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York Centre for Asian Research

Annual General Meeting

5 September 2018 Room 280N, York Lanes, York University

Agenda

1) Director’s Welcome 2) Approval of Agenda for 5 September 2018 3)Review and approval of 2017 Annual General Meeting Minutes 4) Report on Key Accomplishments for 2017–2018 5) Governance | Nomination and vote on new faculty member for the Executive Committee, 2018–2019 6) Financial Report | 2017–2018 fiscal statements of operation and 2018– 2019 budgets 7) Report on, and discussion of, Plans and Priorities for 2018–2019 8) Other Business

Internal Board

• Vice‐President, Research & Innovation
• Associate Vice President Research
• Dean, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (or

designate)

• Dean, Faculty of Environmental Studies (or designate)
• Dean, School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (or

designate)

• Principal, Glendon College (or designate)
• Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies (or designate)
• Associate Vice‐President, International

Internal Board

What happened at the annual Internal Board Meeting?

• Highlights
• Challenges
• Budget

Report on Key Accomplishments for 2017–2018

Governance

Intellectual Exchange Research Support Graduate Training Knowledge Mobilization

Governance

Report on Key Accomplishments for 2017–2018

Report on Key Accomplishments for 2017–2018

Membership

YCAR Associates and Visitors: Faculty Associates: 71 Graduate Associates: 95 External Research Associates: 37 Emeriti Faculty Associates: 6 Visiting Scholars: 3 Postdoctoral Fellows or Visitors: 4 New Associates and Visitors: Faculty Associates: 6 Graduate Associates: 16 External Research Associates: 5 Visiting Scholars: 3 Postdoctoral Fellows or Visitors: 3

Report on Key Accomplishments for 2017–2018

YCAR Membership by Faculty

Faculty Associates AMPD (4) Education (2) Environmental Studies (2) Glendon College (2) Health (2) LA&PS (55) Schulich (3) Science (1) Graduate Associates AMPD (4) Education (1) Environmental Studies (7) Glendon College (1) LA&PS (77) Osgoode Hall Law School (3) Schulich (2)

Executive Committee, 2017–2018

Abidin Kusno, Environmental Studies (ex‐officio) Laam Hae, Associate Director, GDAS Coordinator, Politics

• R. Patrick Alcedo, Dance

Preet Aulakh, Schulich School of Business Ranu Basu, Geography Soma Chatterjee, School of Social Work

• B. Frolic/E. Caprioni, Asian Business & Management Programme

Joan Judge, History Shobna Nijhawan, DLLL representative Laura Schoenberger, Graduate Associate representative, Geography Christine Nguyen, Graduate Associate representative, Humanities Harshita Yalamarty, Graduate Associate representative, GFWS

Executive Committee, 2017–2018

Thank you to our departing members for their enthusiasm and support of the Centre and its activities. Joan Judge Shobna Nijhawan

Nomination to Executive Committee for 2018–2019; new DLLL representative

Wendy S. Wong Design, AMPD Xueqing Xu DLLL, LA&PS

Intellectual Exchange

Report on Key Accomplishments for 2017–2018

Report on Key Accomplishments for 2017–2018

YCAR organized

• r co‐organized

48 activities in 2017–2018

Report on Key Accomplishments for 2017–2018

LECTURE SERIES

Emerging Asian Urbanisms

Organizer: Nabeel Ahmed (Environmental Studies)

* Continues in 2018–2019

Gender, Migration and Contemporary (Im)mobilities in Asia

Organizer: Jolin Joseph (Gender, Feminist & Women's Studies)

Transformative Politics in South Korea: Democracy, Resistance and the Future

• f Progressive Politics

Organizer: Laam Hae (Politics)

Emerging Asian Urbanisms

Organizer: Nabeel Ahmed (Environmental Studies)

* Continues in 2018–2019

Gender, Migration and Contemporary (Im)mobilities in Asia

Organizer: Jolin Joseph (Gender, Feminist & Women's Studies)

Transformative Politics in South Korea: Democracy, Resistance and the Future

• f Progressive Politics

Organizer: Laam Hae (Politics)

Report on Key Accomplishments for 2017–2018

Workshops and Conferences

Asian Connections: Linking Mobilities of Capital & Labour in Theory & Practice

(11–12 May 2017) Organizers: Preet Aulakh (Schulich), Philip Kelly (Geography)

Retrospect and Prospect: International Symposium on Chinese Canadian Literature (19–21 May 2017)

Organizers: Xueqing Xu (DLLL), Jessica Li (DLLL)

Tamil Studies Symposium: Transnational Configurations of Tamil Identity

(8–9 September 2017) Organizer: A. Nedra Rodrigo (Humanities)

Canada‐India Symposium (6 October 2017)

Organizer: Nivedita Das Kundu

Report on Key Accomplishments for 2017–2018

Workshops and Conferences

Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies 2017 Conference: People In and Out of Place

(26–28 October 2017) Organizers: York University organizing committee

Unsettling Canada at 150: Memory Discourses in Transnational Contexts (3 November 2017)

Organizers: Michael Nijhawan (Sociology), Daphne Winland (Anthropology), Jenny Wustenberg (Politics)

Bengali Diaspora in Canada: Current Research Trends and Future Pathways

(1 December 2017) Organizers: Marshia Akbar (BMRC‐IRMU), Sutama Ghosh (Ryerson)

Changes and Adaptations: Chinese Media & its Global Development (15 March 2018)

Organizers: Tokunbo Ojo (ComCult), Lianrui Jia (ComCult)

Report on Key Accomplishments for 2017–2018

Other Events

Plus 30+ other events. The Annual Report contains a full list!

Asian Business and Management Programme (ABMP)

Bernie Frolic Executive Director Elena Caprioni Program Director Li Chen (Lily) Program Administrator

Report on Key Accomplishments for 2017–2018

Visitors and Postdocs

Piti Srivongchai Khon Kaen University Yookyoung Lim Architecture and Urban Research Institute Lianbin Dai YCAR‐CCKF Postdoctoral Fellow Ruth Pison University of the Philippines Ly Quoc Dang Chiang Mai University Jonathan Tardif SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow CCGC project

Report on Key Accomplishments for 2017–2018

Research Support

Report on Key Accomplishments for 2017–2018

Grant Application Submissions with YCAR Support

SSHRC Other External

• Academy of Korean Studies
• Global Challenges Research Fund

Internal Opportunities

• Minor Research Grants
• SSHRC Small Grants
• LA&PS Research Events Fund
• LA&PS Global Community & Engagement Events Fund
• Office of the Vice‐President, Research & Innovation

Report on Key Accomplishments for 2017–2018

Projects and Programmes Housed at YCAR

YCAR housed 25 projects and programmes in 2017–2018.

The full list can be found in the Annual Report

Report on Key Accomplishments for 2017–2018

Publication Support Fund

Publication Supported in 2017‐2018

Lobo

Albert Schrauwers (Anthropology)

Report on Key Accomplishments for 2017–2018

Graduate Training

Report on Key Accomplishments for 2017–2018

Graduate Funding and Activities

Funding for 38 students in 2017–2018 Awards: over $56,000 Professional Development Funding: $4,800

2018 Award Recipients

Penny and John Van Esterik Award for Graduate Research on Southeast Asia Shelia Htoo

Graduate Programme in Environmental Studies

The Salween Peace Park: Reflection of Peace and Self‐determination, Environmental Integrity and Cultural Survival?

New Award :0)

2018 Award Recipients

Albert C.W. Chan Foundation Award Carly Thomas

Graduate Programme in Environmental Studies

Leveraging Culture in Environmental Education: A Comparative Analysis of Canadian and Chinese High School Students

2018 Award Recipients

Vivienne Poy Asian Research Award Hazel Dizon

Graduate Programme in Geography

The Occupy Movement, Property Rights and Housing Take‐overs in the Philippines

Katherine Cheng

Graduate Programme in Development Studies

China in the Himalayas: A Case Study of Health Aid from Beijing to Kathmandu

2018 Award Recipients

Vivienne Poy Asian Research Award Chaya Ocampo Go

Graduate Programme in Geography

The Political Ecology of Disaster Response in the Philippines

Lianrui Jia

Graduate Programme in Communication & Culture

Conflicts, Constrictions, Cooptation: Post‐WTO Internet and Telecommunication Development in China

2018 Award Recipients

Vivienne Poy Asian Research Award Ayyaz Mallick

Graduate Programme in Environmental Studies

The (Un)Making of the Working Class in Karachi, 1980s to 2010s

Jaspreet Ranauta

Graduate Programme in Environmental Studies

Environmental Justice, Punjab and the Sikh Diaspora in Canada

2018 Award Recipients

Vivienne Poy Asian Research Award Aisha Siddika

Graduate Programme in Development Studies

The Feminist Political Ecology of Agriculture: Land Ownership and Women Farmers’ Experiences of Agriculture in Bangladesh

Tasnuva Tanzim

Graduate Programme in Development Studies

Smallholder Farmers’ Perception and Experience: Effects of ICT on Livelihoods

2018 Award Recipients

Vivienne Poy Asian Research Award Jie Wu

Graduate Programme in Communication & Culture

Storytelling and Participatory Action Research in Talimi Haq School: Building Networks of Transnational Solidarity

Jing Xu

Graduate Programme in Humanities

The Politics of Memory: Interaction and Tension among the Haunting Ghosts of the Russian and the Japanese in Harbin

2018 Award Recipients

• Dr. Sangdeok Woo and Mrs. Kwisoon Lim Woo

Memorial Graduate Award Min Ah Park

Graduate Programme in English Confronting the Melodramatic Bluri Re‐ (Defining) Forms in Korean‐Canadian Diasporic Literature

2018 Award Recipients

Young‐Rahn Woo Memorial Graduate Award Andrew Gayed

Graduate Programme in Art History and Visual Culture Queering Transnational Identity: Asian and Middle Eastern Contemporary Art

2018 Award Recipients

Nirvan Bhavan Research Fellowship Golaleh Pashmforoosh

Graduate Programme in History Of Trade and Slavery: Uncovering Diaspora and Commerce between Goa and Mozambique: 1750–1900

2018 Award Recipients

David Wurfel Award Colleen Curran

Graduate Programme in Environmental Studies Reframing Disaster Risk: People, Space and Place in a Coastal Community in the Philippines

2018 Award Recipients

YCAR Language Award

David Cribb Graduate Programme in Politics Language of Study: Japanese Katherine Cheng Graduate Programme in Development Studies Languages of Study: Nepali and Mandarin Joseph Fiumara Graduate Programme in Cinema and Media Studies Language of Study: Japanese Elena Lopez Graduate Programme in Geography Language of Study: Tagalog Jillian Fulton Graduate Programme in Social Anthropology Language of Study: Arabic

Report on Key Accomplishments for 2017–2018

Graduate Diploma in Asian Studies

• Students from the FES, AMPD, LA&PS and

Health are currently enrolled

• Funding for the core course is confirmed for one

more year 2017–2018

• Total enrollment in Diploma: 45
• Core course enrolment: 19
• Completed Diploma requirements: 7 (By June

2018 graduation) GDAS Coordinator and 2018 Core Course Instructor: Laam Hae (Political Science)

Report on Key Accomplishments for 2017–2018

Knowledge Mobilization

Report on Key Accomplishments for 2017–2018

Website Visits

*above as of 27 July 2018

*above as of 27 July 2018

Report on Key Accomplishments for 2017–2018

Website Visits

Report on Key Accomplishments for 2017–2018

Website Visits

*above as of 27 July 2018

Report on Key Accomplishments for 2017–2018

Website Visits

*above as of 26 April 2017 *above as of 26 April 2017

*above as of 27 July 2018

Report on Key Accomplishments for 2017–2018

Social Media

Report on Key Accomplishments for 2017–2018

Knowledge Mobilization: Asia Research Briefs

The ARB series continued in 2017–2018 The latest in the series is: Understanding Knowledge Culture of Late Imperial China By Lianbin Dai YCAR CCKF Postdoctoral Fellow

Report on Key Accomplishments for 2017–2018

Knowledge Mobilization: Asia Colloquia Papers

Forthcoming ACP!

An Empire Stages Back: Nationalism, Postcoloniality and the Diaspora in Philippine Dance by Patrick Alcedo, Dance

Report on Key Accomplishments for 2017–2018

Outreach and Collaboration with Other Organizations

. International Development Research Centre, UBC James Bennet Financial Jinan University Kashmir Solidarity Group Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto Philippines Embassy Program in Asia‐Pacific Studies, University of Toronto Ryerson University Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Studio for Public Humanities Ltd. Taiwanese Human Rights Association of Canada The International Festival of Authors The Japan Foundation, Toronto Toronto Arts Council Toronto Catholic District School Board Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Urban Climate Resilience in Southeast Asia Partnership Wenzhou University Ambedkar International Mission ASEAN Committee of Ottawa Asian Institute, University of Toronto Cahoots Theatre Canada 150 | Unity in Diversity: Fusion of Communities in Canada Canada Vietnam Society Centre for South Asian Studies, University

• f Toronto

Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Toronto City of Markham Consulate General of India in Toronto Consulate General of Philippines Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia Global Affairs Canada Hope21 Human Rights Watch INDePth at Asian Cities Conference 2018 Indonesia Embassy

Plans and Priorities for 2018–2019

Lecture Series, Workshops and Conferences

Lecture Series Emerging Asian Urbanisms Organizer: Amardeep Kaur (Geography) South and Central Asia Project Workshops Organizer: Sergei Plekhanov (Politics) Workshops and Conferences Asian Canadian Youth Experiences of Cultural Identity: An Interdisciplinary Exploration

Nazilla Khanlou (Health) 7 September 2018

The Indo‐Pacific: Security Governance & Peace

Venilla Rajaguru (Science and Technology Studies) 14‐15 November 2018

Fourth Tamil Studies Symposium

Nedra Rodrigo (Humanities) 16‐17 November 2018

Plans and Priorities for 2018–2019

Visitors and Postdocs

Yookyoung Lim, Architecture and Urban Research Institute Naoki Fujiwara, Kobe University Xie Wei He, Tsinghua University Manneke Budiman, University of Indonesia YCAR Research Collaboration Fellow Deepak Mishra, Jawaharlal Nehru University YCAR Research Collaboration Fellow

Plans and Priorities for 2018–2019

Grant Application Development and Submission

Plans and Priorities for 2018–2019

Funding Opportunities for Associates

• Community Research Engagement (All Associates)
• Publication Fund (Faculty and Graduate Associates)
• YCAR Awards (Graduate Associates)
• YCAR Professional Development Fund (Graduate Associates)
• Minor Support to other units (Faculty & Graduate Associates)
• Research Collaboration Fellowship 2017–2018 (Faculty

Associates and their research colleagues)

• Workshop Fund (Faculty and Graduate Associates)

Plans and Priorities for 2018–2019

Student Training and Awards

Awards

Albert C.W. Chan Foundation Fellowship David Wurfel Award for Philippine Studies

• Dr. Sangdeok Woo and Mrs. Kwisoon Lim Woo Memorial Graduate Award
• N. Sivalingam Award in Tamil Studies

Penny and John Van Esterik Award for Graduate Research on Southeast Asia Vivienne Poy Asian Research Award YCAR Language Award Young‐Rahn Woo Memorial Graduate Award YCAR Undergraduate Essay Awards

Graduate Diploma in Asian Studies Laam Hae (Political Science) will continue as GDAS Coordinator and core course director until June 2019.

Plans and Priorities for 2018–2019

Ideas stemmed from the AKS application

Plans and Priorities for 2018–2019

Ideas stemmed from the AKS application

Plans and Priorities for 2018–2019

Ideas stemmed from the AKS application

Plans and Priorities for 2018–2019

Ideas stemmed from the AKS application

Plans and Priorities for 2018–2019

Fundraising

Fundraising can support:

• Canada‐China Initiatives Fund
• Bernard Luk Annual Lecture in Hong Kong Studies
• Other visiting positions, graduate awards etc.

Funding can involve:

• OTO donation
• Multi‐year support
• Endowment

External Advisory Council

The EAC was not active in 2017–2018 and will be re‐envisioned in 2018–2019. The YCAR Executive Committee will be seeking feedback from its members at the 2019 AGM on this topic.

YCAR ‐ The Next Five Years What is working well at YCAR? What is not worth our time and effort? Are there strategic priorities we should emphasize? Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions? Feedback?

Other Business

York Centre for Asian Research

Thank you very much for coming!

And please join us on Wednesday, 26 September for our annual Welcome Back Event 2:30pm | YCAR | Eighth Floor, Kaneff Tower All are Welcome!