14th Korea-Canada Forum – Enhancing the Global Partnership Between Korea and Canada

Thursday, October 27, 2016 12:00 AM - 6:00 PM EDT (UTC–04:00)
Private Event: Conference
Speakers:
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Co-organized by the Seoul International Forum and Canada’s Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), the Canada-Korea Forum meets annually to discuss key issues affecting the state of relations between Canada and Korea as well as to provide insights and forward-looking advice to governments, businesses and other stakeholders involved in the relationship. The Forum consists of a high-level group of Koreans and Canadians drawn from business, academic institutions and think tanks, as well as current and former government officials.

Event Speakers

Fen Osler Hampson
Chuck Strahl

Chuck Strahl was elected to the House of Commons in 1993 and was re-elected in six consecutive elections before retiring from Parliament on the eve of the 2011 federal campaign.

Stephen Toope

Stephen J. Toope is Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, President of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, and an Officer of the Order of Canada.

John Ibbitson
Tom Paddon

Tom Paddon is the Chairman of Baffinland Iron Mines, Ltd. The company recently developed Canada’s most northerly iron ore mine, the Mary River Project, located in the Qikiqtaaluk region of Nunavut.

Michael Turner

Michael Turner is VP System Strategies with Wesley Clover International, an investment management firm with global interests in ICT companies focused on software services, telecommunications and information technologies.

Joseph Caron

From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Caron served as Canada’s Ambassador to the Peoples’ Republic of China, and from 2005 to 2008, he was Canada’s Ambassador to Japan before being named High Commissioner to the Republic of India.

Leonard J. Edwards
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