The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, the Korea AI Ethics Association, and the Humanities Research Institute, Chung-Ang University have collaborated on the report Talent for the Future: AI Education for K-12 in Canada and South Korea, providing an overview of AI education for K-12 students in Canada and South Korea.
This report commissioned by the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) critically analyzes the APEC region’s readiness to capitalize on AI. It considers policy and regulatory frameworks, private sector endeavours, ethics, and cross-border linkages. This report aims to identify the critical features of an enabling environment that would facilitate the development, deployment, and adoption of AI for the purposes of promoting economic growth and integration across the region.
A short reflection on some of my top achievements and the things I learned while working as a co-op Junior Research Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, a Vancouver-based think tank
Asia Watch is APFC's biweekly news intelligence service. As a member of the APFC research team, I contribute to the writing of news articles for Asia Watch. Attached below is a sample of my work - an Asia Watch article from June 10th, 2021 entitled "COVID-19 Vaccines Roll Into the Philippines Amid Vaccination Reluctance". A list of hyperlinked articles I have written can be found at the very bottom of this post.
I contributed to the research and writing of the INTEGRATING SOUTHEAST ASIA’S DIGITAL SECTOR session backgrounder as part of the ABALC 2021 Meeting Booklet. Aside from collaborating in the general research for the backgrounder, I wrote the mini case studies on the Philippines' QBO Innovation Hub and the Gojek-Grab tech firm rivalry in Indonesia (see screenshots below). Attached below is a copy of the booklet (found on APFC's website) as well as the summary report of the 2021 ABLAC Conference
This research paper was the final major assignment for my POLI 366 International Political Economy class. In this research paper, I utilized Susan Strange's Four Structures of Power as a theoretical framework to analyze the rise of Chinese influence and power in Southeast Asia. Using my home country (the Philippines) as a case study, I examined how contemporary Chinese foreign policy has led to geopolitical tensions in four structures of power: security, production, finance, and knowledge.
An Analysis of the TikTok Controversy in the USA from the Perspective of an Advisor to ByteDance CEO Zhang Yiming
This final research paper written for POLI 372 Multinational Corporations & Globalization analyses the impact of government regulations on foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows and the struggles of regulatory reform.
A report on the Chinese multinational corporation (MNC) Huawei, focusing on its current delicate position within global technology geopolitics written for POLI 372A Multinational Corporations & Globalization
A policy brief addressed to the World Health Organization regarding then President-Elect Joe Biden's emerging COVID-19 policy
