THE CKFTA & FUTURE OF CANADIAN-KOREAN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

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On Thursday, June 11, 2015, Massey College, Munk School of Global Affairs and the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History at the University of Toronto jointly hosted a full-day conference entitled, “Canada-Korea Strategic Partnership” at the Campbell Conference Facility of the Munk School of Global Affairs (1 Devonshire Place).

In light of the recent agreement of the Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement, this conference aimed to critically examine opportunities, challenges and strategies for strengthening bilateral relationship between Canada and South Korea. It brought together high-level political leaders, civil servants, scholars and legal & business leaders for a practical discussion on the future of Canada-Korea bilateral relations.

The first keynote address was delivered by His Excellency Dae-Shik Jo, the recently appointed South Korean Ambassador to Canada, on “The Coming 50 Years: Transforming Possibility into Reality.”

There were three panel discussions at this conference, first on CKFTA, second on defence, and the final one on culture/education. Hon. Justice Michael Kirby delivered a special luncheon keynote address at the Upper Library of Massey College.

This conference was co-sponsored by the Asian Institute (Centre for the Study of Korea & Dr.David Chu Program for Asia-Pacific Studies) at the Munk School, Canadian Studies Program at University College, International Relations Program at Trinity College and the University of Toronto Korean Students Association.

Please click here >> Canada Korea Conference- June 11th key highlights for the summary of the conference by the Hon. Hugh Segal & Tina Park

Please click here for the full transcript of the conference proceedings.

VIDEOS

News Coverage by the University of Toronto Media Department 

For more information, please visit http://www.ckfta.ca or contact Tina Park, conference co-chair

(c) Photo by Nicolett Jakab

Left to Right: Mr. John Roach (Department of National Defence), Prof. George Georgeopoulos (Department of Economics, U of T), Ms. Tina Park (conference co-chair), Master Hugh Segal (conference co-chair), His Excellency Dae-Shik Jo (Ambassador of the ROK to Canada), Mr. Ian Burney (DFATD), Hon. Jim Peterson, Sonny Cho (CKBC), Colonel Jang Min Choi (Korean Embassy), Tae-Hoon Lee & Sungchul Ahn (UTKSA)

 

First panel on the challenges and opportunities of the CKFTA: Ian Burney, Sonny Cho, Prof. Don Brean & Prof. George Georgeopoulos