. We need to encourage Asian language acquisition and the recruitment of Asian specialists into government and companies. We need to understand more fully the dynamics of the

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June 3 & 4, 2012, University of Calgary, Alberta

Scientific and technological research can and has contributed significantly to solving sustainability and development challenges in our world today. As an important complement to this research, a better understanding of the human and social dimensions of science and technology is essential in order to ensure that new scie…