Could You Have Made It Into External Affairs in 1933?
(what follows is an extract of the entrance examination for that year (total time: 12 hours…)
Appraisal Phobia
Why does the annual appraisal exercise strike such apprehension and fear in the hearts of FSO’s? A circular memo was recently distributed reminding FSO’s that appraisals are due by August 1, 1984. Why does reading this memo trigger a flashback of the…
A Message from the President of PAFSO
I was delighted to have been asked to convey a brief message for this edition of the Bout de papier, celebrating 75 years of External Affairs.
The “New” Bout de Papier: One Year Later
Bout de papier celebrates 75 years of External Affairs and the first anniversary of its expanded tabloid format. Judging from the comments and letters received from our readers, we seem to be striking the right chords in our efforts to improve communications,…
Colloquium on Streaming
With the department settling into its new shape, and management due to undertake a review of policy on streaming later this year, PAFSO canvassed the views of its members on this issue, which has important implications both for the functioning of the…
Some other Under-Secretaries . . .
bout de papier, Vol. 2, No. 2 (1984) — June 1984 // Juin 1984, p. 1 Under-Secretaries from left to right are: Basil Robinson, A.E. Ritchie, Marcel Cadieux, Jules Léger, A.E. Gotlieb. View the original scanned pages → Originally published in bout de papier, Vol. 2, No. 2 (1984) — June 1984 // Juin 1984, […]
The Foreign Service as I Remember It
I have been asked to make some comments on Canada’s foreign service as I perceived it in my days as Secretary of State of External Affairs, which were from June, 1959, to the defeat of our government in 1963.
The Minister Writes
On this 75th anniversary of the Department of External Affairs, let me pay tribute to the men and women of the Foreign Service.
Tour d’horizon avec le sous-secrétaire d’État
A l’occasion du 75e anniversaire du ministère, “Bout de papier” rencontrait M. Marcel Massé pour faire un tour d’horizon. Il nous révélait alors ses vues sur l’évolution politique mondiale à long terme et la place que le Canada devra se tailler dans…
REORGANIZED AGAIN
Well, the other shoe has dropped. We have been shaken up once again. It has been called an “organizational adjustment”, but what the Under-Secretary announced June 30 amounts to a second, fundamental reorganization of the Department of External Affairs. There is still…
