Authors

Chloe Yeung is a Research Scholar with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada’s Greater China Team. She holds a Master of Global Affairs from the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto, and a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences from University College London (UCL). Her research interests include Canada-China relations, sustainable trade and development, and gender equality.

David Matijasevich teaches political science at Capilano University in North Vancouver, Canada. His research and teaching interests include populism and protest, regime change and resilience, democratic theory and practice, and the politics of Thailand and Singapore.

Vina is APF Canada's Vice-President Research & Strategy and leads the Foundation’s research, education, and network support activities. She also oversees the Foundation’s granting and research fellowships programs as well as development and capacity building projects. She is a frequent media commentator on geopolitics, Canadian foreign policy, and Canada-Asia relations, with a focus on India and China.

As an international security and peacebuilding specialist, Vina has more than two decades of professional experience in high-level diplomacy, advocacy, policy-making, and political risk analysis. From war zones to board rooms, Vina has worked with national governments, non-profits, and philanthropic organizations in Canada, the United States, China, and a number of countries in Africa and Central Asia.

Deeplina Banerjee is a Research Scholar with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada's South Asia Team. She is currently a Ph.D Candidate at Western University. Her doctoral research seeks to understand the strengths and limitations of Canada's Rohingya Response Strategy in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Her broader research interests include artificial Intelligence and automation and the future of work, renewable and clean energy, green employment, and Canada-South Asia relations. Gender is a cross-cutting theme in her research. 

Dr. Scott Harrison is a former Senior Program Manager, Northeast Asia, with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

Yvonne Lau is a Vancouver-based journalist who covers business and culture with an eye on China and Russia. Yvonne’s bylines can be found in Fortune, Forbes, Maclean’s, The Walrus, Broadview, and more. She is part of Room Up Front’s 2023-2024 cohort of mentee photojournalists; a former ambassador for Women LEAD Nepal, and a former co-chair at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. 

Yvonne was the recipient of a 2023-2024 Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Media Fellowship.

Fen Osler Hampson, Chancellor’s Professor and Professor of International Affairs, Normal Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University

Fen Osler Hampson is Chancellor’s Professor and Professor of International Affairs at the Normal Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA) at Carleton University in Ottawa. The former Director of the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (2000-2012), Professor Hampson served as Director of the Global Commission on Internet Governance and is the President of the World Refugee & Migration Council. 

He holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University where he also received his A.M. degree. Hampson also holds an MSc. (Econ.) degree (with distinction) from the London School of Economics and a B.A. (Hon.) from the University of Toronto. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, he is the author or co-author of 15 books and editor or co-editor of 32 other volumes, with expertise in Canadian foreign policy, internet governance, international organization and negotiation, and conflict resolution and analysis.

Patrick Leblond is CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy and Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa. He is also Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Research Fellow at CIRANO, and Affiliated Professor of International Business at HEC Montréal.

Dr. Leblond is an expert on economic governance and policy. He has published extensively on banking regulation, financial and monetary integration, international investment, international trade, and business-government relations. Before embarking on his academic career, he worked in accounting and auditing for Ernst & Young as well as in corporate finance and strategy consulting for Arthur Andersen & Co. and SECOR Consulting in Montreal.

Paul Meyer is Adjunct Professor of International Studies and Fellow in International Security at Simon Fraser University. He is a Senior Advisor to ICT4Peace, an NGO promoting a “peaceful environment” in cyberspace.