Who Mugged Tippi Hedren?
Stifling a yawn, I chased another bennie with a shot of espresso. The men across my desk were not exactly the dynamic duo. D. Essex Mackinaw was the world’s driest lawyer. As a charitable sideline, he helped the recycling campaign by desiccating…
Murder in the Family
“I THINK THAT MY FATHER murdered my mother.” The first line of Jeff Blackstock’s true crime memoir, Murder in the Family: How the Search for My Mother’s Killer Led to My Father, reads like something out of a thriller novel. In a…
Triple Sex & Other Tales from an Ambassador’s Wife
HAVE YOU EVER OPENED A NEW BOOK and felt like you were sitting down with a dear friend over a glass or three of wine, nibbling on some divine snacks, shucking off your shoes, and shooting the breeze for the rest of…
Diplomates en péril ?
« LE CANADA EST DE RETOUR » annonçait fièrement premier ministre Justin Trudeau alors qu’il venait d’être élu une première fois en 2015. Depuis, il est clair que ce n’était qu’un slogan. Notre échec en 2020 pour obtenir un siège au Conseil…
John Hilliker: An Appreciation
JOHN HILLIKER, WHO LED the Historical Section at Global Affairs Canada from 1986 to 2003, passed away peacefully at his home in Ottawa on September 14, 2021 at the age of 86. Anyone who has studied the history of Canada’s international relations,…
Mark Edward Bailey
WHEN MARK ARRIVED IN OTTAWA in 1973 as a 22-year-old new recruit on the steps of the Lester B. Pearson building, he could not have known that this was the start of a calling to public service.
The Hungry Diplomat: Tacos
TACOS. “You cannot make everyone happy. You are not a taco.” That’s one of my favourite memes. I was walking my dog recently, thinking about food (as one does) and it occurred to me: tacos are one of the world’s most perfect…
Concours de photos de l’APASE 2021
LE THÈME DU CONCOURS CETTE ANNÉE, La prochaine normalité, visait à donner aux membres de l’APASE une occasion de démontrer leurs compétences photographiques en captant ce qu’ils voyaient émerger comme notre vie post-pandémique. Nos juges étaient intéressés à voir à travers leurs…
The AMBCANADA–PAFSO Deborah Chatsis Indigenous Scholarship in International Affairs
AMBCANADA (THE CANADIAN AMBASSADORS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION) AND PAFSO are extremely proud of the Deborah Chatsis Indigenous Scholarship in International Affairs at Carleton University. Originally an initiative of AMBCANADA in 2020 PAFSO gave its support and full endorsement of the scholarship late last…
Rock Takes a Turn
ALLAN ROCK IS MANY THINGS: a former Canadian justice minister, a former Canadian health minister, a university president, a law professor, and a former Canadian ambassador to the United Nations mission in New York City. Rock’s United Nations job meant that he…
