Boxed in Again
Felix Africa stared, bemused, at the stuffed gorilla by the entrance to the Olde Curiosity Shoppe: crossed bandoliers, a camouflage-pattern jungle hat, unlit cigar and “Viva Che!” button. LDC Liebnitz glared at a tall figure in tie-dye shirt and faded jeans slouching…
Ernest Lapointe and Quebec’s Influence on Canadian Foreign Policy
L’été est un moment propice pour se rattraper dans ses lectures. Il est même très approprié que ce soit à Sainte-Pétronille, île d’Orléans, que j’aie lu “Ernest Lapointe and Quebec’s Influence on Canadian Foreign Policy” de John MacFarlane. Les recherches de MacFarlane…
Homeward Bound: A Spouse’s Guide to Repatriation
The absence of a truly useful treatment of the issues of re-entry has finally been filled by this book, Homeward Bound: A Spouse’s Guide to Repatriation, by Canadian author Robin Pascoe.
In support of Canada’s role on world stage
Editor’s Note: Reprinted with the permission of The Toronto Star syndicate published September 18, 2000. In this article, columnist Graham Fraser, a National Affairs writer, describes an emerging trend: Canadian novelists dealing with Canadians wrestling with international conflict.
Léo Leduc 1944–2000
C’est avec tristesse et consternation que nous, collègues et amis de Léo Leduc, avons appris son décès prématuré des suites d’un accident de la circulation survenu à Moncton, où il était affecté depuis quelques années.
Thomas Paul Malone 1915–2000
Thomas Paul Malone, my father, passed away in July 2000, aged 85, after a brief illness, having celebrated his sixtieth wedding anniversary only weeks earlier. He served with the Canadian Foreign Service (initially under the umbrella of the war information service in…
James Stone 1921–2000
James Howard Stone passed away on April 5, 2000, in his 79th year. The toll of recovery from removal of his bladder after a lengthy illness was too much for him.
Gently Down the Stream…
The most popular movie running in the quiet and very hot Brazilian river port of Tabatinga (pronounced Tabachinga) was Chitanic (work it out). I hoped this wasn’t an omen.
Excerpt from Takeover in Tehran
Editor’s Note: Fred A. Reed is a Governor General’s Award winning translator and international journalist. The following excerpt is from his latest book, Takeover in Tehran:The Inside Story of the 1979 U.S. Embassy Capture published by Talonbooks (2000, 224 pp., $18.95). It…
Family Friendly Policies
To paraphrase Jane Austen, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a happy, stable couple will consider having a child at some time. Or it might be an unplanned but welcome event. In the case of the foreign service, odds are this…
