Un regard canadien sur le monde // The World Through Canadian Eyes
CONCOURS DE PHOTO DE L’APASE 2012 / 2012 PAFSO PHOTO CONTEST Un regard canadien sur le monde /
The Foreign Service Community Association: la connaissez-vous?
Established in 1976, the Foreign Service Community Association (FSCA/ACSE) is a volunteer-based organization fostering a sense of community among members from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) headquarters employees, other Canadian public servants working abroad, and their spouses.
Les Prix de l’APASE 2012 – Reconnaissance de l’excellence // 2012 PAFSO Awards – Celebrating Excellence
On Thursday, June 7th, 260 colleagues and guests gathered to celebrate excellence in the Canadian Foreign Service at the 2012 PAFSO Dinner and Awards. Pipe Major of the Sons of Scotland, Bethany Bisaillion, piped in guests for another outstanding evening in the…
The President’s Message // Mot du Président
+ a aa que, contrairement a la plupart des autres groupes professionnels de la fonction publique fédérale, les employés du groupe FS n’auront pas à subir de réduction forcée de leur nombre; autrement dit, aucun des 1 400 membres du groupe ne…
Votre Excellence!
As the Olympics demonstrated marvellously, striving to do our level best should be the goal in whatever we undertake. That may sound hopelessly Pollyanna, but is it any less true? So in this issue we focus on excellence: individually here and now,…
Assessing Budget 2012 // Les implications du budget 2012
deliver on Canadas = international agenda, and how it sees the place of the Foreign Service within the wider public service.
Reinventing Ourselves // Se réinventer
Every Foreign Service seems at a crossroads, perhaps we always have been. Coming to one can be a good thing, giving the traveller the choice of four cardinal directions. But the climate in Canada’s Foreign Service, post Budget, seems different. It is…
Le concours de photos 2011 — Canada in the World
PAFSO’s “Canada in the World” Contest set a new record with over 200 photos submitted. bout was proud to publish the winning photos of the 2010 Contest and Even more so this year. La photo primée de cette année a été prise…
Mettons la diplomatie en valeur
In assuming the presidency of PAFSO I wish to thank my predecessor Pam Isfeld for her leadership and commitment to the interests of Canada’s foreign service. I know that I arrive at a critical juncture. The results of the government’s Strategic and…
Summer Review
The summer of 2011 is an interesting one for PAFSO and its members for many reasons. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has gone on record saying that international affairs will play a key role in his new government as it faces its new…
