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…
Editor’s Notebook // Carnet du rédacteur
As Editor of bout one sometimes feels a bit like the kid in the candy store — you want to savour the moment, with so much good to choose from and every choice bound to make you happy. In the bout business,…
Editor’s Notebook // Carnet du rédacteur
As I put pen to paper for my first editorial as the new bout Editor, I first wish to recognize the stellar contribution of Carol Turner-Trusca as bout Editor over the past year. All of us at bout, and in the foreign…
On Leaving the Foreign Service
Editor’s Note: With the permission of Elizabeth Gammell, bout reproduces below her letter dated November 27, 1997 addressed to Sylvia Cesaratto, Assignment Officer; Commercial Trade/Policy Personnel Division (SPF) DFAIT.
Editor’s Notebook // Carnet du rédacteur
This edition of bout, the last of volume 14, brings to a conclusion one of our focuses this year: Canada’s Year of Asia-Pacific. Indeed, the APEC summit has just been held in Vancouver, amidst protesters and virtual panic about the continuing problems…
Letters // Correspondance
I very much appreciated Marie Stamp’s article in the Summer edition of BP regarding the issue of whether serving abroad will be worth it for those officers just proceeding abroad on their first assignments. Hopefully it will be, if people like myself…
Editor’s Notebook // Carnet du rédacteur
Wondering where the map was when I took this turn…
PAFSO Dinner, June 1996
It was the first time I had attended the Annual Awards Dinner — I hadn’t realized what I had been missing all these years. I didn’t know what to expect: such a crowd in such a convivial setting — a warm evening…
Editor’s Notebook // Carnet du rédacteur
bout de papier is a strange animal. It has won a roomful of international awards over the years, but its editors have always run the magazine on a volunteer basis with the invaluable support and advice of a largely volunteer managing editor…
Phone Home, Mike Pearson
“The oddest thing has happened, Liebnitz.” said Chief MacBannock as the ace logician entered the conference room. “This morning, as I logged onto my computer, I noticed an E-mail dated 12/15/94 with the subject line “PROXIMA MISSION”. When I brought it up,…
