ANNOUNCEMENTS
On November 12, 2018, Dr. Potter received the “40th Anniversary Honourees” Award from the Canada-China Business Council.
40th Anniversary Honourees
Paul W. Beamish
Honourable Jean Charest
Right Honourable Jean Chretien
Margaret Cornish
Honourable Stockwell Day
André Desmarais
Wendy Dobson
Pitman Potter
The 40th Anniversary Honourees are individuals who, via their work in business, government, academia, or civil society, have made significant contributions to Canada-China relations and to economic engagement between the two countries. The 40th anniversary honourees received their award at CCBC’s AGM Gala in Beijing on November 12, 2018.
BOOK PUBLICATION
Drache and Lesley A. Jacobs, Grey Zones in International Economic Law and Global Governance, UBC Press, October 15, 2018
RECENT EVENTS
Coordinating Performance in International Trade and Human Rights:
Report to the International Advisory Board and Executive Committee
Peter A. Allard School of Law
The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada
June 5, 2018
Coordinating Performance in International Trade and Human Rights:
Policy Implications and Post-Project Dissemination Plans
Peter A. Allard School of Law
The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada
June 5, 2018
2018 LSA Annual Meeting
Law and Society Association
Toronto, Canada
June 7-10, 2018
The Canada-China Free Trade Agreement and Tibet
Liu Institute for Global Issues
The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada
May 18, 2018
Coordinating Performance in International Trade and Human Rights: Discussion of Ongoing Research
Peter A. Allard School of Law
The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada
October 27, 2017
Coordinating Performance in International Trade and Human Rights: Policy Implications
Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Vancouver, BC, Canada
October 26, 2017
2017 Annual Meeting
Law and Society Association
Mexico City, Mexico
June 20-23, 2017
Public Forum: Trade, Poverty and Income Distribution: the Indonesian experience
University of Indonesia
Jakarta, Indonesia
January 5, 2017
NEWS
Mr. Joseph Caron, International Advisory Board Member, Awarded Japan’s Prestigious Order of the Rising Sun. Click here to read more.
Congratulations to Professor Jack Austin, Chair of the International Advisory Board, for his appointment to the Order of Canada. Mr. Austin has been noted for his public service and work in advancing Canada’s foreign trade relations, notably within the Asia-Pacific region. details.
Dr. Pitman Potter elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada! Please join us in congratulating Professor Potter for his amazing scholarship, teaching, and leadership! Click here to read more.
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS
Ljiljana Biukovic and Pitman B. Potter, eds. – Local Engagement with International Economic Law and Human Rights, Edward Elgar Publishing, May 2017.
Sarah Biddulph – The Stability Imperative: Human Rights and Law in China, UBC Press, May 2015 (shortlisted for the best book in Law and Society published in 2015 by the Canadian Law and Society).
Pitman B. Potter – Assessing Treaty Performance in China: Trade and Human Rights, UBC Press, 2014.
Daniel Drache and Lesley A. Jacobs, eds. – Linking Global Trade and Human Rights: New Policy Space in Hard Economic Times, Cambridge University Press, 2014.