China

Date: 7 January 2010
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: 208N, North House

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Thinking of getting a Master's degree? Have an interest in the Asia Pacific? The MAPS program allows you to add a specialization in Asia Pacific Studies in addition to a Master's degree. You are invited to an informal information session with the program director, administrator, current MAPS students and alums. Learn about possible entry awards for new students and scholarships for those who are eligible to travel to the region to study a language or conduct research. Learn about unique resources and opportunities available to MAPS students, such as coordinating a World Bank conference at the Munk Centre or co-editing an exciting e-journal. Come and have your questions answered.

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****Wednesday, November 25 2009, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, Rm 208N at the
Munk Centre****

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
The Lupina Foundation & Comparative Program on Health and Society in the
Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto present:

The Clinical Encounter: Chinese and Western Epistemologies in Hong
Kong, 1894-1930

by

Meaghan Marian (Lupina Senior Doctoral Fellow)

Wednesday, November 25 2009, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, Room 208N
Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto
1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON

Meaghan Marian in a doctoral candidate in the Department of History at
the University of Toronto. She holds an Honours BA in Literary Studies
and Philosophy and a Masters of Arts in East Asian Studies from the

The impact of climate change on the circumpolar north has increased the value the Arctic Ocean to coastal states and presents serious foreign policy challenges to Canada. The Arctic dispute has two distinct features for Canada; a dispute over the status of the Northwest Passage and conflicting claims with coastal states over extended continental shelf claims. Canada?s response to these challenges will have a lasting effect on its relationships with neighbouring states as well as on the lives of those who inhabit the area. This paper concerns the latter challenge; overlapping extended continental shelf claims with coastal states such as Russia.

To what extent is China emerging as a major power in the international financial system? The presentation by Gregory Chin will examine the nature of China's growing international financial power, and draw comparisons with Japan's emergence as a creditor nation two decades ago. Attention will also be given to the factors that constrain China's financial rise, as well as recent developments whereby Chinese authorities are cultivating greater financial and monetary independence from the United States, and potentially challenging the dollar's preeminence in ways that previous rising powers have not or could not.