August, 24 2023 – The Canada China Forum is delighted to announce the addition of four esteemed individuals to its Advisory Board, further strengthening the organization’s commitment to fostering a new generation of Canadian leaders who are globally-minded and China-competent. The newly appointed Advisory Board members bring a wealth of expertise and experience to the Canada China Forum with experiences in academia and government. 

New members of the Advisory Board include: 

  • Diana Fu, Associate Professor of Political Science at The University of Toronto and Director of the East Asia Seminar Series at the Asian Institute, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
  • Edward Goldenberg, Partner, Co- Head, Public Policy and Government Affairs, Bennett Jones LLP
  • Juliet Lu, Assistant Professor in the Department of Forest Resources Management and the School for Public Policy and Global Affairs at University of British Columbia 
  • Pascale Massot, Assistant Professor of Political Science in the School of Political Studies at University of Ottawa 

The Canada China Forum’s Advisory Board voluntarily plays a pivotal role in providing strategic guidance, expertise, and insights towards shaping the organization’s initiatives and programming. Comprised of renowned experts, thought-leaders and decision-makers from diverse backgrounds, the Advisory Board members bring a wealth of knowledge and experience that spans various sectors, including business, academia, diplomacy, technology, culture, and more. Their collective wisdom serves as a compass that advises the Canada China Forum’s efforts to foster meaningful dialogues, facilitate connections, and cultivate the country’s next generational leadership in the Indo-Pacific. 

Diana Fu is associate professor of political science at The University of Toronto and director of the East Asia Seminar Series at the Asian Institute, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy.  She is a non-resident fellow at Brookings Institution, a China fellow at the Wilson Center, and a public intellectuals fellow at the National Committee on US-China Relations.

Her research examines civil society, popular contention, state control, and authoritarian citizenship in China. She is author of the award-winning book “Mobilizing Without the Masses: Control and Contention in China” (2018, Cambridge). Based on political ethnography inside labor organizations, it uncovers how Chinese migrant workers organized for rights without protesting en masse. It received best book awards from the American Political Science Association, the American Sociological Association, and the International Studies Association. Her articles have appeared in Comparative Political Studies (co-winner of the 2017 best article in CPS), Governance (winner of the 2019 American Sociological Association’s Distinguished Scholarly Article Award), Modern China, Perspectives on Politics, and The China Journal.

Her research and commentary have also appeared in BBC World Service, Bloomberg TV, CBC, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Reuters, US News & World Report, The Economist, The Financial Times, The Globe & Mail, and The New York Times, among others. She has hosted the TVO documentary series “China Here and Now” and POLITICO China Watcher.

Dr. Fu received her D.Phil in Politics form Oxford University, where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar and previously served as National Co-secretary of the Rhodes Scholarship for China. She has been elected to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists.

Co-Head of Bennett Jones’s government affairs and public policy practice, Edward Goldenberg has a corporate practice, advising clients on governance issues, public policy and government relations in Canada and abroad.

Eddie has a distinguished background working with the government of Canada, having been the Senior Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada, the Right Honourable Jean Chretien (1993-2003) and the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff (2003). During his long involvement with the Prime Minister’s office, he was heavily involved in the preparation of 10 federal budgets, meetings between the Prime Minister and the provincial premiers, meetings with the heads of government of numerous countries, including all of the G-8 countries, Team Canada trade missions and cabinet committee meetings.

Prior to these roles, Eddie acted in various capacities in the federal government, including in all the major economic departments and as Special Constitutional Advisor to the Minister of Justice (1980-1982). He is one of the authors of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Eddie was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from McGill University in 2004. In 2006, he authored the best-selling book The Way It Works: Inside Ottawa.

In 2013, he was named as a Member of the Order of Canada “for his contributions to public policy in Canada”. The Order of Canada is one of Canada’s highest civilian honours.

Juliet Lu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Forest Resources Management and the School for Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia. She is a political ecologist focused on the implications of China’s growing investments in land and other resources in Southeast Asia and beyond. Dr. Lu’s research examines conflicts and governance issues around resource extraction and intensive land use. She focuses on transnational land investments, namely Chinese rubber plantations in Laos, the promotion of monoculture plantations at the expense of more biodiverse systems, and the rise of private sector sustainable governance initiatives worldwide. She is looking to work with students interested in conducting grounded research around land conflicts, cash crop-driven land use change, and Chinese investments.

Pascale Massot is an assistant professor in the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa. She was recently a member of the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs’ Indo-Pacific Advisory Committee. She has also served as the Senior Advisor for China and Asia to various Canadian Cabinet ministers, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs, at different points between 2015 and 2021.

Her research interests include the global political economy of China’s rise, China’s impacts on the governance of global extractive commodity markets, including the iron ore, copper, potash and uranium markets, Canada-China and Canada-Asia relations and Canadian public opinion on Asia.

She was a visiting scholar at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing and at Peking University’s Center for International Political Economy. Pascale Massot was the 2014-2015 Cadieux-Léger Fellow at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada.

She has a Ph.D. in political science from the University of British Columbia, an MA in Asia Pacific Policy Studies from the University of British Columbia and a BA in East Asian Studies and Economics from the University of Montreal.