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Thursday 24 October, 2024

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
2:25 PM
2:25 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 35 minutes

What's new in Japan's middle classe?

3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM | 2 hours
Welcome

Open all day until Satuday evening

4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour

Jim Tiessen, JSAC President Gaby Hsab, Dean, Faculty of Communication, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)Noriko Yamamoto, Executive Director, the Japan Foundation Toronto

6:00 PM
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour

Friday 25 October, 2024

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
8:45 AM
8:45 AM - 10:10 AM | 1 hour 25 minutes

CHAIR : James Tiessen Japan’s Strategic Quest for Leadership in Global Artificial Intelligence Landscape Scott Harrison, SFU David Lam Centre Abstract: Generative artificial intelligence (AI) hit the world by storm in 2023, completely sideswiping the years-long discussions about other transformative technologies like 5G. Even though Japan is often critiqued as having ...

8:45 AM - 9:45 AM | 1 hour

CHAIR: Carin Holroyd L’évolution des relations nippo-canadiennes à travers leurs représentations diplomatiques Kentalo Toujas-Kandachi & Samy Mesli, UQAM Abstract:  Les relations entre le Japon et le Canada se sont officialisées en 1889 avec l’ouverture du premier cons...

10:25 AM
10:25 AM - 11:40 AM | 1 hour 15 minutes

Speaker: Leonard Schoppa, Professor, Department of Politics, University of Virginia. When Osaka hosted Expo1970, Japan had built its cities big and fast. Tokyo and Osaka were two of the world’s most populous cities, powered by large-scale industrialization and connected by a bullet train that moved faster than any train on the planet. Today, as Osaka prepares to host Expo2025, it calls for a “human-centered society” that...

11:45 AM
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM | 1 hour
1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes

Speaker : Yuriko Yokoyama, National Museum of Japanese History Introduction: Sachiyo KanzakiAbstract: Japanese society, ranked 125th on the gender gap index, is currently undergoing major turmoil. In the world of entertainment, politics and so on, the reality of ...

Saturday 26 October, 2024

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour
4:10 PM
4:10 PM - 6:10 PM | 2 hours

CHAIR:  Scott Simon Downloadable files:- Japan Studies Association of Canada (JSAC) Minutes Annual Business Meeting ...

4:30 PM
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes

Chair: Norie Yazu 矢頭典枝Canada’s Presence at the 1970 Osaka Expos – Kenji Suzuki 鈴木健司, Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts 

Sunday 27 October, 2024

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM | 3 hours 30 minutes

If you plan to join this outing, please click on the following link to register: https://forms.gle/tGa1tserXrRhbDux6  Departure is scheduled for 1:00 PM from room D-R200.

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