Two more awards for bout de papier
The Editorial Board of bout de papier is pleased to inform our readers that bout has recently won two additional awards. The first is an Award of Merit for Design presented by the International Association of Business Communicators to Keith Blissett, the…
Lost on the Wine-Dark Sea
“By the look on your face, chief, we’ve got another coded report in from Jimmy the Turk,” said ace logician LDC Liebnitz. Chief MacBannock looked up from a stiff scotch, grimaced and tossed Liebnitz two pieces of paper, adding grimly “We know…
Caption Contest
bout de papier, Vol. 7, No. 1 (1989), p. 43 View the original scanned pages → Originally published in bout de papier, Vol. 7, No. 1 (1989), p. 43. Read the rest of this issue →
The Brass Ring — Power, Influence and the Brascan Empire
Reviewed by Mitchell Sharp
Canada and the Commonwealth Caribbean
Reviewed by Jack Ogelsby
The Golden Hope
Peter Sturberg, noted World War II CBC correspondent and eminent practitioner of oral history, has taped interviews with three score Canadian missionaries and their children, Sinologists and Chinese to try to record and evaluate the aims and achievements of 60 years of…
La négociation FS
Ainsi que nous en avons fait rapport dans la dernière édition de bout de papier, les négociations ont débuté officiellement le 23 février 1989. Les premières sessions ont surtout consisté en un échange de vues sur les positions respectives des parties dans…
Life Abroad
bout de papier, Vol. 7, No. 1 (1989), p. 33 “Who are you?” he screamedthrusting the rifle into my face.I had often imaginedjust such an occasion.“Stand aside my man” I would saycooly brushing dust from my immaculate lapels“Canadian High Commission:”and of coursehe would stand aside, humbly muttering an apology.Instead I heard a small voice sayvery […]
Women in the Foreign Service — Canadian & American
CANADA: In September 1988, Pat Carney as President of the Treasury Board created the Task Force on Barriers to Women in the Public Service. The Task Force Report is due in November, 1989. The following excerpts are from an article by Ms.…
Jacques Gaudreau
Né à Rimouski (Québec) en 1947, Jacques Gaudreau s’est joint aux Affaires extérieures en 1971, peu de temps après avoir obtenu son diplôme en droit de l’Université Laval. Il servit à Paris, Dhaka, Genève et à la mission permanente à New York.…
