Things Remembered: External Affairs in 1939
by Benjamin Rogers
Diefenbaker’s World: A Review Article
Should, heaven help us, there remain any Canadians not convinced of the turbulence of our times, or the speed with which events and issues pass and change, a contemporary retrospective of the era of John Diefenbaker’s stewardship of this country is a…
Reflections on a First Year in the Department
by Michael Boekhoven, Alison LeClaire, Ted MacKay, Gary Miller, and Benoit Prefontaine
Letters // Correspondance
Your readers might enjoy this postscript to Sidney Freifeld’s excellent article on “The Poets of External” in the most recent issue of bout de papier.
From the President’s Desk // Le mot du président
Like most foreign service officers, I had perceived PAFSO as a rather ineffectual bargaining agent and professional association that occasionally came up with interesting speakers, coffee and donuts for breakfast.
Editor’s Notebook
Lors d’une récente réunion, un de nos collègues, pince-sans-rire, a déclaré que la crise qui secoue à l’heure actuelle le Ministère peut se résumer par « P et P »”. Non, il ne parlait des Priorités et de la Planification, quoique l’on…
Women in the Foreign Service — Canadian & American
CANADA: In September 1988, Pat Carney as President of the Treasury Board created the Task Force on Barriers to Women in the Public Service. The Task Force Report is due in November, 1989. The following excerpts are from an article by Ms.…
Jacques Gaudreau
Né à Rimouski (Québec) en 1947, Jacques Gaudreau s’est joint aux Affaires extérieures en 1971, peu de temps après avoir obtenu son diplôme en droit de l’Université Laval. Il servit à Paris, Dhaka, Genève et à la mission permanente à New York.…
Bill Jenkins
Parler de Bill Jenkins, c’est parler de quelqu’un à qui s’appliquerait le testament spirituel de Gogol : « Que chacun accomplisse son oeuvre… Ne soyez pas des âmes mortes, mais des âmes vivantes ».
Reflections on Leaving the Foreign Service
The month of August 1961 stands sharply etched in my mind for two reasons. On the tenth day of that month my wife and I took a taxi to Berlin’s Templehof airport and left the city where we had lived for two…
