UNBC Hosts Symposium on China and Mexico
March 1, 2006
The UNBC Economics program will be hosting a symposium tomorrow (March
2) on two countries that will likely witness significant changes over
the next generation.
The symposium will explore the development prospects for China and Mexico and provide some predictions on what to expect in the next 25 years. The event is open to the public and be held in Conference Centre room 205 (across from the Canfor Theatre).
China
11:30am – 1pm, featuring speakers Xiaoyuan Dong (University of Winnipeg) and Timothy Cheek (University of British Columbia)
Mexico
2:30 – 4pm, featuring speakers Gerardo Otero (Simon Fraser University) and Gloria Salgado Mendoza (Benemerita Universidad Autnome de Puelba, but currently a visiting professor at UNBC).
"It’s a good opportunity to hear from some experts on China and Mexico about what we might expect to happen in these two countries over the next 25 years,” says UNBC Economics professor and symposium organizer, Paul Bowles. “For example, will our world be one with more or less inequality and poverty? Of course, China and Mexico are also two of Canada's major trading partners so we will all be affected by how they develop. The speakers will look into their crystal balls and tell us what they see."
The symposium is free and open to everyone. It is being sponsored by the Canadian Association for the Study of International Development and the UNBC Economics program.
Contact:
Paul Bowles, Economics professor, UNBC – 250.960.6648
Rob van Adrichem, Director of Media and Public Relations, UNBC – 250.960.5622
The symposium will explore the development prospects for China and Mexico and provide some predictions on what to expect in the next 25 years. The event is open to the public and be held in Conference Centre room 205 (across from the Canfor Theatre).
China
11:30am – 1pm, featuring speakers Xiaoyuan Dong (University of Winnipeg) and Timothy Cheek (University of British Columbia)
Mexico
2:30 – 4pm, featuring speakers Gerardo Otero (Simon Fraser University) and Gloria Salgado Mendoza (Benemerita Universidad Autnome de Puelba, but currently a visiting professor at UNBC).
"It’s a good opportunity to hear from some experts on China and Mexico about what we might expect to happen in these two countries over the next 25 years,” says UNBC Economics professor and symposium organizer, Paul Bowles. “For example, will our world be one with more or less inequality and poverty? Of course, China and Mexico are also two of Canada's major trading partners so we will all be affected by how they develop. The speakers will look into their crystal balls and tell us what they see."
The symposium is free and open to everyone. It is being sponsored by the Canadian Association for the Study of International Development and the UNBC Economics program.
Contact:
Paul Bowles, Economics professor, UNBC – 250.960.6648
Rob van Adrichem, Director of Media and Public Relations, UNBC – 250.960.5622
