Thinking Beyond the 51st State: A Conversation with Senator Yuen Pau Woo

About this event

Join us for a very special iteration of Consular Conversations featuring distinguished guest, the Honourable Yuen Pau Woo. Senator Woo joins us to offer his reflections on the state of Canadian foreign policy and the prospects for Canada to achieve a measure of strategic autonomy in its international relations.

The SFU School for International Studies' Consular Conversations series is a monthly public forum featuring discussions with members of the Consular Corps in Vancouver. These conversations are moderated by Dr. Ricardo Arredondo, an IS Adjunct Professor and Consul General of Argentina. The goal is to bring together the Consular Corps of British Columbia for public lectures that encourage dialogue on issues that transcend borders, explore inspiring topics, and cultivate connections. We invite members of the consular corps of British Columbia and the Simon Fraser University community to join us.

Speaker

Appointed to the Senate of Canada in November 2016, the Honourable Yuen Pau Woo sits as an independent representing British Columbia. He served as Facilitator of the Independent Senators Group from 2017 to 2021.

Senator Woo has worked on public policy issues related to Canada’s relations with Asian countries for more than 30 years. From 2005 to 2014, he was President and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, during which time he also served on the Standing Committee of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) and chaired PECC’s State of the Region Report. He is a Senior Fellow at Simon Fraser University’s Graduate School of Business and a member of the Trilateral Commission. He also serves on the Advisory Board of the Canadian Ditchley Foundation.

Senator Woo is a joint chair of the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations and a member of the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade.