Last Tango in Turku
Felix Africa sat by the window of Café Engel, watching Senate Square. His face lit up and he laughed. “What?” said Bugbyte. “He’s finally shown?” “No, but the sign on that streetcar said Arabia’, Just think of getting on in Finland and…
Questions extraordinaires?
Candidates for the Canadian foreign service in 1949 could be forgiven for concluding that the examination process was an elaborate form of torture inflicted on the unwary for the amusement of the examiners, who clearly were a nasty lot. To enable their…
Demystifying Food from Farm to Fork
Reviewed by Richard Kohler
Henry Kissinger On China
Henry Kissinger needs no introduction. For the past sixty years his has been the voice of foreign policy par excellence, at the perihelion of momentous events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. At 89 his views remain central to…
Robert Parke Cameron
Born in Montreal, October 15, 1920, died in Ottawa, Ontario March 12, 2012, aged 91.
Gary Harman
Editor’s Note: The following is RHOMA colleague Michael Bell’s eulogy of Gary Harman at his memorial service held in Ottawa on July 28, 2012.
Un regard canadien sur le monde // The World Through Canadian Eyes
CONCOURS DE PHOTO DE L’APASE 2012 / 2012 PAFSO PHOTO CONTEST Un regard canadien sur le monde /
La ville de Québec, point d’entrée oublié
En l’absence d’un rappel physique, notre mémoire collective du passé s’estompe souvent. Au Quai 21, le Canada a la chance d’avoir préservé un exemple concret d’un point d’entrée d’immigrants datant de l’époque = du navire de ligne. Toutefois, l’existence même du Quai…
Thirty Years On: Reflections on DFAIT and the Diplomatic Prospect
Editor’s Note: As an independent voice of the Foreign Service, bout has a special responsibility to cover issues that concern the Foreign Service professionally, including those raised in Daryl Copeland’s thought provoking “30 years”. Daryl invites a response in his piece. Although…
Once Upon a Crisis… My Experience with DFAIT’s New Emergency Watch Response Centre
Bien que j’adore mon poste actuel, c’est, a vrai dire, par hasard que j’ai abouti au Centre de surveillance et d’intervention d’urgence (CSIU/EWRC).
