Donald Saunders
Don Saunders died on December 18, 2009 after a struggle with cancer. After retiring when he reached his entitlement, Don returned to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade where he continued to make a significant contribution as a contract employee…
Canada’s IDRC Today
David Malone, recently Canada’s High Commissioner in India, and a former ambassador at the UN, became President of International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in July 2008. He is a graduate of Hautes Etudes commerciales (Montreal), the American University in Cairo, Harvard and…
The President’s Message // Mot de la Présidente
bout de papier est la publication de prestige de l’APASE et l’une des activités les plus visibles de l’Association. C’est donc avec plaisir que j’ai accepté l’invitation, à titre de président de l’’APASE, de renouer avec la tradition de rédiger une rubrique…
The International Affairs Curriculum:
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Getting the Message Out
f Canada’s Foreign Service Officers were to be described as the heart L. the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, then the Communicators, who kept the various elements linked, must surely be seen as the arteries which ensured safe and secure…
Fixing the Promotion System
We all know the promotion system is broken, and yet, if FS restructuring goes ahead, we will be in for a major round of promotion exercises which, no doubt, runs the usual risk of becoming deadlocked in appeals. For years efforts have…
Whither the Foreign Service
Cohen soutient avec raison qu’un virage aussi fondamental mérite au moins un débat public, car les réponses pourraient fort bien influer sur la manière et la mesure dans laquelle le Canada poursuivra ses objectifs en matière de politique étrangère.
A 21st Century Foreign Service Career
My career in the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) has been unusual. I joined in 1975 at age 21, having achieved grades so pitiful during my undergraduate years that no scholarships were in reach for further studies (even in…
The e3 Story
By the dav its As Pacit a site as elsewhere in the Department, had become desperate, perhaps untenable. Over-tasking, under-resourcing, e-mail insanity, deteriorating terms and conditions of employment and ever growing demands of all varieties and from all quarters had led to…
The Future of Canada’s Human Security Agenda
Canada’s human security agenda is responding to new global realities. Its goal is to ensure that people can live in freedom from fear. This means building a world where universal humanitarian standards and the rule of law will effectively protect all people,…
