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The Department of Asian Studies is delighted to invite you to our 2018 Annual Asian Studies Careers Night o n Tuesday\, March 6th. This is a wonderful opportunity to gain advice and n etwork with alumni who have found exciting careers after an Asian Studies d egree. We will be inviting alumni with diverse experiences – at home and in Asia – to come share their inspiring stories with you. Please do not miss this event!
Tuesd
ay\, March 6th\, 2018
6:00 PM
Auditorium\, Asian Centre\
, 1871 West Mall
Free – Online r
egistration required.
*Please keep checking back here for further developments. Alumni speakers will be a dded as they are confirmed.
Speaker: Rachael Bedlington\, Consul General of Canada
in Guangzhou\, China.
(BA Joint Honours [East Asian Studies
and Political Science]\, McGill University\, 1990\, Nanjing Normal Universi
ty\, 1992)\, joined External Affairs and International Trade Canada in 1992
. She has served abroad extensively in Asia\, including two previous assign
ments in China at the Embassy of Canada in Beijing (from 1995-1998 and 2006
-2011)\, as political counsellor in Kuala Lumpur\, Malaysia\, and Chargé d
’Affaires in Colombo\, Sri Lanka. In Ottawa\, Ms. Bedlington has worked in
divisions responsible for negotiating the North American Free Trade Agreeme
nt\, for bilateral relations with India\, and South East Asia\, and within
Personnel Branch on diplomatic assignments. In 2011\, she became head of Ca
nada’s Sudan and South Sudan Task Force\, representing Canada at the Darfur
Peace Agreement Implementation Follow-up Commission and serving as Chair o
f the International Contact Group on Sudan and South Sudan. Starting in 201
3 she served as Executive Director for Human Rights and Indigenous Affairs
Policy within Foreign Affairs\, Trade and Development Canada. She began her
assignment as Consul General of Canada in Guangzhou in September\, 2015.
Our panelists co mprise a diverse group of Asian Studies alumni who have had successful care ers in the Canada-Asia interface. They will discuss how they first started working in Canada or abroad and the skills that will help students find opp ortunities outside of Canada or in Canada-Asia relations.
Rachael Bedlington\, BA '90 - Panelist\, Cons ul General of Canada in Guangzhou\, China.
Richard
Liu\, BA ’93 - Panelist\, Board of Director at the Pacific Canada Heritage
Centre – Museum of Migration
Richard Liu explored China as a
student attending Peking University that led to a rich 20-plus year career
at the Canadian Embassy\, the Swiss Chamber of Commerce\, and Western Acade
my of Beijing\, in areas of diplomacy\, public relations\, major events org
anization and education. As a leader in the development of a wide variety o
f volunteer projects in China\, Richard started the influential “Canadians
in China” network\; founded the rapidly growing Canadian Alumni Network (CA
N) that brings together thousands of alumni currently in China who attended
Canada’s post-secondary institutions\; and was one of the original foundin
g committee members to start the very first Terry Fox Run for Beijing in 19
99. He is currently living in Burnaby as a Board of Director at the Pacific
Canada Heritage Centre – Museum of Migration.
Find Richard Liu on LinkedIn >>
Christine Park\,
BA ’11 – Development Researcher
Christine works in media\, d
eveloping TV shows in factual\, documentary\, and lifestyle programming. Sh
e has just moved back from London\, UK where she started her career in medi
a and worked for National Geographic. Prior to working in TV\, she worked i
n policy at the European Commission in London and the Asia Pacific Foundati
on of Canada\, a think tank on Canada-Asia policy. As a student she worked
for Canada Border Services Agency and the Ministry of Health. She also stud
ied abroad in Korea as a student.
Find Christine Park on LinkedIn >>
Jennifer War
d\, BA ’12 – Freelance Translator (Japanese to English)
For f
ive years\, Jennifer has worked from home\, self-employed\, as a freelance
translator. She is currently translating three light novel series and has w
orked on dozens of manga for Yen Press\, Seven Seas\, Kodansha\, and other
publishers. She considers herself a professional otaku.
Find Jennifer Ward on LinkedIn >>
Students will break into groups a nd rotate among the alumni. Ask our alumni how they got their first jobs af ter graduating and how they have navigated through the “real world”. < /p>
Aleem Bandali\, BA '99 - Managing Director/Partner MNP Corpor
ate Finance
After finishing his BA at UBC\, Aleem attended la
w school and business school (JD/MBA) in the US. After working in the US fo
r a period thereafter with large companies such as MGM Mirage\, Starwood Ho
tels\, the Department of Energy (nuclear labs) etc.\, he moved back to Vanc
ouver in 2008 to join PwC. Aleem joined MNP Corporate Finance four years ag
o and lead the corporate finance practice for BC. They work on sell side/bu
y side transactions ranging from $5 million to $300 million typically but h
ave experience on deals valued at up to $30 billion. He currently sits on t
he UBC alumni board\, the BC spinal cord injury board and on the fundraisin
g committee for Kidsafe BC.
Michael Beaty\, BA '11 - Non-Prof
it Solutions Consultant at Traction on Demand
Michael was bor
n and raised in BC and grew up on Bowen Island\, a short ferry ride away fr
om Vancouver. Japanese language and culture interested him from even before
his first year of university\, and afforded him the opportunity to study f
or a year at Waseda University in Tokyo through the Go Global Exchange Prog
ram. Following graduation\, Michael found an opportunity in the non-profit
technology sector\, and has been there ever since.
Nathan (Ku
ang-Chi) Hwang\, BA '12 – Senior Business Development Assistant at Sojitz C
anada Corporation
Nathan was born in Taiwan but grew up in Ja
pan (Tokyo)\, US (San Diego) and Canada (Coquitlam). Nathan is a tri-lingua
l speaker in English\, Japanese and Mandarin. Upon graduating in 2012\, he
joined Sojitz Canada Corporation as a Sales Assistant in commodity export a
nd now works as a Senior Business Development Assistant in the same company
. Prior to graduating\, his work experience included being a Program Assist
ant at the Centre for Japanese Research at UBC\, a Camera Assistant with NH
K during the 2010 Winter Olympics\, and as a freelance translator.
Kyubak Lee\, BA '11– New Business Development Manager at Cambridge Gl
obal Payments
Kyubak works in the finance industry\, providin
g corporate clients with foreign exchange risk management solutions and tre
asury solutions. As the New Business Development Manager\, he is responsibl
e for guiding his team to better understand and prospect new clients with f
x and cross border payments requirements.
Aaron Posehn\, BA '
10 – Strategic Planning Support at UBC Office of the Provost
Aaron works at the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, but is
currently seconded part-time to the UBC Office of the Provost to support lo
gistical planning of the university-wide strategic planning process. He pre
viously also worked in Taipei as an academic editor assisting researchers i
n Taiwan\, Hong Kong\, and China to improve the quality of their written re
search for publication in academic journals.
Nick Stember\, M
A’15 – Literary translator / Education consultant
Nick is a t
ranslator and historian of Chinese comics and science fiction. In 2016\, he
completed his MA in Asian Studies with his (very readable and not at all o
bscure) thesis on the formation of the Shanghai Manhua Society.
Emily is currently an Internal Coach a
t UBC and a Program Coordinator at the UBC Extended Learning. Her current w
ork involves developing\, delivering\, and managing innovative educational
programs for adult professionals. Prior to working at UBC\, she has worked
as an Assistant to Consul for Cultural Affairs at Consulate General of Japa
n in Vancouver and a Coordinator for International Relations on the JET pro
gram. Emily has served on the board of JET lumni Association of UBC and cur
rently volunteers with Japan Fair Association of Vancouver and Big Sisters
of BC Lower Mainland.