Knucklesworth
The brightly-lit mugs of Shamus Dikk and D Essex Mackinaw on the laptop screen push back the dark fog shrouding the marsh behind Knucklesworth Manor. A shot rings out and a voice screams “Aargh! Ribbit! They got me.” A small splash. “What…
Stones, Sacred Trusts and the Prime Minister’s Ruins
Readers of bout de papier likely are familiar with the story of the Stone of Scone or Stone of Destiny, traditional coronation stone of Scottish Kings, which was stolen by King Edward of England and installed in a specially-designed “Coronation Chair” at…
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Bye Bye Blues
Conçue exclusivement pour les lecteurs de la revue bout de papier, la série traite de la vie de famille dans le contexte de l’expatriation professionnelle, à travers du regard d’une épouse. Quatre planches dessinées, telles quatre fenêtres offertes aux regards curieux, offriront…
Warlords: Borden, Mackenzie King, and Canada’s World Wars
In this carefully researched and clearly written volume, award-winning military historian Dr. Tim Cook of the Canadian War Museum steps well back from the front lines with a comparative study of how Canada’s unwarlike prime ministers dealt with the national strains and…
Finding JAPAN: Early Canadian Encounters with Asia
Canada’s fascination with Japan, and Asia generally, seems to come back into fashion every generation or so. We are currently going through another of those surges of interest as a result of trade and diplomatic initiatives. A trade agreement with Japan is…
Basil Robinson
Basil Robinson, who died on December 21, 2012, at the age of 93, entered the Department with the classic background for a foreign service officer of his generation. Although born in England, he grew up in Vancouver, where his parents settled in…
Les Prix de l’APASE 2013 – Reconnaissance de l’excellence // 2013 PAFSO Awards – Celebrating Excellence
On Thursday, June 13th, 270 colleagues and guests gathered to celebrate excellence in the Canadian Foreign Service at the 2013 PAFSO Dinner and Awards. Pipe Major of the Sons of Scotland, Bethany Bisaillion, piped in guests for another outstanding evening in the…
Unlocking the Wastebasket: How an Academic Built Canadian Foreign Intelligence
“They Lock Up Their Wastepaper Baskets” read the headline of the February 28, 1950, edition of The Standard. The article included a photograph of a tall, lanky man and described his job at the Joint Intelligence Bureau as supplementing “the intelligence on…
Does Canada Need a Department of Peace?
In my many years as a Science & Technology Counsellor with Canada’s diplomatic service I was always struck by the vast allocation of resources to military establishments and related technology, understandable given global security concerns. However, it always begged the question: would…
