bout de papier, Vol. 23, No. 1 (2007) — Spring/Summer 2007 // Printemps/Été 2007, pp. 31–35
On Thursday, June 14, 2007, 280 colleagues and guests gathered to celebrate excellence in the Canadian Foreign Service at the PAFSO Dinner and Awards presentations held in the Panorama Room of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. James Gray’s bagpipes signalled the start of another outstanding evening.
Le président de l’APASE, M. Brian Young, a souligné que « Nous formons tous, ici ce soir, une famille – que nous soyons membres de l’APASE, anciens membres de l’APASE, employés de l’APASE ou invités spéciaux.
Nous sommes tous unis par le même engagement : celui de promouvoir et de protéger la place du Canada dans le monde ».
Master of Ceremonies, Norman Baille-David, founder and managing partner of The Antima Group, managed the evening’s festivities and read the presentations for each of this year’s four Award recipients. Gavin Buchan, recognized for his work on the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan, was unable to take time from his posting to attend the event.
Gavin Buchan
Kandahar is a province of about a million people, and the political centre of gravity for the entire country. And here — uniquely in my experience — Canada is a true superpower. Resources are not an issue, and for once there is more money available than I could conceivably spend. I can pick up the phone at any hour and call the Governor or the Chair of the Provincial Council and they’ll not only answer, they’ll listen to what I have to say. The issues that we deal with every day are real and immediate, and our interventions really do help shape events. And when you get right down to it, that’s what I wanted when I originally joined DFAIT, so I feel very privileged to have had the opportunity to put our theories into practice in a way
Gavin Buchan, Canada’s Political Director for the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan, has been honoured as a PAFSO Award winner for successfully taking on one of the most dangerous and difficult assignments in the Canadian Foreign Service. He has mastered the complexities of local politics and how political personalities and trends intersect with economic forces and security concerns. He has learned the language and cultural traditions of Afghanistan and has led Canada’s efforts to engage local leaders in Kandahar, establishing a network with political tribal figures, civil society and international actors. Gavin has worked closely with the Canadian military in addition to living with them.
Il présente au gouvernement du Canada des comptes rendus convaincants en temps opportun, qui aident à orienter l’établissement de la politique du Canada relative à Kandahar et à l’Afghanistan. Gavin a été appelé à remplacer Glyn Berry à titre de directeur politique à Kandahar à la suite du décès de Glyn au début de 2006 lors d’une explosion qui a détruit le véhicule dans lequel il se déplaçait. Gavin a relevé ce défi avec esprit d’initiative, créativité et dévouement au service du Canada et des Canadiens et Canadiennes.
Bernard Etzinger
Bernard Etzinger was chosen for a PAFSO Award for making a lasting impact on how Canada works in the United States, on how Canada presents issues to American audiences, and on how Canada mobilizes support within the USA to achieve Canadian goals. During three postings to the United States of America — as Consul, Cultural Affairs, at the Consulate General in New York, as Consul in San Jose, California, and currently as Head of Public Affairs at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC – Bernie has been innovative and delivered results in the fields of public diplomacy and public affairs. Bernie is skilled at conceiving, designing and delivering messages through web-based tools and has used these tools to get the Canadian message out in competitive environments.
Bernie s’est occupé des questions d’affaires publiques et de diplomatie publique relatives à de nombreux moments délicats dans les relations canado-américaines, notamment lorsque le Canada a décidé d’adopter son propre plan d’action pour ce qui est de l’invasion américaine de l’Irak, la découverte de la maladie de la vache folle au Canada, la défense antimissile et le bois d’œuvre. En s’occupant de ces questions délicates et cruciales, Bernie a su distiller l’essence du message canadien et faire en sorte que le bon message parvienne aux décideurs clés.
Looking back it all boils down to a single question posed by my first Consul General when he asked, ’If our office was to disappear, would anyone notice?’ This is our challenge — not just to be noticed but to be vital. To customize our diplomacy, our message and our purpose into this rapidly evolving world of networks. That means knowing our networks, leveraging them, and investing in them. And, by making our hierarchy help, not hinder the answering of that question.”
Dina Santos
Dina Santos, Consul and Trade Commissioner for Science, Innovation and Technology at the Canadian Consulate General in New York, has been selected as a PAFSO Award winner for her initiative, creativity, and deep sense of service to Canada as one of this country’s first Technology Partnering Officers in the USA. Dina has broken new ground in identifying opportunities for Canadian clients in emerging technologies such as nanotechnology, photonics and fuel cells. She promotes cross-border technology partnerships and research collaboration as well as assists early stage Canadian innovators to raise venture capital. She has a natural ability to work within the “innovation culture” surrounding her position and has won the trust of numerous Canadian clients.
Dina est un rouage important au sein de l’équipe au Consulat et elle est devenue un modèle pour les employés dans nos missions aux États-Unis par son dévouement et sa capacité d’obtenir la participation des industries axées sur le savoir, qui sont d’une importance cruciale pour le développement économique et la compétitivité du Canada dans l’avenir.
I have had the privilege of being surrounded by wonderful mentors and seasoned senior managers… Their flexibility and openness to new approaches has not only given me the opportunity to be creative in the development and implementation of a new Departmental programme but has also contributed to form a new model for innovative Trade Commissioners across our US network. It is truly an exciting time to be part of the Department as it is currently reviewing its definition of clients and services to formally incorporate the Canadian scientific and venture capital communities and I wake up every day with a deep sense of honour and commitment to serving our Canadian science and technology community!”
Gilles Poirier
Gilles Poirier reçoit cette année un prix de l’APASE pour ses compétences et sa capacité de promouvoir les intérêts du Canada en Algérie en qualité de conseiller commercial à l’ambassade du Canada à Alger. Il s’est servi de sa profonde compréhension et appréciation de la culture locale et de sa capacité à travailler dans un tel environnement pour relever le profil du Canada et des entreprises canadiennes. Grâce à sa ténacité, à sa créativité et à ses talents de persuasion, il a mis à profit des activités — comme la visite de la gouverneure générale en Algérie, à l’occasion de laquelle il a orchestré l’annonce d’une nouvelle route aérienne direct Alger-Montréal — pour faire en sorte que les entreprises canadiennes puissent percer sur le marché algérien. Il a acquis ses compétences et ses connaissances au fil de 30 ans de travail ardu et dévoué au sein du Service extérieur.
Lorsqu’on aime son travail, on ne recherche pas les honneurs mais le travail bien fait. Cela dit, pour ceux qui cherchent à obtenir le prix de l’APASE et souhaitent mes recommandations, je les invite à postuler des postes difficiles et à rester longtemps pour développer une expérience incontestable. À la réflexion, je suppose que la distinction que je reçois ce soir s’explique par le fait que je suis resté deux fois quatre ans à Alger alors que le terrorisme continue de limiter la qualité de vie dans ce pays au potentiel remarquable ».
His skills and knowledge have been attained through 30 years of dedication and hard work in the Foreign Service. In addition to being a client-focused officer, he is a mentor and coach to the members of the team. His Ambassador relies on his loyal, steady performance and his calm demeanour under pressure to move the Embassy’s work forward on all fronts.
RHOMA Prize for Best Article in bout de papier
In addition to the four PASO Awards, one other award was presented at the PAFSO Dinner on June 4, 2007. The Retired Heads of Mission Association (RHOMA) sponsored award for best article in bout de papier for Volume 22 was presented to Joya Donnelly for her article, “Cinq mois au MAECI: une nouvelle recrue dans la jungle colombienne” appeared in Vol.
Dinner / dîner
2004 Inniskillin Riesling Reserve VQA
Niagara Peninsula
Watercress and Frisée Salad with Crumbled
Goat’s Cheese, Cassis Dressing, Cherry
Tomatoes and Marinated Shaved Fennel
Salade de cresson et de frisée, vinaigrette au
cassis, garnie de miettes de chèvre, de tomates
cerises et de fenouil ciselé mariné
2004 Inniskillin Montague Estate
Vineyard Chardonnay VQA
Niagara Peninsula
2004 Inniskillin Pinot Noir Reserve VQA
Niagara Peninsula
Sesame Crusted East Coast Salmon with
Orange-Miso Sauce on a Gingered Rice Cake
and Pan Roasted Baby Bok Choy
Saumon de la côte est en croûte de sésame,
sauce au miso et à l’orange, servi sur galette de
riz au gingembre avec jeune pak-choï poêlé
2005 Inniskillin Pearl Vidal Ice Wine VQA
Niagara Peninsula
Rougemont Apple Sour Cream Crumble Pie
with Warm Butterscotch Sauce
Croustade aux pommes de Rougemont et
à la crème sûre avec sauce chaude
au caramel écossais
2007 Panel of Judges
The panel which selected this year’s Award recipients was composed of people who themselves have achieved distinction in their fields.
Martha Nixon (Chair) left the Public Service in 2003 after almost 30 years’ service, most recently as Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations, for Citizenship and Immigration Canada. During her tenure, Ms. Nixon managed many high profile events — the Kosovar refugee movement, Asian refugee boat arrivals and security issues following 9/11, to name a few, in what has been described by the Public Policy Forum as one of the “Ten Tough Jobs in Government.” Over the past three years, Ms. Nixon has been consulting, largely in the nonprofit community sector.
Lieutenant-General (Retired) Michael K. Jeffrey is currently a consultant on defence, security and strategic planning. He began a distinguished military career at age 16 as a Rifleman with the Canadian Army Militia. He was promoted to Colonel in 1989, serving with the United Nations Transition Group (UNCTAD) in Namibia. He was appointed Commandant of the Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College in 1996. Upon promotion to Lieutenant-General, he served as Chief of the Land Staff from 2000 until his retirement in 2003.
Michael Kergin joined the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1967 as a foreign service officer. His postings abroad have included the Canadian Mission to the United Nations in New York, Cameroon and Chile. He served as Ambassador to Cuba from 1986 to 1989 and has had three postings to Washington, the last as Ambassador of Canada to the United States (2000-05). Since leaving the federal government in 2005, he has been Special Advisor on Border Management to the premier of Ontario. Mr. Kergin is currently a Senior Fellow at the US Chamber of Commerce. He is also CEO and President of Intermestic Consulting Inc, a firm he founded, specializing in advising clients on Canada-US relations.
Jeffrey Simpson is the national attairs columnist of The Globe and Mail, and has aided public understanding of Canadian politics for more than 30 years through his newspaper and magazine articles, books, speeches, lectures, and television appearances. He began his career at The Globe and Mail in 1974. He joined the Ottawa bureau in 1977, where he became bureau chief, and then served in London as European correspondent from 1981-83. His began his national affairs column in 1984. He has won numerous awards, including the Governor General’s Award for non-fiction. In 2000 he became an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Mme Louise Terrillon-Mackay est une ancienne agente du service extérieur et ancienne présidente du chapitre de la Capitale nationale de l’Institut canadien des affaires internationales. Elle est actuellement présidente du conseil d’administration de l’Institut canadien d’études méditerranéennes. Mme Terrillon-Mackay est diplômée avec spécialisation en économie, administration des affaires et espagnol de la Marymount and Fordham University, New York, et elle a poursuivi des études en histoire et en archéologie à l’Université de Rome (Italie).
Nos commanditaires
Nous tenons à remercier nos commanditaires
ministres, ambassadeurs et diplomates qui
jouent un rôle important dans le succès
constant du programme de prix de l’APASE.
Minister / Ministre
Bombardier
Petro-Canada
Research In Motion
SNC-Lavalin
Ambassador / Ambassadeur
Allan Bonner Communications Management Inc.
Boyd Moving & Storage Ltd. /
Boyd, déménagement et entreposage Itée
Canada Pork International /
Canada Porc International
Chicken Farmers of Canada /
Les Producteurs de poulet du Canada
Great-West Life Assurance Company /
La Great-West, compagnie d’assurance-vie
ING Novex
Inniskillin
Mercer Human Resource Consulting /
Mercer, Consultation en ressources humaines
Reed Mather Insurance Group /
Le Groupe d’assurance Reed Mather
Tradex Mutual Funds / Les Fonds mutuels Tradex
Diplomat / Diplomate
The Albert at Bay Suite Hotel
Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited
Dominique Levesque Designer-Couturier
VIA Rail Canada
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