Orville Ault
Dr. Orville Ault died in Ottawa October 14, 1993 in his 94th year. He was a member of the faculty of Ottawa Teachers’ College, served from 1942-46 overseas in the Canadian Army, then became Director of Personnel Selection in the Civil Service…
VIET NAM: Meeting Foreign Policy and Development Objectives
It was the last day of the CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency) Planning Mission to Viet Nam and so we decided to enjoy our final hours in Hanoi, a once-French colonial city now slightly worse for war and wear. Rosalind knew of…
World Bank World Development Report 1991
In his Foreword to the 14th World Development Report (WDR), the outgoing World Bank President, Barber Conable, articulates the major themes of the latest version, on “The Challenge of Development” which emphasizes both history and the future:
World Population Growth and Population Movements: Policy Implications for Canada
Major decisions are facing Canada’s policymakers on the two great “people” phenomena of our time: rapid world population growth and mass movements of population. A huge UN Conference on Population and Development, almost on the scale of the UN Conference on Environment…
Coming, Looking and Going in the Darien Gap
One of the periodic pleasures of being the spouse of a member of the foreign service is the opportunity to visit out-of-the-way places. Without question, the tiny native settlement of Arimae in the southern region of the Darien province of Panama is…
Spousal Employment
Carol Markham has been a member of the Executive Committee of PAFSO since 1987 and chairs the sub-committee responsible for the elaboration of a PAFSO policy on spousal employment. This policy, reprinted below, has been endorsed by PAFSO and was presented to…
Canada’s Colleges: New Stars on the World Stage
For many years, the importance of our universities as a training resource for developing countries has been clearly understood both by our institutions and by government. It has only been in the last decade, however, that our colleges and technical institutes have…
PAFSO News // Nouvelles de l’APASE
Cette chronique vise à informer les membres de l’APASE des décisions et événements d’importance pour le service extérieur. Elle sert aussi à propager les résultats obtenus par l’APASE dans ses représentations des intérêts de ses membres et à démontrer qu’il est possible…
From the President’s Desk // Le mot du président
A hidden bonus of becoming President of PAFSO is that the Editor kindly provides an opportunity to express one’s opinions publicly, with at least a fighting chance that someone amongst the readers may actually read them. What follow are thoughts on several…
Rapport du comité professionnel
Au cours du dernier trimestre, les lève-tôt ont eu droit à plusieurs déjeuners-causeries d’un grand intérêt. Le Coordonnateur du Sommet francophone, Ernest Hébert a présenté un exposé important et majeur sur la performance du Premier Ministre lors du Sommet; moins indiscret que…
