The ‘Building on Canada-ASEAN Security Co-operation’ symposium, hosted by the York Centre for Asian Research’s Canada-ASEAN Initiatives, in collaboration with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and Global Affairs Canada, brought together stakeholders from the Canadian federal government, think-tanks, the Canadian military, and Canadian universities, as well as ambassadors from three Southeast Asia countries to discuss how to build security co-operation between Canada and the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).