bout de papier, Volume 8, Issue No. 2, 1991
L’avenir du Service extérieur
BEAUCOUP D’EAU A COULÉ SOUS les ponts depuis la rédaction de mon dernier message pour bout de papier. Un élément positif : nous avons signé une solide convention collective avec l’employeur à la fin de juin. Cette convention, qui sera en vigueur…
Interesting Times for Canada’s Foreign Service
THE LAST TIME I WROTE to bout de papier readers, much of the world was in the middle of a third wave, but vaccine administration was ramping up, and even Bill Gates was predicting that the world would be back to normal…
2019: A High Stakes Year
IL SEMBLE QUE 2019 SERA une année d’enjeux importants, non seulement pour le service extérieur, mais pour le monde entier : l’avenir des institutions de l’ordre international, de la démocratie, de la dignité et des droits de l’homme que de nombreuses sociétés…
PAFSO and the Foreign Service Officer of the Future
THIS PAST APRIL, PAFSO HELD its first professional conference, entitled The Foreign Service Officer of the Future. The full day of discussions attracted an enthusiastic audience of close to 150, including PAFSO members and alumni, colleagues and friends from other unions, government…
President’s Message // Mot du président
Late March. Ottawa is emerging from winter. After a long period of anticipation, the world and our Departments are getting beyond first impressions towards the new US Administration. Within our community, Foreign Service Officers are thinking about their return to Ottawa, while…
The Future of a Misunderstood Profession // L’avenir d’une profession incomprise
Senior American diplomat James Burns recently remarked that diplomacy, while not quite the oldest profession, “remains one of the most misunderstood.” We well know that it is not only in Washington where there is a periodic questioning of the relevancy of foreign…
