Les Prix de l’APASE 2014 – 25e anniversaire // 2014 PAFSO Awards – 25th anniversary
event photography by Gordon King
Réinventer le service extérieur du Canada : What Needs Doing Now
Budget 2013 announced the amalgamation of DFAIT and CIDA. This offers a real opportunity to reshape the structure and management of the department’s workforce. In PAFSO’s view, the first immediate objective should be to address harmful inconsistencies in classification and staffing which…
You Missed the Point – ouphhh!
You Missed the Point — ouphhh!
Gotham’s Pinstriped Garbage Collectors and other Striking Tales
Editor’s Note: The Canadian Foreign Service, its officers, other staff and family members have a long history of voluntarism spanning the globe. The recent strike offered another opportunity for many to pitch in. Memorably, Team Canada in Gotham and “en grève”, set…
“Post-Mortem” Interview with PAFSO President Tim Edwards
dent de VAPASE, Tim Edwards, s’est déroulée en anglais et, par Note de la rédaction : l’interview de bout de papier avec le prési langue que nous la reproduisons ici. Merci de votre compréhensouci d’espace, d’économie et d’autres contraintes, c’est dans cette…
Winter winds – Les vents d’hiver
Roland Paris, Director of the University of Ottawa’s Centre for International Policy Studies, argued in a recent blog that Canada has no foreign policy — which begs the question: of what use is a Foreign Ministry without one? It also underscores the…
Les Prix de l’APASE 2013 – Reconnaissance de l’excellence // 2013 PAFSO Awards – Celebrating Excellence
On Thursday, June 13th, 270 colleagues and guests gathered to celebrate excellence in the Canadian Foreign Service at the 2013 PAFSO Dinner and Awards. Pipe Major of the Sons of Scotland, Bethany Bisaillion, piped in guests for another outstanding evening in the…
Celebrating 40 years – bout célèbre ses 40 ans
bout de papier célèbre cette année son 40° anniversaire — l’humble publication qui, au début des années 1970, a vu le jour comme outil servant à communiquer des rajustements administratifs à une collectivité du service extérieur en mission partout dans le monde…
Good Faith, Fair Play and Hard Work
In 35 years with Canada’s Foreign Service I could count real ideologues amongst us on one hand, (and I might be exaggerating), but I would estimate the number of patriots at roughly 99.9 per cent. If I were to summarize our ethos…
The Foreign Service Strikes for Equal Pay
In mid-March, the 1,350 members of the Foreign Service occupational group voted 82% in favour of job action to bolster our position at the bargaining table. Nearly 75% of members cast a ballot. This follows a year and a half of contract…
