Journalist and Diplomat
The relationship between diplomat and journalist has always been marked by a certain ambivalence: while their method and manner of investigation can be quite different their pursuit for information and their subsequent dispatches can be quite similar. Last November the controversy was…
Career Change for PAFSO’s Elsie Morris
After more than 12 years with PAFSO, Elsie Morris, our very popular and efficient accountant, is leaving us March 30 in preparation for her new career as Mrs. Lorne Falls.
The Changing Role of the Diplomat
The Oxford Dictionnary defines diplomacy as “the management of international relations by negotiation: the method by which these relations are adjusted and managed by ambassadors and envoys.”
A Case of Mistaken Identity
None of the homework that my wife Crenia and I did in anticipation of our posting to Ireland in any way prepared us for what was to happen one night at a black tie dinner at the Official Residence of the French…
Eulogy for Charles Marshall
Charles Marshall died suddenly in Islamabad on January 13, 1985, while serving as Canadian Ambassador to Pakistan. We print the eulogy delivered by his old friend and colleague Bob Middleton.
Chester Ronning
The resonant Mandarin Chinese tones in which Chester Ronning told his colourful anecdotes convinced Chinese and foreigners alike that he was a man steeped in Chinese ways. Without doubt he was uniquely qualified to make a significant contribution to Canada’s relations with…
Ontario’s Miller on Canada-U.S. Trade
Canada’s largest province has a new premier: Frank Miller, chosen at a leadership convention in Toronto in January, was sworn in as Ontario Premier February 8. Trade relations with the U.S. is a major issue, especially since the government announced it would…
Paul Martin
With this issue we begin a series of interviews with former Secretaries of State for External Affairs. Paul Martin was SSEA during the Pearson years (1963-68). Member of Parliament since 1935, Paul Martin was later Government Leader in the Senate (1968-75) and…
A Portable Wife:
McGill University Professor of Management, Nancy Adler, recently completed a study of the lives of spouses whose husbands were posted abroad by their companies. Sponsored in part by the U.S. Peace Corps, Proctor and Gamble and CIDA, Professor Adler interviewed more than…
Getting into External
Last summer this ad ran in Canada’s national newspaper. Bout de papier tracked down its author, Barry Yeates, a former foreign service officer who served in Washington, and asked about the experience. Mr. Yeates, currently manager, consultant and principal in Foreign Service…
