Shifting Gears; No Small Change; A Matter of Survival; False God; Dismantling a Nation
Over the past three years, I have been reading extensively about globalization. I am trying to understand its impact on the Canadian economy and its implications for the future evolution of Canadian trade and other economic policies. Most of what I am…
The Development of Postwar Canadian Trade Policy
In the aftermath of the Second World War, Canada became ever more dependent on international trade for prosperity, with more and more of that commerce conducted with the United States. Though Canadian policy-makers wholeheartedly supported efforts to reconstruct international economic relations on…
Grand Amour
À vrai dire, rien ne me prédestinait à la lecture du dernier roman d’Érik Orsenna, Grand Amour. Je n’avais même pas terminé la lecture de L’Exposition coloniale dont la critique avait fait si grand bruit (1988) et qui avait remporté le prix…
Creation
bout de papier, Vol. 11, No. 3 (1994) — Fall 1994 // Automne 1994, p. 40 In the beginning was the plan,And then came the assumptions,And the assumptions were without form,And the plan was completely without substance,And the darkness was on the face of the workers,And they spoke to their Deputy-Directors saying:“It’s a crock, and […]
1994 Canadian Foreign Service Officer Awards
The 1994 Foreign Service Officer Awards were presented on June 15 to four officers: Ian Burchett, Canada’s Vice-Consul and Assistant Trade Commissioner in Monterrey, Mexico, Claudette Deschênes, Deputy Director with Personnel for the International Service Group of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Denis…
The Ascent of Mount Imjatse
Story and photos by Vaughn Lantz
Miami Satellite
Oye Gladys, pass the sunscreen What eats 300 pounds of bacon, 175 pounds of steak, 300 pounds of chicken, 300 pounds of pasta, 300 pounds of cheese and drinks 20 cases of white wine and 20 cases of red in three days?…
Moving Day in Bombay
It was moving day at last. Sari, suit and salwar kameez were exchanged for jeans and T-shirts. It was difficult to believe that the years of negotiating and planning, setbacks and problems, anticipation and despair, were over. Well, almost over. It was…
Hedevig (Viggi) Ring 1918-1994
Viggi Ring was a remarkable woman in her time. The daughter of a Danish country parson, she embarked upon a new lite in Canada after World War II. The only Immigration Foreign Service officer to have been ordered deported from Canada, she…
Arthur Julian Andrew
A graduate of Dalhousie University, Arthur Andrew worked with the Canadian Press in Halifax for two years before serving from 1939-46 as an officer in the Canadian Army in Canada, U.K., Italy and Northwest Europe. He joined External Affairs in 1947, serving…
