The Security Council Then and Now
After 25 years of active involvement with The United Nations and associated agencies, and twenty years of retirement to reflect on what it all meant, it was suggested that it might be useful if I were to try to put on record…
A Skelton Legacy: Diplomats, Scholars and the Canadian Foreign Service
The history of Canada’s Department ot External Attairs is one of uneven but nevertheless sustained growth over a period of nine decades. Created by act of parliament in 1909, the Department started life as little more than a small secretariat with a…
In Tribute to Mwalimu Julius Nyerere
T The founding President of Tanzania, Julius Kambarage Nyerere, died on October 14, 1999. His memory has occasioned this article. Since the days of early missionary activity in the region, including that of the White Fathers, who ran the school Nyerere attended,…
From Far Formosa Revisited
by David Mulroney All photos courtesy of the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei.
Workforce of the Future
• Y the Future (WFF), I had little idea of the intellectual journey that I would take in producing my report (most easily accessed on the DFAIT intranet). The process, which lasted almost a year, allowed me to talk with colleagues in…
Diplomacy on the Cheap
It’s not exactly at the top of national concerns, but spare a thought for the plight of Canada’s diplomats, the (mostly quite young) men and women who negotiate treaties, stickhandle disputes with other countries, generally manage relations with the rest of the…
Dealing with the Reality of Elder Care in the FS
While the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade is beginning to accommodate the shift in demographic realities taking place within the Department’s rotational workforce, there is still some unexploded ordnance out in this field. As a cautionary tale, rotational employees of…
Letter from RHOMA
Dear Prime Minister,
10 Reasons We Voted No / 10 raisons derrière le reject des offres
FS Denied Equal Pay for Work of Equal
Back-to-the-Future: What Aspiring Foreign Service Officers Need to Know About Recruitment Changes
A s happens every year, last fall’s Public Service Commission Post- Secondary Recruitment Campaign for government jobs introduced significant changes without notice. These changes affected candidates applying for Foreign Service (FS), Management/Consular (AS) and Development Officer (PM) positions.
