Territorial Acknowledgement
The University of Alberta, its buildings, labs and research stations are primarily located on the territory of the Néhiyaw (Cree), Niitsitapi (Blackfoot), Métis, Nakoda (Stoney), Dene, Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) and Anishinaabe (Ojibway/Saulteaux), lands that are now known as part of Treaties 6, 7 and 8 and homeland of the Métis. The University of Alberta respects the sovereignty, lands, histories, languages, knowledge systems and cultures of all First Nations, Métis and Inuit nations.
Philip Calvert is a Senior Fellow with the China Institute of the University of Alberta and a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives at the University of Victoria. He served in Beijing as a Trade Commissioner (1984-1987), Economic Counsellor (1994-1997) and Minister & Deputy Head of Mission (2004-2008). In what is now Global Affairs Canada, his assignments included Director General for North Asia, Deputy Chief Negotiator for Canada during China's accession to the WTO and Director of the Technical Barriers to Trade Division. From 2012 to 2016, he was Canada's Ambassador to Thailand, Cambodia and Laos.