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Canada’s leading Indo-Pacific academic resource & educational gateway

Canada’s leading Indo-Pacific academic resource & educational gateway

UBC builds knowledge needed to link Canada to the Indo-Pacific region and supports people-to-people ties across the Pacific

Long-standing history of Indo-Pacific scholarship

Dating back nine decades, UBC’s studies on the Asia-Pacific promote Canadian public understanding and contribute to Canada’s policy discussion about the region. UBC’s expertise extends across multiple disciplines, including international trade, security, business, public policy, language, culture, history, international development, sustainability, law, health and education.

Asia-focused teaching & research

Institute of Asian Research
School of Public Policy and Global Affairs

Canada’s premier Asia-focused research institution and think tank on current political, economic and social issues—and their relevance to Canada

Department of Asian Studies
Faculty of Arts

Teaching and research of Asian languages, religion, history, philosophy, literature and culture with 350+ courses, including modern Arabic, Cantonese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi-Urdu, Persian, Punjabi, Sanskrit and Tibetan

Asia Forest Research Centre 
Faculty of Forestry

Promoting collaboration with Asian partners on forestry education, research and capacity-building

Centre for Asian Legal Studies 
Peter A. Allard School of Law

Leading-edge research on Asian law and legal institutions, enhancing the Canadian public’s understanding of some of the world’s most important legal systems

Academic partnerships

UBC engages in joint research, student mobility and capacity building, maintaining strong, extensive academic partnerships.

Research
  • 73,000+ publications with Indo-Pacific institutions from 2018-2023
  • Collaborative research initiatives include IC-IMPACT, Max Planck-UBC-UTokyo Centre for Quantum Materials, UBC-Myanmar Initiatives and Joint NTU-UBC Research Centre of Excellence in Active Living for the Elderly 
Student mobility
  • Student mobility agreements with 65+ universities in 12 Indo-Pacific countries
Capacity building
  • 40+ years of customized international capacity-building programs in Indo-Pacific countries: policymakers, entrepreneurs, civil servants, educators, scholars, researchers and forest professionals from India, Indonesia, Myanmar, China, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam covering public policy, food security, sustainability, clean technology, mining, forest management, leadership, public health, teacher education and university management

UBC’s Indo-Pacific presence

  • UBC established the Asia Pacific Regional Office in Hong Kong and the India Liaison Office in New Delhi to enhance existing academic, government and private-sector regional partnerships while supporting UBC students and alumni
  • 70% of UBC international students are from Indo-Pacific countries (20% of total)
  • 12,000+ registered UBC alumni residing in Indo-Pacific countries (January 2024)
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