Carl Aass

With Degrees in Architecture (University of British Columbia) and engineering (Carleton University), Carl Aass spent his professional life in both the public sector (Ministère des transports du Québec) and the Canadian federal government (National Capital Commission) and as a consultant. Being born under the sign of the Monkey, his natural curiosity brought him to live and work in many cities, including Ottawa, Vancouver, Venice, Oslo, Shanghai and Québec. The past several decades has seen him focus more and more on China – its history, its culture, its language and its brilliantly planned economic growth over the past 30-odd years. These days he is keeping his head down in Ottawa, waiting for the present tide of populism to recede.