2-D or not 2-D
Sultan of SuWaNi (and former Centre Librarian) Dryan Tweedie put down his coffee-mug. “The first thing to realize is that Earth is really a reality show.” Felix Africa looked up and said, “Like, all the world’s a stage?” Chief MacBannock interjected, “Hmph.…
Reds and (Cordons) Rouges: Bennett and Skelton in Geneva
step of insisting that he, not Bennett, was the Canadian spokesperson at the key committee meeting on the Soviet candidacy. Skelton’s speech, as Bennett wished, took “a whack at the Rooshians,” making a frontal assault on the Soviet experiment in Communist rule.
Dar Es Salaam 1963
DAR ES SALAAM 1963 by Tom Torrance, General Store Publishing House, 2010, $19.95
How to Avoid Being Killed in a War Zone
HOW TO AVOID BEING KILLED IN A WAR ZONE: THE ESSENTIAL SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR DANGEROUS PLACES, by Rosie Garthwaite, Bloomsbury USA, 2011, 304 pp. $22.50
Klaus Goldschlag
Editor’s Note: Klaus Goldschlag died on January 30th. Born in Berlin, he came to Canada in 1937 at the age of fifteen, adopted by Alan Coatsworth. He graduated from the University of Toronto and Princeton, studying oriental languages. He joined the Canadian…
Michael Rooney
Born Winnipeg, October 2, 1921. Died Ottawa, March 24, 2011, aged 89. Teacher, commentator and historian on Canada’s role in world affairs. Vigorous advocate of the cause of Palestine. Died of natural causes.
Peyton Vaughan Lyon
Born Winnipeg, October 2, 1921. Died Ottawa, March 24, 2011, aged 89. Teacher, commentator and historian on Canada’s role in world affairs. Vigorous advocate of the cause of Palestine. Died of natural causes.
Are Our Pensions At Risk? An Interview with Bernard Dussault
Bernard Dussault est l’un des plus réputés spécialistes des pensions et du système canadien de retraite. Il a été actuaire en chef du gouvernement du Canada de 1992 à 1998 (relevant du Surintendant des institutions financières du Canada pour les questions autres…
Useful Secrets: Intelligence for Canadian Foreign Policy Professionals
When left the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in 2006 to join the International Assessment Staff (IAS) of the Privy Council Office — one of the main intelligence assessment bodies of the government of Canada — entered a world…
DFAIT’s Global Security Reporting Program
Mot de la rédaction : Selon une blague usée, « renseignement militaire » serait la définition parfaite d’un oxymoron. Certains pourraient croire qu il en est de même de diplomatie et renseignement, mais, comme dans le cas de l’armée, c’est le contraire…
