10 Reasons We Voted No / 10 raisons derrière le reject des offres
FS Denied Equal Pay for Work of Equal
No Exaggeration: The Future of the Canadian Foreign Service in Jeopardy
by John Hadwen
Spring Tune-up
bout de papier, Vol. 16, No. 4 (1999-2000) — Winter 1999-2000 // Hiver 1999-2000, p. 37 I am stretching the definition of MiddleAge. My middle is stretching too.Time to mortify my flesh in the gym.And I have so much flesh to mortify!Gym is full of bright young people ingood shapesent specifically to show me up:So […]
Keeping the Best and the Brightest?
When asked by the Foreign Service Journal recently whether he would recommend a Foreign Service career to young people today, former American Ambassador George Kennan replied “No,” except as “a prolongation of your education.” Kennan cited, among other factors, the slow pace…
Managing Foreign Affairs at the Millennium – The Kiwi Revolution
At 03:59:46 AM Chatam Island time Saturday 1 January, 2000 the first rays of the millennium will be seen from atop Mount Hokipa, Chatam Island, New Zealand. Given the island’s unique location east of 180 east longitude but west of the International…
Public Diplomacy in the 21st Century
Ithough Public Diplomacy is a relatively new term, having come into the Department’s parlance as a “Business Line” through the amalgamation of Public Affairs and Culture and Communications a couple of years ago, it is by no means a totally new concept.…
The Life of the Trailing Spouse: Something Has Got to Give
Just prior to the recent rash of articles on the problems of retaining personnel at DFAIT, I picked up “Shadow of Heaven” the excellent first volume of John English’s biography of “Mike” Pearson. I had set it aside a while back, promising…
Editor’s Notebook // Carnet du rédacteur
The knock on DFAIT has often been that it’s a Department that faces the world but ‘has its back to downtown’ Ottawa. That Foreign Service Officers who achieve such remarkable success overseas through adept networking and use of their diplomatic skills fail…
Spouses in the Foreign Service
The Foreign Service Community Association looks at issues affecting Foreign Service spouses around the world.
DFAIT and Team Canada
The idea of Team Canada originated with senior officers of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) and at the Privy Council Office (PCO), not long after the current government came to power in 1993. Initially, the intention was to…
