Michael Rooney
Born Winnipeg, October 2, 1921. Died Ottawa, March 24, 2011, aged 89. Teacher, commentator and historian on Canada’s role in world affairs. Vigorous advocate of the cause of Palestine. Died of natural causes.
Canada, China and Charles Maxwell Forsyth-Smith
My cousin Max Forsyth-Smith died in December 2008. The Halifax Chronicle carried a brief account of his distinguished career with the Trade Commissioner Service. He was a descendent of Nathaniel Guy, a participant in Britain’s conquest of Jamaica in 1626, whose heirs,…
TRADEX: “Your Fund” Hits 50 – Célébrons la cinquantième!
Tradex was created 50 years ago this year. Establishing a mutual fund in 1960 was quite innovative as mutual funds were almost unknown at the time. Tom Fletcher was the man whose idea it was and he was the driving force in…
Missing the Bus: Making the Connection
As student, journalist, Canadian diplomat, and academic sabbaticant, our former colleague and now professor emeritus, Terry Keenleyside, tells us about connections with characters, humour, smells and tastes that compose memorable moments for him and his family as they discovered the world. The…
The Foreign Service and the United States or You want an exotic posting? Try this…
The great thing about a foreign service career is the opportunity to work abroad, representing Canada and assisting Canadians wherever they are. And Canadians are everywhere these days; ask the Consular Bureau!
John Small 1919–2006
Memories of John Small by Arthur Menzies at memorial service in Ottawa on 31 May 2006.
UN Day in the Philippines — 1958: Diplomatic Do Do
My first posting was to the Phillippines, in 1958, when our diplomatic accreditation was through the Ambassador in Tokyo. Canada was represented on the ground by a Consul General and me. I thus came, at an early stage, to be involved in…
Louis D. Burke 1927-1999
Along with his other friends and colleagues I was very sorry to hear that Lou Burke had passed on at the end of many months of coping with cancer, on December 29, 1999. The Service was held at the Ascension of Our…
John Stiles 1918-2000
John Stiles, who died in Ottawa on January 9, just a few days short of his 82nd birthday, spent his entire adult life, one way or another, in the service of Canada, but still found time to be a devoted family man…
As Far As Ever the Puffin Flew
Puffins are interesting birds. They are the provincial birds of Newfoundland and Labrador. Their beauty attracts tourists from Europe and Japan every summer. Their impact on the tourism industry exceeds that of whale watching. Every outport is home to puffins who each…
