Canada Tibet Committee and the UBC Himalaya Program invite you to a Workshop and Discussion Forum exploring human rights implications of the Canada-China Free Trade Agreement, in particular in relation to Tibet.
Workshop participants will look at the Canada-China Free Trade Agreement through a human rights lens, with attention to Tibet as a case example. The discussion will consider how increased trade between Canada and China could potentially affect the human rights of Tibetans. Speakers will propose possible responses to those impacts.
A draft discussion paper will be distributed as background for the workshop.
RSVP for the event here.
Host:
MATI BERNABEI, Board of Directors, Canada Tibet Committee
Moderator:
SARA SHNEIDERMAN, Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs/Institute of Asian Research, Himalaya Program Research & Outreach Coordinator, UBC
Speakers include:
MICHAEL BUCKLEY: Author, specializing in the Himalayan region and Southeast Asia
PITMAN POTTER: Professor of Law and Director of Chinese Legal Studies at the Peter A. Allard School of Law, UBC
KUNCHOK YAKLHA: Research Coordinator, Canada Tibet Committee
Discussant:
TSERING SHAKYA: Canadian Research Chair in Religion and Contemporary Society in Asia at the Institute for Asian Research, Himalaya Program Speaker Series & Language Program Coordinator, UBC
Refreshments will be served.