Internship Positions in Taiwan | July 2012
The Canadian Trade Office in Taipei is interested in hiring interns in the Trade and General Relations section. Please visit http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/ai/Resources.aspx for more details, including position descriptions, eligibility, and application requirements.
Applications must be submitted by May 22, 2012 at 5:00pm.
Internship Opportunities with the Canadian Embassy in Beijing
Dear students,
The Embassy of Canada to China in Beijing will hire two interns for positions beginning in July 2012. Please visit http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/ai/Resources.aspx for more details, including position descriptions, eligibility, and application requirements.
Applications must be submitted by June 4, 2012, 5:00 PM.
2012 Young Leader Delegation to Taiwan (Accepting Applications)
Departure date: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Duration of stay: 1 week
Airfare between Toronto and Taipei (Eva Airlines) (leading Professor: business class; students economy class), travel cancellation insurance, lodging in Taiwan (hotel and all meals), and ground transportation in Taiwan are provided. The delegation participants will be responsible for their own medical insurance, ground transport to and from Pearson International Airport in the GTA, and pocket money. Short paper: Students selected for the delegation are required to submit to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) a short paper of a minimum 1,500 words on the topic, Taiwan in changing global political and economic order, at least one week before the delegation departure date.
Race for Empire: Koreans as Japanese and Japanese as Americans in WWII by Takashi Fujitani
Roundtable on Takashi Fujitani’s New Book:
Race for Empire: Koreans as Japanese and Japanese as Americans in WWII
Monday, March 26, 2012
Roundtable & Discussion: 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Book Signing & Reception: 6:00 - 7:00 PM
Asian Institute, Munk School of Global Affairs
1 Devonshire Place, 208N, North House
Register Online at: http://www.munk.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=11559
Takashi Fujitani
Professor of History and the Dr. David Chu Professor and
Director in Asia Pacific Studies, University of Toronto
Moon-Ho Jung - Commentator
Associate Professor and Walker Family Endowed Professor of History
University of Washington
Ken Kawashima - Commentator
Associate Professor of East Asian Studies
University of Toronto
Andre Schmid – Commentator
FREE Advance Screening | Love in the Buff directed by Pang Ho-cheung | Canadian Premiere
Mon Mar 26
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
AMC Kennedy Commons, 33 William Kitchen Road, Scarborough
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=11956 (Register Here)
Love in the Buff (2012) | Director: Pang Ho-cheung
Canadian Premiere and Hong Kong International Film Festival Opening Film
Dr. David Chu Scholarship Application Workshop
The Dr. David Chu scholarships provide funding for undergraduate and
graduate students to travel to the Asia Pacific region for study and
research purposes. The Asian Institute is hosting a workshop for prospective
applicants where you'll receive helpful tips from faculty and previous
winners.
Bring a draft of your application to receive constructive feedback.
Please join us on Thursday March 8, 2012 from 12:30-1:30pm. This workshop is
tentatively being held in 202N at the Munk School of Global Affairs. I will
follow-up next week to confirm the room.
For more information about the Dr. David Chu scholarship, including
application requirements and eligibility, please visit:
http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/graduate/schps/scholarships-with-a...
The Last Train Home: A Panel and Film Screening on Migrant Workers in China and Southeast Asia
Friday, March 2nd, 2012.
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Room 108N, Munk School of Global Affairs, 1 Devonshire Place
Event Summary:
Panel and Q&A featuring Profs. Bill Hurst, Rachel Silvey, and Alana Boland discussing migrant workers in China and Southeast Asia from political economy, feminist, and development perspectives.
Followed by a screening of the critically acclaimed 2009 film "The Last Train Home" by Lixin Fan.
Light refreshments will be served. Admission is free.
If you have any questions, please contact pass@utoronto.ca.
Event sponsored by the Pan-Asia Student Society, co-sponsored by the Munk School of Global Affairs and the Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies.
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