JSAC2020 Annual Conference
to be held at Thompson Rivers University,
Kamloops, B.C., has been postponed until
2021 due to COVID-19.
The ad hoc JSAC
conference will be held
on line via ZOOM on October 17 (Sat) and
18 (Sun), 2020. If
you wish to attend the conference,
please register by October 17,
2020.
PROGRAM
REGISTRATION
Zoom
Recording:
Day
1 Day 2
Contact: Norio
Ota
Web
publication
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wish to have your
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on the web, please send
it to Norio
Ota by December
31, 2020.
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Newsletter: Fillable
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Honours: Congratulations!
- Professor Fumiko Ikawa-Smith was awarded
the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold
Rays with Rosette in 2003: Link
- Norio Ota was honoured with the title of
'Profesor Invitado' by Universidad de La
Habana, Cuba in 2013: Link
- Professor Ken
Coates and Professor Jacob
Kovalio received 2014 Japanese
Foreign Minister's Commendation: Link (Coates) Link (Kovalio)
- Professor
Michael W. Donnelly was awarded
The Order of the Rising Sun in
2014: Link
- Norio Ota receives
2015 Japanese Foreign Minister's
Commendation: Link1
Link2
Link3
Link4
- Professor Ken
Coates elected to be fellow of the Royal
Society of Canada: Link
- Norio Ota commended by York University
as a 2016 York U Research Leader: Link
- Professor X. Jie
Yang, University of Calgary, received
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with
Rosette in the Imperial Decorations,
spring 2016: Link1
Link2
Link3
Link4
- Professor Carin
Holroyd received the University of
Saskatchewan J.W. George Ivany
Internationalization Award.
- Ambassador Joseph
Caron received 2017 Order of the Rising
Sun, Gold and Silver Star: Link
- Professor Fumiko
Ikawa-Smith, McGill University receives
the
Award for Lifetime Service to the
Japan Studies Association of Canada
(JSAC) in 2017: This award is made
to honour an outstanding
contribution to the mission of the
Japan Studies Association of Canada
(JSAC): Initiated in 2017, the award
recognizes exceptional service and
commitment to JSAC and to the study
of Japan in Canada. The award
acknowledges and publicly celebrates
these outstanding contributions and
the integrity and dedication the
recipient has brought to the
association.
- Ms. Natasha Fox and
Mr. Evan Koike (runner-up) received
the 2017 Pringsheim Award for
excellent papers among graduate
students.
- Professor Fumiko
Ikawa-Smith celebrated her beiju
米寿 this year. Photo
Article: 「カナダで米寿をむ
かえました」
JSAC Publication:
- JSAC2012-13
Proceedings publication:
Link
- JSAC2014
Proceedings: Link
- JSAC2015
Japan and Canada in
Comparative Perspective:
Economics: Link
- JSAC/JACS/JCERN2015
Culture,
Identity and Citizenship in Japan and
Canada: Link
- JSAC2016 Globalizing
Japan: Issues in Language, Linguistics
and Japanese Society: Link
- JSAC2017 Future
Uncertain: Economic, Environmental,
Social and Political Challenges Facing
Japan: Link
- JSAC2018 Proceedings: Link
Membership activities:
(you can find previous items in the
Archive)
X.Jie Yang
Kindle publication:
Tale of Revenge: A
Real Heroine, a translation of
Edo's graphic novel in Japanese
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0817V3QLH
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0817V3QLH
Stephen r. NAGY
Publicized links:
1)Hong Kong and geopolitical Jenga
Military intervention would unleash a
cascade of transformative changes
https://www.policyforum.net/hong-kong-and-geopolitical-jenga/
2)Japan's Indo-Pacific dream or
nightmare?
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/08/22/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-indo-pacific-dream-nightmare/#.XW7vmmd7l9A
4) Radio Interview on North Korean
Missile tests
https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/pm/japan-says-pyongyangs-testing-short-range-ballistic-missiles/11458420
5) Podcast on China's Rise as a Rule
Maker and Tech Empire
https://www.cgai.ca/chinas_rise_as_a_rule_maker_and_tech_empire?utm_campaign=25_08_19_pod&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cdfai
6)What does Japan and South Korea's
tech trade dispute mean for the cost
of your smartphone?
https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-28/what-does-japan-south-korea-trade-war-mean-for-smartphone-costs/11341254?pfmredir=sm
7)If Japan-South Korea Spat Prolonged,
Supply Chains Could Shorten: Bloomberg
TV
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2019-07-26/if-japan-south-korea-spat-prolonged-supply-chains-could-shorten-says-professor-nagy-video
8)Voter disillusion tempered by
realism
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/23/commentary/japan-commentary/voter-disillusion-tempered-realism/#.XW7yGGd7l9B
Talks:
-July 4th International Studies
Association, Singapore "Global Security in
the Geotechnological Century: Sino-US
relations and the reconceptualizing
conflict and conflict management in the
era of AI"
-July 4th International Studies
Association, Singapore "Middle Power
Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific"
-July 15th Asia Pacific Foundation,
Vancouver, "Canada: Middle Power
Diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific"
-July16th Canadian International Council's
Vancouver Branch on "Converging and
Diverging Interest in the Indo-Pacific:
Balancing National Interests in an Era of
Great Power Rivalry"
-July 17th Japan Society of British
Colombia in Vancouver "Japan's political
situation post election"
- July 23rd Round table at the Macdonald
Laurier Institute, Ottawa "Converging
interets of Middle Powers in the
Indo-Pacific"
-July 25th Talk at the Canadian Global
Affairs Institute, Calgary "Chinese
Foreign Policy in an Era of Geo-technology
Rivalry: Beyond the Trade War and Hua Wei"
-AUGUST 8th Canada West Foundation, "
Japan-based perspective, on Canada's
opportunities in the world's third largest
economy"
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Photos - Please
send photos.
Older
photos can be found in the Database.
- JSAC2014_photos (Google Drive): Link
- JSAC2015_photos
(Google Drive): Link
- JSAC2016_photos
(Google Drive): Link
- JSAC2017_photos
(Google Drive): Link
- JSAC2018_photos
(Google Drive): Link
Events &
Opportunities:
- Webinar by
Prince Takamado Japan Centre,
"The Ageing
Society in the Era of Pandemics:
Approaches in Japan and Canada" Link poster
- Call for
Nominations - William F. Sibley
Memorial Subvention Award for Japanese
Translation Link
poster
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