Associates

CAPI Associates contribute in diverse ways to the research mandate of the Centre, through projects and involvement in various activities. Associates are drawn from the campus and from the broader community.

Current CAPI Associates

  • Baker

    Ercel Baker, Associate

    Ercel Baker joined the Privy Council Office of Canada in June 1994, as Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Machinery of Government and Senior Personnel).

  • Boutilier

    James Boutilier, Associate

    James Boutilier is the Special Advisor (Policy) at the Maritime Forces Pacific Headquarters in Esquimalt. He received a B.A. from Dalhousie University (1960), MA from McMaster University (1962), and Ph.D. from the University of London (1969).

  • Bradley

    Christine Bradley, Associate

    Christine Bradley is an independent consultant on gender and development and gender violence. Her Ph.D is in Social Anthropology from the University of London (U.K.) and she holds an M.Sc in Social Administration from the London School of Economics.

  • Carter

    Connie Carter, Associate

    Connie Carter is a business lawyer, educator and communicator who also consults on international trade, foreign investment, marketing, technology transfer and intellectual property law mainly in China, India and South East Asia. 

  • Chen

    Xiaobei Chen, Associate

    Xiaobei Chen received her B.A. from Guizhou University (China), M.Phil. from the University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong), and Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. She was awarded a Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta (2001 -2003).

  • Craig

    Timothy Craig, Associate

    Timothy Craig is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Business at the University of Victoria where he teaches "The International Environment of Business" and "Introduction to the Japanese Business Environment."

  • Dearden

    Phillip Dearden, Executive Committee Member/Associate

    Phillip Dearden has a B.A. (Birm), M.Sc. (Mem, Nfld), and received his Ph.D. (UVic) Geography in 1978. His research interests include resource management; conservation, particularly protected area designation and biodiversity management; coastal planning, marine parks and ecotourism.

  • Ding

    Lu Ding, Associate

    Lu Ding teaches economics at the University of the Fraser Valley, BC. A graduate from China's Fudan University, he obtained his PhD from Northwestern University (USA, 1991).

  • Ellis

    Derek Ellis, Associate

    Derek Ellis was a professor in the Biology Department, University of Victoria, from 1964-1996, and is now Professor Emeritus. He graduated with a BSc from Edinburgh University, Scotland in 1951, and an Honours Degree in Zoology in 1952.

  • Etheridge

    Nicholas Etheridge, Associate

    A graduate of the University of Victoria, Nicholas Etheridge joined External Affairs (now DFAIT) in 1967. His career has taken him to Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East, and involved him in both bilateral and multilateral work, usually of a political and security nature.