bout de papier, Volume 16, Issue No. 2, 1999
bout de papier, Volume 17, Issue No. 2, 2000
The Post-COVID Environment
THE WORST OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC is now hopefully behind us, at least for those of us who reside in Canada. The Canadian foreign service has risen to the challenge during these trying times, demonstrating the importance of a vital, dynamic, adaptable…
A New Beginning
IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, much to my surprise, I was asked to become editor-in-chief of bout de papier. My appointment came more than 30 years after my first term as editor of bout, which was then a publication in its infancy,…
Imaginer un service heureux
LE PRÉSIDENT DE L’UNIVERSITÉ DE TORONTO, Méric Gertler, exposait récemment sa vision des compétences clés pour le monde du travail. La communication efficace, le travail d’équipe, la créativité et l’éthique figuraient en tête de lice, avant les habiletés techniques issues des disciplines…
Guerilla Communications and Spokespersonry
GUERILLA COMMUNICATIONS, by Eduardo del Buey, 2014, Friesen Press, Victoria, B.C., 155 pp.
Canada’s Fast Fading Footprint
When the Canadian government tabled its main estimates for the year 2013-14, it revealed that it intended to reduce the budget of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade by $270 million or slightly more than 10 per cent. If this…
Thirty Years On: Reflections on DFAIT and the Diplomatic Prospect
Editor’s Note: As an independent voice of the Foreign Service, bout has a special responsibility to cover issues that concern the Foreign Service professionally, including those raised in Daryl Copeland’s thought provoking “30 years”. Daryl invites a response in his piece. Although…
“Get the Bridge”: Real Life Diplomacy in Detroit
En septembre 2010, j’ai eu la chance de devenir consul général a Détroit, à la suite de deux mandats à notre ambassade à Washington (tout récemment à titre de ministre responsable des relations avec le Congrès et des relations publiques et intergouvernementales)…
Fake Lake Follies
Editor’s Note: PAFSO Canadian Foreign Service Officer Award recipient Sanjeev Chowdhury, now Director General, Summits, spoke to a PAFSO Professional Committee breakfast gathering in October 2010. It was an often humorous take on some serious issues, on Staging back-to-back summits successfully, and…
