Gotham’s Pinstriped Garbage Collectors and other Striking Tales

Editor’s Note: The Canadian Foreign Service, its officers, other staff and family members have a long history of voluntarism spanning the globe. The recent strike offered another opportunity for many to pitch in. Memorably, Team Canada in Gotham and “en grève”, set…
Jillian Stirk: Why Diplomacy Matters

Editor’s Note: Widely admired throughout her career, Jillian Stirk recently retired from the Department of Foreign Affairs after diverse assignments in Ottawa and abroad that took her from Europe, to the Middle East, Afghanistan, Africa, NATO and the United Nations. Most recently…
“Post-Mortem” Interview with PAFSO President Tim Edwards

Note de la rédaction : l’interview de bout de papier avec le président de l’APASE, Tim Edwards, s’est déroulée en anglais et, par souci d’espace, d’économie et d’autres contraintes, c’est dans cette langue que nous la reproduisons ici. Merci de votre compréhension.…
Winter winds – Les vents d’hiver

Roland Paris, Director of the University of Ottawa’s Centre for International Policy Studies, argued in a recent blog that Canada has no foreign policy – which begs the question: of what use is a Foreign Ministry without one? It also underscores the…