bout de papier, Volume 6, Issue No. 4, 1989
L’avenir du Service extérieur
BEAUCOUP D’EAU A COULÉ SOUS les ponts depuis la rédaction de mon dernier message pour bout de papier. Un élément positif : nous avons signé une solide convention collective avec l’employeur à la fin de juin. Cette convention, qui sera en vigueur…
What’s next for bout de papier?
IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE to see the latest issue of bout de papier finally come out. It has been a bit of a struggle on multiple fronts, but I am hoping that the way forward will be both smoother and quicker.…
The Foreign Service in a VUCA World
THE ACRONYM VUCA — volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous — was coined by the US military to describe the world after the end of the Cold War. Three decades and two pandemic years later, the concept resonates with professionals in most fields.…
Concours de photos de l’APASE 2021
LE THÈME DU CONCOURS CETTE ANNÉE, La prochaine normalité, visait à donner aux membres de l’APASE une occasion de démontrer leurs compétences photographiques en captant ce qu’ils voyaient émerger comme notre vie post-pandémique. Nos juges étaient intéressés à voir à travers leurs…
The AMBCANADA–PAFSO Deborah Chatsis Indigenous Scholarship in International Affairs
AMBCANADA (THE CANADIAN AMBASSADORS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION) AND PAFSO are extremely proud of the Deborah Chatsis Indigenous Scholarship in International Affairs at Carleton University. Originally an initiative of AMBCANADA in 2020 PAFSO gave its support and full endorsement of the scholarship late last…
Interesting Times for Canada’s Foreign Service
THE LAST TIME I WROTE to bout de papier readers, much of the world was in the middle of a third wave, but vaccine administration was ramping up, and even Bill Gates was predicting that the world would be back to normal…
Looking Back and Looking Ahead
I don’t know quite how it happened that I have come to be the Editor-in-Chief of bout de papier replacing my friend Dan Livermore. But I have and I am and now I have to get on with it.
The Light at the End of the Tunnel
WE’VE BEEN DEALING WITH the COVID-19 pandemic for more than a year, and much of the world is in the middle of a third wave. At the same time, vaccine administration is finally ramping up, and even Bill Gates predicts that the…
Concours de photos de l’APASE 2020
LE THÈME DU CONCOURS CETTE ANNÉE, Vision 2020, visait à donner aux membres de l’APASE une occasion de démontrer leurs compétences photographiques en captant comment les particularités de 2020 ont impacté leur expérience unique de la vie des agents du service extérieur…
