President’s Message // Mot du président
La mise en place d’un nouveau gouvernement, le 4 novembre 2015, a ranimé chez bon nombre de fonctionnaires des sentiments de professionnalisme et de fierté depuis longtemps endormis. Le signal était clair — les fonctionnaires devaient faire partie intégrante de la solution…
Michael Chesson
Editor’s Note: The following is adapted from the tribute by Rodney Moore at the funeral for Michael Chessons held in Ottawa on February 20, 2015.
Sumeeta Chandavarkar
Colleagues and friends were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Sumeeta Chandavarkar, who passed away unexpectedly in Ottawa on November 16, 2014 at the age of 43. She leaves her husband David Moodie, her parents Shyamsunder and Sujata Chandavarkar, her…
Les Prix de l’APASE 2015 // PAFSO Awards 2015
Le mercredi 10 juin 2015, 270 collègues et invités se sont réunis pour célébrer l’excellence au sein du service extérieur canadien lors du dîner de remise des Prix de l’APASE 2015. C’est au son de la cornemuseur-majeure des Sons of Scotland, Bethany…
Le grand saut!
J’ai toujours apprécié la diversité des affectations au MAECD. La possibilité de changer de responsabilités, de dossiers et parfois de pays de résidence régulièrement me plait et me motive. Mais mon plus récent changement de poste est probablement le plus important et…
A Quiet Kill
A QUIET KILL: A FORSYTH AND HAY MYSTERY, by Janet Brons, TouchWood Editions, 2014, 192 pp., $14.95.
Paul Dingledine
Paul became a Trade Commissioner in 1970 after completing a BA in Economics and an MBA at McMaster University. He worked for a year in the UK before joining the Foreign Service. I first met him in the early 1980s, shortly after…
Living on Adrenalin
Canadian Immigration Foreign Service Officers, tasked with saving a large number of Indochinese refugees, conducted a humanitarian effort of enormous scale in circumstances
Lest We Forget // Souvenons-nous
I vividly recall a post-dinner discussion among senior US Air Force Officers on how best to remember fallen comrades. The discussion took place at a graduation ceremony in Washington, DC, in the early 2000s, mere weeks after 9/11. The attack on the…
Fresh Start? // Un nouveau départ?
Much has been written about John Baird’s abrupt departure and the nature of his legacy. Many have articulated ideas on how to repair our foreign policy and restore Canada’s once proud role internationally.
