Seriez-vous un bon diplomate
Êtes-vous bien dans votre peau, cher collègue? Quelle est votre véritable vocation? Découvrez-la à travers le test qui suit. Il a d’abord été conçu par des professionnels de divers rangs diplomatiques dont à l’origine l’ambassadeur portugais, Luis Da Cunha, personnage au pseudonyme…
Life after the Foreign Service
Life after the Foreign Service is good — in fact marvellous.
Letters // Correspondance
Editor,
Transition and Renewal
The arrival of fall, resolution of the perennial posting cycle, and the annual general meeting of the PAFSO membership, inevitably result in change in the membership of bout de papier’s Editorial Board. Members depart on foreign assignments; others have returned from abroad.…
Life and Love
bout de papier, Vol. 9, No. 3 (1992) — Summer 1992 // Été 1992, p. 39 by Konrad G. Sigurdson Life means so much, it has so much.So we believe there’s much to lose.We try to hold, therefore,And keep and cherishWhat we can, what we must, of life.But don’t hold on; just accept,And strive for […]
Cruel and Inhumane Treatment
A recent ruling of the United Nations Human Rights Commission has created a stir in Canada, comparable to recent Supreme Court decisions on capital punishment in the United States. The UN has ruled that the current procedures in External Affairs and International…
Ralph Collins
Ralph joined the Department of External Affairs in 1940. He retired in 1979. He began his Foreign Service in Chungking, China in 1943 and his last appointment abroad was as Canada’s first ambassador to the People’s Republic of China in Beijing, in…
Robert A. (Bob) Grauer
Members of the Department of External Affairs were deeply saddened by the unexpected news of the death on Saturday, 7 March 1992, of Bob Grauer, one of our finest officers.
Transfer of Social Affairs Stream to CEIC: View from Manila
Readers will recall the intensive 1990 Corporate Review exercise in which EAITC employees of all levels and streams were challenged to develop innovative approaches to promote the effective delivery of departmental programs within Canada and abroad. In transferring the Social Affairs Stream…
1992 Canadian Foreign Service Officer Award
Presentation of the 1992 Canadian Foreign Service Officer Award held in Ottawa on June 17, as well as one Special Commendation and three Citations, highlighted a number of themes.
