bout de papier, Volume 16, Issue No. 3, 1999
African Chronicles – A Memoir
In the 1960s the Honourable and Reverend Walter McLean was the first field director and senior advisor for CUSO in West Africa, minister of the Presbyterian Church, chaplain to the University of Nigeria, and a peace envoy between the government of Eastern…
Robert Elliott
Born at Vibank in southern Saskatchewan on August 4, 1928, Robert took his secondary schooling in Regina and his B.A. in political science and history at the University of Saskatchewan in 1949. Sponsored by two of his university teachers, he attended a…
Thomas LeMesurier Carter, M.C.
Tom Carter died peacefully in hospital in The Hague, the Netherlands on May 18, 2005, after a brief bout with cancer. His funeral took place on May 23 at the Church of Saint Philip and Saint John, The Hague. He is buried…
Flora MacDonald
Le ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Commerce international a lancé un site Web éducatif destiné principalement aux enseignants et aux étudiants de niveau secondaire au Canada, mais dont une grande partie du contenu pourrait aussi intéresser un auditoire plus vaste. Les…
Learning the Ropes
It was 1979, and we were being posted to Lagos, Nigeria. The whole family came to the airport to see us off. Upon check-in, to my horror, I realized that one of our suitcases had been left behind in my parents’ driveway.…
Gilles Landry 1952-2000
Editor’s note: The Green Room at Canada House in London, renamed the Gilles Landry Room, will be dedicated to Gilles’ memory. It is the single largest reception room at Canada House and is also used for temporary exhibitions. This honour is a…
Michaelena McLaughlin Remembers
Once in Nigeria we visited a CUSO couple in the small village where they had been teaching for the past two years. We travelled from Lagos in the embassy’s 4-wheel drive vehicle, which seemed to be the only vehicle in sight. Our…
