bout de papier, Volume 4, Issue No. 1, 1985
The Singing Diplomat: Moose Peru
The 1985 musical phenomenon “We Are The World” marked a watershed moment in global musical history and in public diplomacy – hundreds of artists coming together around the world to raise consciousness about the serious plight of east Africans facing severe drought…
The Ambassador’s Word — Hostage Crisis in Peru, 1996–1997
Big and little heroes/heroines of the Canadian Foreign Service are at work every day in or out of Ottawa engaged in the many crises of our global village. Occasionally an event occurs and someone steps up to the plate to become that…
Benjamin Rogers 1911–2004
The following text was read by Mr. Menzies at the Memorial service for Benjamin Rogers at St. Andrew’s Church, Ottawa, on January 3, 2005.
Light Stories
66 our lights were on. I thought you were going to pull something on us,” said the man with a hard stare and, without a hint of apology or nervousness, moved the safety of the .45 gun back to its locked status.…
On The Road
In the late 1980s, the Malaysian Automobile Association periodically staged road-rallies-cum-treasure-hunts. The goal of the exercise was to decipher cryptic clues en circuitous route from Kuala Lumpur to distant points (in this case, Penang) while participating in a scavenger hunt. An added…
A Short Walk in the Cordillera Huayhuash
Two hundred and fifty kilometres north of Lima, the Cordillera Huayhuash (pronounced Way-Wash) is a remote corner of the Andes that contains some of the most spectacular peaks on the continent. Long a mecca for European climbers in the Southern winter (when…
Beyond the Walls: Architectural Rambles Abroad
Cast your mind back to your first foreign posting. Sifting through the memories, extract that single feature which most forcefully and subtly shaped your perception of that society.
Llamas and Lunch in Bolivia and Peru
I was hired on subcontract with the World Bank in Washington, to produce a slide show. It would eventually be translated into 22 different languages, to be used by professors in Third World Universities as a guide to making their own slide…
We Are the World
Two years ago this was the thought on the minds of many people. The songs written and recorded for the starving children of Africa, the discovery by rock stars and media personalities of “alternative diplomacy” and the transition of many “baby boomers”…
