Triple Sex & Other Tales from an Ambassador’s Wife

Triple Sex & Other Tales from an Ambassador’s Wife

HAVE YOU EVER OPENED A NEW BOOK and felt like you were sitting down with a dear friend over a glass or three of wine, nibbling on some divine snacks, shucking off your shoes, and shooting the breeze for the rest of…

The Dinner Party

The Dinner Party

JOHN AND I WERE EXCITED about our posting to the Canadian High Commission in Ghana, where John would serve as the deputy. I was determined to help him shine at our official functions.

Unmentionables

Unmentionables

Here are three excerpts from Not Mentioned in Dispatches / Confidences peu diplomatiques, the recently released collection of over 50 intriguing stories and anecdotes published by our colleague organization the Retired Heads of Mission Association (l’Association des chefs de mission a la…

So Much for Democracy

So Much for Democracy

In Kari Jones’ latest book for young adults she draws on the experience of a foreign service posting in Ghana with her family at the end of the 1970s, a period which coincided with the first coup by J.J. Rawlings. This should…

Janet Graham

Janet Graham

A Personal and Professional Tribute by Michael Dawson given at the Good Shephard Wakefield Anglican Church, November 18, 2009.

Diplomatie vice-royale en Afrique

Diplomatie vice-royale en Afrique

La visite de la Gouverneure générale du Canada la très honorable Michaëlle Jean en Algérie, au Mali, au Ghana, en Afrique du Sud et au Maroc, du 18 novembre au 11 décembre 2006, restera longtemps gravée dans nos mémoires.