A Family Affair
Now that dauntless editor-in-chief and reformed roué Colin Robertson is leaving bout de papier for service among the heathen of the China Coast, the time has finally come to tell the whole story of his exploits among the savages of Rockcliffe that…
Caption Contest
bout de papier, Vol. 5, No. 3 (1987) — Fall 1987 // Automne 1987, p. 61 View the original scanned pages → Originally published in bout de papier, Vol. 5, No. 3 (1987) — Fall 1987 // Automne 1987, p. 61. Read the rest of this issue →
The Great War in Africa
Early in this fine book, Farwell takes his readers to a London courtroom. “A witness spoke of a message [received from] Togoland. The judge comfortably enquired, Where is Togoland?’ ‘It is one of those places we have recently acquired my lord, ‘Cheap?’…
Beyond Forget
Forget (pronounced For-jay) is located south-east of Regina, nestled between the Manitoba and U.S. borders. Forget is one of those tiny prairie communities (population 88) that is fading gently into oblivion as if it were slowly being worn down by the harsh…
Saving China: Canadian Missionaries in the Middle Kingdom 1888–1959
The 600 Canadian Protestant and Roman Catholic missionaries withdrawn from China after the People’s Republic was established in 1949 represented the largest Canadian activity overseas to that date, apart from the Canadian expeditionary forces overseas in the first and second world wars.…
Our Common Heritage
Gro Harlem Brundtland, chairperson of the Commission, captures the matter well in her forward. She and her 21 fellow commissioners were mandated by the U.N. General Assembly in 1983 to propose environmental strategies to achieve sustainable world development by the year 2000.…
From the President’s Desk
On September 21, the President of PAFSO, John Lobsinger, addressed the Annual General Meeting. The following are extracts from his statement.
The Glorious Tenth: Media Reaction
At 10:00 a.m. on July 10, PAFSO President John Lobsinger went to Room 130S of the Centre Block and gave the Association’s first press conference in protest over the proposed appointment (subsequently realized) of Mr. Pat MacAdam to our High Commission in…
Debasing the National Interest // Outrage à l’intérêt national
The Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers views with outrage the proposed appointment of Patrick MacAdam to London. The appointment continues what has become a hallmark of the Mulroney Government – the abuse of diplomatic assignments. It also marks a further instance…
Dépêche d’Adieu: Or Three and a Half Years Later, the Self Indulgent Farewell
As Walrus said to the Carpenter, the time has come to talk of many things. But for the ex-editor, with his bottom no longer in the chair, to pretend to have suddenly found fresh things to say would be suspect for having…
