Getting our Message Across
On May 21, 1987, the Professional Committee held an evening seminar on the relationship between the media and the foreign service. Chaired by David Adam, then Chairman of the Professional Committee and now Minister-Counsellor (Commercial) at the Canadian Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela,…
Making the Best of Media Interviews
Shocking is not too strong a word to describe the fact that the Soviet Union has been in firm control of the international communications agenda for some time. Moscow is now associated in many people’s minds with the Peace Conference, several offers…
A Brief Review of the 1986 World Exposition, Vancouver
A number of members of the Department of External Affairs were significantly involved in the 1986 World Exposition. The list ranged from the Minister himself, under whose authority the Exposition was held, to the Information Assistant in Dakar. Indeed there would have…
Canadian Athletes Get Support
In the past few years Canada has made an impact in international sport, winning 44 medals in the Los Angeles Olympics. In the course of their rise to international success, Canadian athletes have become accustomed to advice and support from the Department…
TVOntario: Not Just Another Network
No, TVOntario is not just like the CBC only smaller. And it’s not just like PBS only more educational. We are a unique hybrid, regulated federally by the CRIC but provincially constituted and funded as a result of provincial jurisdiction over education.
Journalist and Diplomat
The relationship between diplomat and journalist has always been marked by a certain ambivalence: while their method and manner of investigation can be quite different their pursuit for information and their subsequent dispatches can be quite similar. Last November the controversy was…
The Changing Role of the Diplomat
The Oxford Dictionnary defines diplomacy as “the management of international relations by negotiation: the method by which these relations are adjusted and managed by ambassadors and envoys.”
