Flecker is Missing!!
Boris Kropotkin had struck again!! The wily KGB agent had purloined the latest External Affairs estimates and spirited them away to his secret headquarters in Soviet Central Asia. We had to get them back before Kropotkin cracked the code (high bureaucratese) and…
Caption Contest
bout de papier, Vol. 4, No. 4 (1986) — Winter 1986 // Hiver 1986, p. 57 Last issue winner:Bryan Burton (ESN)“Yes, Your Highness, the tires are Uni-ROYĂLS” And now View the original scanned pages → Originally published in bout de papier, Vol. 4, No. 4 (1986) — Winter 1986 // Hiver 1986, p. 57. Read […]
PAFSO Elections
On October 2, PAFSO counted the ballots for its first-ever election for its Board of Directors. There were 21 candidates for the 15 positions. (Results below) At its first meeting, the new Executive asked Len Mader to continue as President (he had…
In Memorium
M. Jacques Cousineau, survenu à Ottawa le 4 novembre. M. Cousineau est entré au service du Ministère en 1954. Ila été en poste à Vientiane, Beyrouth, Rome, Addis Abéba, Washington et Libreville.
Estate Planning
E., many of us, the most significant assets we will have as we approach our retirement years will be the equity that has built up in our principal residence and the capital and benefits that we have accumulated or that have accrued…
PAFSO News // Nouvelles de l’APASE
Depuis la signature de la convention collective des agents du service extérieur le 4 novembre 1985, les agents du sexe féminin peuvent se prévaloir d’une clause de congé de maternité. Plusieurs options leur sont offertes en vertu de l’article 14.05 de a…
René Maran : la première et lointaine consécration de la littérature négro-africaine
par Leopold Battel
Both My Houses
Sean O’Sullivan is an audacious, articulate, and impressively intelligent Canadian. Power, both sacred and profane, intrigues him, and his desire to participate in mainstream activities is a driving force in his character.
In Flander’s Fields: Canada in the Great War
In modern memory, the Great War is the poor cousin to the Second World War. The former is remembered as war of endless mud and unmitigated, fruitless slaughter fought to a stalemate. The latter shines forth as the victory of righteousness over…
Children Abroad
The book is notable for two reasons: it is not comprehensive, it is comprehensible. Not often do these two virtues coincide. The medical information is explained in everyday language and includes everything from shots to snake bites to schistosomiasis. Keeping a child…
