Editor’s Notebook // Carnet du rédacteur
L’APASE a connu un énorme roulement du personnel, cet automne — elle a notamment perdu son président et la directrice générale de son Comité exécutif, sans compter le rédacteur et le smembres du Comité de rédaction de bout de papier.
The Foreign Service Directives: Prospects for Mutual Benefit
The following is an edited excerpt from PAFSO’s brief on the reform of the Public Service submitted in April to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.
A $50 Million Foreign Service Idea
Dennis Baker, Ron Berlet and Ray Guy, three long time members of Canada’s Foreign Service, have at least one thing in common. All have been Presidents of Tradex Investment Fund Ltd., a mutual fund originally created exclusively for Foreign Service Officers, but…
Opening Night for the Canadian Foreign Service Officer Award
It proved to be the best summer party the Pearson Building has seen in years. On Thursday, June 14th, PAFSO hosted the inaugural ceremony for its new Canadian Foreign Service Officer Award. The turn-out was tremendous. PAFSO members from all streams and…
Life After Corporate Review
The PASO Executive and membership in Ottawa were actively involved in discussing Corporate Review both amongst ourselves, and with Management. As a result, the opinions of members were sought and passed to Management. In addition, PAFSO has formed a Working Group to…
Editor’s Notebook // Carnet du rédacteur
Une fois de plus et, pour la deuxième année consécutive, bout de papier a gagné le « New York Art Director’s Award for Creativity ». Le numéro gagnant était le volume 7 n° 3 avec les deux brésiliens sur la couverture. Ce…
PAFSO Professional Committee Breakfast Seminars: Spring Preview
The PAFSO Professional Committee is pleased to announce an excellent line up of Breakfast Seminars for the coming months.
Managing Managers: The PAFSO Evaluation Guide (PEG)
There exists a fundamental asymmetry within the Department of External Affairs. The formal appraisal system, like many other aspects of bureaucratic process, works primarily from the top down. This detrimentally affects not only the employee’s ability to make an informed assignment decision,…
Doing Better With Less in the 1990’s
Can we do better with less in the 1990’s? This was the topic that drew a capacity crowd of 200 to an evening seminar on February 6, including all 3 Deputy Ministers and many senior managers. Facing the growing demands of the…
Editor’s Notebook
bout has come a long way since it first emerged as a gestetnered information bulletin back in 1973. bout is continuing to evolve in an effort to continue to meet the changing interests of the PAFSO membership — both our internal concerns,…
