Michael Rooney
Born Winnipeg, October 2, 1921. Died Ottawa, March 24, 2011, aged 89. Teacher, commentator and historian on Canada’s role in world affairs. Vigorous advocate of the cause of Palestine. Died of natural causes.
Assessing Budget 2012 // Les implications du budget 2012
deliver on Canadas = international agenda, and how it sees the place of the Foreign Service within the wider public service.
Reinventing Ourselves // Se réinventer
Every Foreign Service seems at a crossroads, perhaps we always have been. Coming to one can be a good thing, giving the traveller the choice of four cardinal directions. But the climate in Canada’s Foreign Service, post Budget, seems different. It is…
Mettons la diplomatie en valeur
In assuming the presidency of PAFSO I wish to thank my predecessor Pam Isfeld for her leadership and commitment to the interests of Canada’s foreign service. I know that I arrive at a critical juncture. The results of the government’s Strategic and…
Summer Review
The summer of 2011 is an interesting one for PAFSO and its members for many reasons. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has gone on record saying that international affairs will play a key role in his new government as it faces its new…
Retirees on the go – Des retraités actifs
When our Ambassadors, Consuls General and High Commissioners retire from the public service, they usually join the Retired Heads of Mission Association, l’Association des Chefs de Mission a la Retraite. They do so principally because they want to stay in touch with…
A New Year
PAFSO has survived another year, and the 2010-2011 Executive is now in place. Melanie Bejzyk, David De Rose, Kirk Duguid, David Edwards, Timothy Edwards, Alyssa Frohberg, Cael Husband, Marie- Hélène Jacques, Jonathon Kupi, Keith Lewis, Svitozar Omelko, Allison Poff, Stella Sweetman Griffin,…
On Hospitality…
“There is nothing more ridiculous than men who can’t cook,” said my mother one morning — out of the blue. I was 12 then. My older brother and I were summoned to the kitchen and taught the fine arts of boiling water…
D’un œil canadien
Some months ago, PAFSO executive board members Kirk Duguid and Cael Husband decided that it was time that PAFSO got its creative juices flowing and had some fun. The result was a photo contest, open to all members and their families, to…
TRADEX: “Your Fund” Hits 50 – Célébrons la cinquantième!
Tradex was created 50 years ago this year. Establishing a mutual fund in 1960 was quite innovative as mutual funds were almost unknown at the time. Tom Fletcher was the man whose idea it was and he was the driving force in…
