Hampaté-Bâ, le sage d’Abidjan, dernière bibliothèque vivante de l’Afrique
par Léopold Battel
Canadian Athletes Get Support
In the past few years Canada has made an impact in international sport, winning 44 medals in the Los Angeles Olympics. In the course of their rise to international success, Canadian athletes have become accustomed to advice and support from the Department…
Bruce Rankin: Looking Back
Bruce Rankin joined the Foreign Service in 1945 after serving with the Royal Canadian Navy in the Pacific and the Atlantic during the Second World War. He served in Sydney, Shanghai, Canberra, Bombay, Madrid, Berne, New York, Caracas and Tokyo. In the…
Travelling with the SSEA (1942-1946)
My official travels during the first four years of departmental service never extended beyond note-taking expeditions in advance of 1939, The Royal Visit, and occasional (later regularly) Saturday working sessions at Kingsmere. But in April, 1942, when the SSEA said “Can you…
We Must Protect Our Differences
The most useful statement so far on U.S.-Canada negotiations leading to a free trade area has been made by Lane Kirkland, president of the AFL-CIO – ‘the best time for free trade is when both economies are healthy’ — i.e. fully employed…
Pardy’s Corner: The Commuter Marriage
Three of us sat warming in the spring sun, idly sorting through the shards of departmental gossip and family news.
Letters to the Editor
Editor, Bout de papier
What’s Sauce for the Goose
Appraisal time is rolling around once again. The timing is perfect. As one wag put it: during the spring we live in hope, in the summer we like to think we have cause for expectation, with the fall leaves we begin to…
Portrait of an Issue
Bruce Rankin is one of the great men of the Canadian Foreign Service. Like many in the Service, his adventures are the stuff of legends. In a recent chat with Bob Grauer he spoke of some of those experiences. Travel with him…
