Llewellyn Stephens
After service in the Canadian Army, Llewellyn Stephens joined DEA in 1945, serving in a number of posts abroad and in Ottawa. He was High Commissioner to Pakistan from 1963-66. He died in Ottawa on August 1, 1991.
Theodore F.M. Newton
After a career as a university professor and a journalist, Theodore Newton joined DEA in 1947 from the Wartime Information Board. He served as Ambassador to Indonesia, Colombia and Ecuador. He died in Montreal on April 20, 1991.
Ralph Edgar Collins
Ralph Collins was born in China. He joined the Department in 1940. An acknowledged expert in Asian affairs, he was a contributing participant in what is often referred to as the golden age of Canadian diplomacy. He served abroad in Chungking, Washington,…
Stanley Vincent Allen
After joining the Trade Commissioner Service in 1932, he served in a wide range of posts; Hamburg, London, Washington (twice), Cape Town, Johannesburg, New York, Sydney, Detroit, and Wellington, and was also Consul General in Chicago. After 41 years of service, he…
Photography as an Investment
An article about photographic art as an investment during a recession may strike you as a little odd, but this is really one of the best times to begin collecting works of art, particularly photography. On the international scene, most major art…
Roloff Beny in Algeria
If Yousof Karsh had not produced such brilliant portraits of world figures like Winston Churchill and Pope Pius XII, Canada would certainly have recognized the late Roloff Beny as its greatest photographer.
Diplomatic Anecdotes
A history professor at Royal Roads Military College in Victoria, B.C., Gordon Martel has combed nearly three hundred diplomatic memoirs for anecdotes illustrative of the life and work of Foreign Service officers abroad over the past century. Six excerpts from this collection…
Things You Find in the Sahara
In a cleft in the desert floor, some 600 kilometres beyond the mountains and south of Algiers, lies the group of blue-tinted villages known as Ghardaia.
Whither the Canadian Foreign Service?
The Canadian Foreign Service will not survive as an effective instrument of national interest if current trends persist. After a glance at the past and a shudder for the present, possible solutions for the future are suggested.
The Washington Mood
The following article was adapted from informal remarks made by Derek Burney, Ambassador to the USA, on May 14 in Ottawa to the PAFSO Professional Committee. These written remarks were provided Neil Reeder, Executive Assistant to the Ambassador. Editor
