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Canada, China and the Indo-Pacific Strategy: A conversation with Canada’s ambassador to China
In-Person Event
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Location: USask Calgary Hub
Suite 109, 301 – 3rd Avenue SW
Calgary, AB
NOTE: This is an in-person event held under Chatham House Rule and will not be broadcast or recorded.
China remains the second largest trade partner for Canada and each of the western provinces – trade which continues to grow in the face of economic downturns in both countries. China is also the largest trade partner for over 120 economies, including those most important to Western Canada. Given China’s de facto importance to Canadian, Indo-Pacific and global trade, the country is a key part of Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy, the federal government’s overarching guide for Canadian political and economic engagement in the Asia.
Join Canada’s ambassador to China, H.E. Jennifer May, as she sits down for a fireside chat to unpack some of the complexities of the current state of Canada-China relations, China’s place in Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy as well as current political and economic events in China. The fireside chat will be followed by a Slido question and answer session.
Speaker
H.E. Jennifer May, 梅倩琳 Ambassador of Canada to the People’s Republic of China
Ms. Jennifer May was appointed Canada’s Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China on September 23, 2022. She is the first woman to serve in this position. Prior to her nomination, Ambassador May served as Ambassador to Brazil from 2019 to 2022. She was Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Canada to the Federal Republic of Germany from 2015 to 2019. Ambassador May has extensive Asia experience, having served in political and economic roles at the Consulate General of Canada in Hong Kong from 1998 to 2000, in Beijing at the Embassy of Canada to the People’s Republic of China from 2000 to 2004 and in Bangkok at the Embassy of Canada to the Kingdom of Thailand from 2010 to 2012, with additional responsibility to Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos.
Moderator
Carlo Dade, Director, Trade and Trade Infrastructure, Canada West Foundation and Professional Affiliate, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan
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