Canada-Asia Young Professionals Fellowship Program 2025 (Funded) – YOA

Deadline: August 10, 2025

Applications are open for the Canada-Asia Young Professionals Fellowship Program 2025. This 9-month, non-resident program is for as much as 20 present graduate college students and younger professionals aged 22-to-30 with prior data of up to date Asia and an curiosity in understanding and advancing Canada’s relationship with the nations and folks of that area.

The program will start in mid-September 2025 and conclude in June 2026. In early May 2026, the cohort will spend two days at APF Canada’s head workplace in Vancouver for an in-particular person retreat and the OPPORTUNITY to community with different APF Canada workers and stakeholders.

Fellows convene a few times month-to-month for 60-minute digital conferences (with breaks throughout main holidays). The focus of those conferences is on one of many following:

• Overview of key points and debates associated to Canada’s evolving and deepening engagement with Asia
• Q&A with specialists
• Group discussions
• Workshops to assist fellows sharpen their written and oral communication expertise associated to Canada-Asia evaluation

Benefits

Through this program fellows may have the chance to:

• Examine and talk about the important thing debates round how Canada ought to reply to Asia’s rising strategic significance.
• Connect with key thinkers and stakeholders within the Canada-Asia relationship.
• Network with like-minded friends.
• Strengthen communication expertise.
• Travel prices shall be lined by APF Canada.

Eligibility

• Be aged 22-to-30 firstly of the fellowship (approx. September 16, 2025)
• Hold a level in political science, worldwide relations, regulation, enterprise, economics, Asian Studies, or a associated program.
• Have a demonstrated curiosity – via coursework, skilled or volunteer expertise, or lived expertise – in up to date Asia and/or the Canada-Asia relationship.
• Be out there for twice-month-to-month digital conferences (60 minutes every).
• Be out there to journey to Vancouver for a two-day concluding occasion in early May 2026 (journey prices to be lined by APF Canada).
• Be a Canadian citizen or everlasting resident.

Application

To apply, add the next paperwork in a single MERGED PDF file no later than 11:59 p.m. PT on Sunday, August 10, 2025.

• Current CV.
• Official or unofficial transcripts for all submit-secondary training.
• A two-web page cowl letter addressing the factors described beneath.
• The names, titles, and e-mail addresses of two references, both skilled or tutorial.

Only brief-listed candidates for the subsequent consumption shall be contacted for an interview. Successful candidates shall be notified of their acceptance by late-August.

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to Canada-Asia Young Professional Fellowship.