Attention All PAFSO Members // Avis aux membres de l’APASE
PAFSO is seeking the assistance of its members abroad and in the United States to improve communications to them and at the same time to reduce soaring mailing costs. To achieve this aim, PAFSO feels it would be necessary to have a…
A SPECIAL ON RE-ENTRY
So you have just come back to Canada from a posting abroad! In this issue of the Bout de papier, we would like to direct you — as best as we can — through the confusion of homecoming.
Ex-President’s Message
It’s always hard to say good bye, and hardest when you are having fun.
Le Comité professionnel de l’APASE Saison 1983-84
Le Comité professionnel de l’APASE, mis sur pied à l’automne 1982, se consacrera encore cette année à l’élaboration et au maintien d’un programme permettant aux agents du Service extérieur d’aborder collectivement les questions susceptibles de les intéresser professionnellement. Rappelons que peuvent être…
Meet Our Aid Stream Officers at a PARTY // Rencontre sociale pour les agents de la filière de l’aide au développement
On Monday, September 19 Paul Hitschfeld will be hosting a get-together for the FS Aid Stream Officers at his home, 29 Brouage Street in Aylmer from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. to meet informally with members of PAFSO Executive and Professional Committees.
Bienvenue aux agents de la filière de l’aide au développement
Lundi, le 27 juin 1983, le Sous-secrétaire d’état aux Affaires extérieures souhaitait officiellement la bienvenue à 70 nouveaux agents du Service extérieur, tous issus de la filière de l’aide au Développement. Le président intérimaire de l’Association professionnelle des agents du Service extérieur,…
FSCA SHERRY PARTY // ACSE SHERRY PARTY
bout de papier, September 1983 // Septembre 1983, pp. 2–3 Wednesday, September 28, 19835:30 – 7:30 p.m.Crush LobbyMain Floor, Lester B. Pearson Bldg.COFFEE PARTYWednesday, October 18, 198310:00 a.m. – 12 noon,Crush LobbyMain Floor, Lester B. Pearson Bldg.Children are welcome! ACSE SHERRY PARTY le mercredi 28 septembre 1983de 17h30 à 19h30au Crush LobbyRez-de-chaussée, édifice L.B. Pearson.COFFEE […]
“ABOVE ALL HISTORY”
Napoleon called history a fable agreed upon, Voltaire thought it was tricks we play on the dead. To Henry Ford it was bunk. To others, tradition and precedent became a ball and chain hindering progress. Such views on the usefulness of history…
Editorial Note // Note de la rédaction
Given the bilingual background of our membership, PAFSO’s policy for the new re-designed Bout de papier is to publish all articles in their original language. PAFSO itself remains at your service to provide any assistance you may require in the language of…
PROFILE: PAFSO Executive Director
A native of Montreal, Christine Manseau was born in the province of Quebec where she attended primary school. She completed her secondary studies at the Collège Notre-Dame de Bellevue in Quebec City and then spent a year studying English in Boston. Upon…
