bout de papier, Volume 11, Issue No. 3, 1994
Ken Sunquist
KENNETH JOHN SUNQUIST WAS BORN to be a highly successful, top level, Canadian Trade Commissioner and diplomat— intelligent, congenial, reliable, effective, an intuitive inspirational leader who cared about people, and a nomad. He was never one to see life as a glass…
The Golden Years of Education Marketing: 1995–2000
Can you imagine that on the same day in different locations, former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, former Minister of International Trade Sergio Marchi and former Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy each were scheduled to give addresses on the importance of international education…
A Lonely Telex Leads to a Blockbuster File
EDUCATION MARKETING IS NOW A DYNAMIC DOSSIER, well established within International Trade activities at Global Affairs Canada (GAC). In a statement released on 22 August, 2019, the then Minister of Trade Diversification, Jim Carr, noted that “in 2018, more than 720,000 international…
Christian Sarrazin (1949–2017)
In Zurich, on September 18, 2017, surrounded by his family, Christian Sarrazin passed away peacefully of a rare neurological disease.
Frank Petrie
Born in Corner Brook in 1929 and raised in Grand Falls, Frank loved the outdoors, fishing and his extensive collection of stamps. He was very proud of his Newfoundland roots and remembered fondly his youth on the Rock, his parents and the…
Paul Dingledine
Paul became a Trade Commissioner in 1970 after completing a BA in Economics and an MBA at McMaster University. He worked for a year in the UK before joining the Foreign Service. I first met him in the early 1980s, shortly after…
Kathryn McCallion
“The doctor told me”, Kathryn said, “that 60 per cent of the women who get my kind of cancer come through fine; the other 40 per cent succumb — the dice rolled me into the latter crowd.” In early June we lost…
China Takeaways
When signed up for a posting to China back in 1999, there was still a debate going on. One of my favourite writers on the subject, Joe Studwell, pointed out that there is a long line of merchants from the days of…
Howard (Howie) Ross Wilson
As a former colleague and dear friend, this is being written with a heavy heart and deep sadness. Howie was born in Edmonton, Alta. He graduated with honours (B.A. Economics) in 1963 and joined the Trade Commissioner Service in 1964. His postings…
