Japan Studies Association of Canada Conference at the Centre for the Study of Global Japan, University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs
2017/10/21
A presentation by Atsushi Sunami, Vice President, Professor at National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)。
From Oct. 12 through 15, the annual conference of the Japan Studies Association of Canada (JSAC) was held at the Centre for the Study of Global Japan at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs. Academics from Canada and elsewhere gave presentations and held discussions on a wide range of topics. This year’s conference marked JSAC’s 30th anniversary, and also was the first hosted by the newly established Centre from the Study of Global Japan.
Prof. Sunami responds in a Q&A session with Japan Studies Association of Canada President Carin Holroyd
There was a dinner on Oct. 13 for the scholars at the conference. Consul-General of Japan Takako Ito was in attendance and gave remarks.
At the dinner, McGill University Professor Emerita Fumiko Ikawa-Smith was given an award for
her many years of service to JSAC. From left: former JSAC President and
University of British Columbia Professor David Edgington, Dr. Holroyd and Dr, Ikawa-Smith.
At the dinner, there was also a presentation by University of Cambridge Professor John Nilsson-Wright
At the dinner, there was also a presentation by University of Cambridge Professor John Nilsson-Wright
on the situation of North Korea and its impact on Japan and regional security.