Stewart Beck is the former President and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, and a Canadian career diplomat who served abroad in China, India, Taiwan and the United States. He currently serves as a Distinguished Fellow with APF Canada.
John Knubley is Senior Adviser, Longview Communications and Boston Consulting Group; Canada’s former Deputy Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development; and a Director on the Board of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.
Patrick is an M.A. student in International Affairs at Carleton University, specializing in International Organizations and Global Public Policy. His research explores China’s regional environmental partnerships and their effects on global environmental governance. He is also a Policy Analyst at Environment and Climate Change Canada on the team responsible for Canada’s engagement with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Cassandra Preece is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science (Comparative Public Policy) at McMaster University. She is a doctoral research fellow for McMaster’s Ethnic Quota and Political Representation research project and is a 2020 Joseph Armand Bombardier (CGS) doctoral fellow. Her broad research interests include ethnic conflict, minority and Indigenous political representation, electoral politics, political parties, and democratization. Her doctoral research investigates Indigenous language policy in the Asia Pacific, with a focus on how Indigenous legislators and other key state actors contribute to favourable policy changes to promote and protect Indigenous languages in countries such as Taiwan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Australia, and the Philippines.
Dr. Jeffrey Reeves is the former Vice-President of Research & Strategy for the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. Prior to joining APF Canada, Dr. Reeves was the Director of Asian Studies at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Dr. Reeves has over 15 years direct experience living and working in Asia, including as an Associate Professor with the Daniel K. Inouye Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies in the United States, as a Research Fellow with Griffith University in Australia, and as a University Instructor at Peking University in the People’s Republic of China.
Dr. Stéphanie Martel is an Assistant Professor of Political Studies at Queen’s University and a Fellow (and Member of the Board) at the Centre for International and Defence Policy. Her research at the intersection of international security and global governance focuses on multilateral diplomacy, security regionalism, and the role of discourse in the social construction of world politics, particularly in Southeast Asia and the Asia Pacific.
Dr. Martel serves as a Canadian representative to the ASEAN Regional Forum’s Experts and Eminent Persons Group and is Team Co-Lead (Asia Pacific) within the Defence and Security Foresight Group. She also serves on the Board of the Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies, is a member of the Network for Strategic Analysis and Women in International Security (WIIS) Canada, and is a Distinguished Fellow with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.
Sharon Zhengyang Sun is the Trade Policy Economist at the Canada West Foundation in Calgary, Alberta. She specializes in research on international trade policy and the Asia Pacific. She has a long-standing research interest in China-Canada commercial relations and China’s free trade agreement behaviours and effectiveness. Her broader interest focuses on the impact of free trade agreements in the Asia Pacific region on trade and trade infrastructure.
Ms. Sun is a Ph.D. candidate at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, and a Distinguished Fellow with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. Prior to joining Canada West Foundation, she was an associate researcher with the Centre for Trade Policy and Law and an instructor at the Sprott School of Business, Carleton University.
Julia Nguyen is a Project Coordinator at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and a recent B.A. graduate in Political Science and Economics from McGill University.
Tabitha Grace Mallory is the Founder of China Ocean Institute and Affiliate Professor, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington. Dr. Mallory specializes in Chinese foreign and environmental policy. She conducts research on China and global ocean governance and has published work on China’s fisheries and oceans policy.
Dr. Mallory is an inaugural John H. McArthur Research Fellow, an initiative of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada launched in 2021 to provide research opportunities for exceptional, mid-career scholars who are working on programs and research areas with direct relevance to Canada and Canada’s interests in Asia.
