Riya Sirkhell is a graduate student specializing in Development and Social Change at the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) Program at the University B.C. LinkedIn.
Isaac Lo is a Project Specialist with the Business Asia team at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and a graduate of the Master of Global Affairs program at Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto.
Dongwoo Kim is Program Manager, Digital Asia at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, leading its work on existing and emergent technologies and their applications to enhanced Canada-Asia engagement. He was previously a Project Specialist and Post-Graduate Research Scholar at the Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation, Dongwoo studied politics and international relations at Peking University (MA '18), University of British Columbia (MA '16) and University of Alberta (BA '14).
John Bruk is a retired Canadian lawyer and mining executive, and the Founding Chair (1984-1987) of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. John came to Canada in 1951 as a refugee, having escaped the oppressive regime of the late Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia. He has four sons (Mark, Ian, Bruce, and Steven) with late wife Carol (nee Sparling) and resides in North Saanich on Vancouver Island, Canada, with wife Helen (nee Cameron).
Robin Asgari is a second year law student at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University and is currently a summer research student at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.
Matthew Putnam is a recent graduate from the University of B.C. with a major in International Relations and a minor in Economics. He is Co-Director of Election Watch Programming for the Asia Pacific Youth Council.
Tae Young Bae is a fifth-year student at the University of B.C., pursuing a combined major in Science and a minor in Asian Area Studies. He is co-director of the Student Election Watch team on APF Canada’s Asia Pacific Youth Council.
Yiwei Jin is a Junior Research Scholar at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. He is a recent MA graduate from the University of Toronto's Department of Political Science.
Phebe M. Ferrer is the Project Specialist for the APEC-Canada Growing Business Partnership. She was a former MSME Research Assistant and a Junior Research Scholar. She is an MA graduate from the University of British Columbia's Department of Political Science.
Kai Valdez Bettcher is a Research Specialist with the Business Asia team at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and a graduate of the Master of Public Policy program at the University of Calgary. He is also a University of Alberta alumnus (2015).
