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Governance and Innovation in Africa
THIS BOOK MOVES from overview pieces to essays dealing in greater depth with key challenges. Demographic change, education and youth merit three separate chapters, acknowledging their centrality to South Africa’s future. Unemployment, the plight of women and children, health, safety and security…
Ron MacLean 1928–2004
The following was read by J.H. (Si) Taylor at the service for Ron MacLean.
Charles Woodsworth 1909–2005
Charles Woodsworth, journalist and diplomat, died on January 4, 2005 at his home in Puyvert, southern France. The son of J.S. Woodsworth, founder of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, the predecessor of the NDP, Charles had a long and distinguished career in journalism…
Blazes Along A Diplomatic Trail: A Memoir Of Four Posts In The Canadian Foreign Service
One of the most persistent and disagreeable of the myths relating to the foreign service has it that “diplomats” spend most of their time in various forms of fancy dress at vacuous parties and pointless ceremonies. That the myth is based on…
Harry Carter 1918-2001
The following is from the eulogy by Blair Seaborn at the service for Harry Carter on January 13, 2001.
Sport and Canadian Diplomacy
In 1956, when six nations withdrew from the Melbourne Olympic Games in protest at military aggression by the USSR in Hungary, and by the UK, France and Israel in Egypt, Avery Brundage, the long-time President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said:
