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On June 7th, 250 colleagues, including guests and media, gathered to celebrate excellence in the Canadian Foreign Service. Ian Gray’s bagpipes signaled the start of another outstanding dinner prepared by NAC Chef Kurt Waldele in the Panorama Room of the National Arts Centre.
Le président de l’APASE, Jim Gould, a souhaité la bienvenue à tous et présenté les hôtes de la soirée, Kathryn Aleong et Vicken Koundakjian, co-présidentes du Comité des prix. Une allocution bien sentie du ministre des Affaires étrangères, l’honorable John Manley, a lancé la soirée de célébration de l’excellence dans le service extérieur.
The 2001 PAFSO
Minister Sponsors
TD Bank Financial Group
Ambassador Sponsors
Allan Bonner Communications
Management Inc.
Boyd Moving & Storage Ltd.
Chicken Farmers of Canada
Chubb Insurance Company of Canada
Corel Corporation
Great-West Life Assurance Company
IKON Office Solutions
Inniskillin Wines
Marsh Canada Limited
Reed Mather Insurance Group
Royal Canadian Mint/Monnaie royale
canadienne
Traders General Insurance
Diplomat Sponsors
Nortel Networks
Albert at Bay Suite Hotel
Dominique Levesque Designer-Couturier
MKI Travel and Conference
Management Ltd.
William M. Mercer Ltd
Tradex Mutual Funds
Des remerciements
à nos commanditaires
Nous tenons à remercier nos commanditaires
ministres, ambassadeurs et diplomates
qui jouent un rôle important dans le succès
constant du programme de prix de l’APASE
Nos remerciements s’adressent plus parti-
culièrement aux commanditaires suivants qui
ont offert des prix de présence : Dominique
Lévesque Designer-Couturier; Allan Bonner
Communications Management; la société Corel;
et l’Albert at Bay Suite Hotel. Les délicieux
chocolats qui ont fait un malheur à chaque
table étaient une gracieuseté des Fonds
mutuels Tradex.
We would also like to thank Inniskillin Wines
for the special presentation to each of the
FS Award winners of a magnum of ice wine,
hand-signed by co-founders Donald J.P. Ziraldo
and Karl J. Kaiser. Special thanks goes to the
following wineries for their contribution of wine
for the evening: Inniskillin Wines, Mission Hill
Family Estate, Château des Charmes, Henry
de Pelham, Strewn, and Pillitteri Estates Winery.
David Angell, Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations, New York, received an award for his exceptional performance since joining the Department, including his role in developing the Irish Peace Process. He is being honoured particularly for his outstanding contribution to the effective implementation of the Angola Sanctions initiative, recognized as having changed the lives of the Angolan people, contributed substantially to placing the conflict diamonds issue on the international agenda and to the creation of a model for sanctions monitoring and management. His efforts have facilitated Canada making a lasting impact on the work and authority of the UN Security Council.
It was a source of enormous satisfaction
to me, as a Foreign Service Officer, that this Department, at all levels, was prepared to take real risks so that the credibility of the sanctions instrument
could be restored and an end to the
Angolan civil war brought closer.
If there is anything I am particularly proud of, it was simply that I tried to
distinguish the truth from the lies. I tried to communicate that difference
as effectively as I could to people who mattered, as well as why it mattered to Canada.
DOUGLAS CHALLBORN
Douglas Challborn, Canadian Embassy, Lima, Peru, received an award for his significant role in Canada’s efforts to strengthen democracy in Peru over the past year. He worked tirelessly to promote the Canada/OAS efforts to draw together and broker consensus among key Peruvian political players and civil society representatives, to manage seven OAS High-Level Missions, and to carry out the myriad tasks required for the national dialogue process to succeed in a complex and crisis-laden environment. He is recognized for his skillful mediation, his perceptive analysis and the courageous role he played in assuring the success of Canada’s policy objectives and a peaceful democratic solution for Peru.
Isabelle Roy, ambassade du Canada, Paris (France), a mérité un prix pour sa contribution exceptionnelle, depuis quatre ans, à la promotion des intérêts canadiens au sein de l’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. Elle a été l’artisane du succès de deux grands sommets de la Francophonie — Hanoi (1997) et Moncton (1999) — grâce à la grande crédibilité qu’elle s’est acquise auprès d’un impressionnant réseau de contacts professionnels et à son dévouement dans le cadre de nombreuses conférences et réunions ministérielles. Elle a manifesté un excellent jugement, s’est révélée une analyste pointue et a fait preuve d’un engagement personnel et professionnel exceptionnel dans la défense des intérêts du Canada auprès des institutions de la Francophonie et des représentants de ses 50 autres pays membres.
J’y lis un encouragement à continuer ainsi mon métier de diplomate, d’une façon éloignée des clichés. Je crois qu’on peut concilier la diplomatie avec des convictions profondes, avec un engagement profond, et,
pourquoi pas, avec la passion.
I believe that … immigration foreign service officers do … meaningful work that
protects and enriches the social and
cultural fabric of our country … and is important to the individual[s] who choose to leave behind everything they know and
take a chance on a new life in Canada.
Leslie Toope, Deputy Director, Training, International Region, CIC, received an award in recognition of her exceptional achievements as manager of the training section of the International Region in CIC. Her dedication has helped make training integral to achieving the Department’s objectives and has facilitated the implementation of the Foreign Service Development Programme. Leslie has become known for her exceptional managerial style, combining client service, teamwork, innovation and creativity, all qualities which have led to the development of better officers, who display the kind of knowledge and efficiency which enhances Canada’s presence overseas.
Each of the winners received a framed certificate and cheque from PAFSO.
The panel of five judges which selected the five winners was composed of people who themselves had achieved distinction in their various fields.
John L. Baker joined the Foreign Service of the Department of Manpower and Immigration in 1967. After serving in London, Belfast, Hong Kong and Singapore, he sat on the committee drafting the 1976 Immigration Act and then trained the foreign service in its application. From 1978-1987, he was Immigration Program Manager in Barbados, Nairobi and Bangkok. After three years as Director, Immigration and Refugee Affairs at DEA, he was Immigration Program Manager, New York from 1990-1994 and then Director General, Case Management at Citizenship and Immigration. Since retiring from the public service in December 1995, Mr. Baker has been a private and public sector consultant.
The Hon. Perrin Beatty was elected to the House of Commons as a Progressive Conservative in 1972 and in 1979 he was appointed Minister of State (Treasury Board) in the government of Joe Clark. He held six additional portfolios in subsequent Progressive Conservative governments, including National Revenue in 1984, Solicitor General in 1985, National Defence in 1986, Health and Welfare in 1989, Communications in 1991 and Secretary of State for External Affairs in 1993. Following the 1993 federal election, Mr. Beatty jointed a number of private sector boards and worked as a consultant in the field of communications. Mr. Beatty was appointed President and CEO of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1995 and assumed his current position as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters in August 1999.
Donald W. Campbell joined the foreign service in 1964. Over the next 16 years, he acquired experience in four foreign postings – Kenya, the United Kingdom, Jamaica, and the United States – and assignments in Ottawa. A secondment to the International Energy Relations Branch of Energy, Mines and Resources Canada was followed by two year-long assignments at External Affairs. Mr. Campbell was appointed Ambassador to Korea in 1984 and subsequently returned to External Affairs in 1985 as Assistant Deputy Minister, United States Branch, where he remained for four years. In 1989, he became Senior Assistant Deputy Minister (United States) and Coordinator, Canada-USA Free Trade Agreement and then served until 1993 as Deputy Minister for International Trade and Associate Under-Secretary of State. From 1993 to 1997 he was Ambassador to Japan, returning to Ottawa in 1997 to take up the appointment of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. Since August 2000, Mr. Campbell has been Executive Vice-President, Military Simulation and Training, CAE.
Mary Lou Finlay became the host of CBC Radio One’s As It Happens in the fall of 1997. She gained national televison exposure in 1975 when she co-hosted CBC’s Take 30 followed by hosting her own program, Finlay and Company, in 1976 and 1977. In 1978, she moved to CTV to cohost and produce the award-winning Live it Up and, in 1981, she co-hosted, with Barbara Frum, CBC Television’s high-profile current affairs program, The Journal. In 1988, she brought her journalistic and interviewing skills to CBC Radio as host of an ambitious current affairs program, Sunday Morning. Along the way, she won a prestigious Martin Goodman Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University. Ms. Finlay is one of Canada’s most respected broadcast journalists.
Le lieutenant-général Raymond Hénault est entré dans les Forces canadiennes en 1968. Après avoir obtenu son brevet de pilote, il a servi deux ans à titre de pilote de CF-101 en poste à Bagotville (Québec), puis d’instructeur de vol à la BFC de Portage La Prairie (Manitoba). Au cours des dix années suivantes, il a tour à tour été pilote, membre de l’état-major de l’aviation et commandant d’escadrille aux BFC d’Edmonton et de Valcartier. Il a ensuite fréquenté le Collège d’état-major de l’Aviation française à Paris, avant d’être muté au Quartier général de la Défense nationale à Ottawa, où il a été promu lieutenant-colonel en 1985. Il a ensuite passé deux ans à la BFC de Lahr (Allemagne), à titre de commandant de l’Escadron tactique d’hélicoptères 444(ÇA), après quoi il est revenu à la BFC de Winnipeg. Il est devenu colonel en 1990 et, en 1992, il a été nommé commandant adjoint du Groupement tactique aérien 10 à la BFC de Montréal. Il a fréquenté le Collège de la Défense nationale en 1993, a été promu au rang de brigadier général en 1994 et, en 1995, il a été nommé chef d’état-major responsable des opérations au quartier général du Commandement aérien. Élevé au rang de major général en 1997, il a servi deux ans à titre de chef d’état-major adjoint de la Force aérienne. En 1998, il a été nommé sous-chef d’état-major de la Défense et, en juin 2001, chef d’état-major de la Défense.
RHOMA Prize
Each year at the Awards Ceremony, the Retired Heads of Mission Association (RHOMA) presents an award for “best article” in bout de papier by an FS officer or spouse. The winner receives a framed copy of his/her article along with a cash prize of $500. The purpose of the award is to encourage the maintenance of have a high standard of if the dunl writing in the foreign service and to provide an additional incentive to contribute to bout de papier.
Former Ambassador to Pakistan and New Zealand, and Chairman of the Directing Group of RHOMA, Douglas Small presented this year’s award to Ben Rowswell for his article “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the National Unity Debate.” The Selection Committee was comprised of retired Ambassadors George Grande, Bob Cameron and Bob Clark.
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