bout de papier, Volume 31, Issue No. 2, 2021
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…
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…
The Light at the End of the Tunnel
WE’VE BEEN DEALING WITH the COVID-19 pandemic for more than a year, and much of the world is in the middle of a third wave. At the same time, vaccine administration is finally ramping up, and even Bill Gates predicts that the…
The Post-COVID Environment
THE WORST OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC is now hopefully behind us, at least for those of us who reside in Canada. The Canadian foreign service has risen to the challenge during these trying times, demonstrating the importance of a vital, dynamic, adaptable…
Concours de photos de l’APASE 2020
LE THÈME DU CONCOURS CETTE ANNÉE, Vision 2020, visait à donner aux membres de l’APASE une occasion de démontrer leurs compétences photographiques en captant comment les particularités de 2020 ont impacté leur expérience unique de la vie des agents du service extérieur…
COVID-19 and the Story of Zachy
After 48 hours of stress and limited sleep, the take-off from Beijing–Hong Kong–Toronto–Ottawa was a mix of emotions. In January 2020, little was known about COVID-19 other than it was serious enough to lockdown Wuhan.
Hello From Delhi
… BY MID-MARCH, THE SITUATION in India and the global pandemic had become increasingly serious. Most of the Canada-Based Staff and their dependents were evacuated on what would be the last commercial flights to leave India. March 22 was a national curfew…
Welcome to the RROC
THE TASK WAS HUGE, and like so much that has happened in the past 12 months, unprecedented. As Migration Offices around the world began evacuating staff early last year IRCC needed to figure out a way to keep processing urgent visa applications…
What Next?
IN MARCH LAST YEAR, I wrote “A Letter to the Future,” my contribution to the last issue of bout de papier before we put this magazine on hiatus, just as the COVID-19 crisis overtook us in Ottawa. By the time you read…
