Sun: Fat Cats on Strike

Brian Lilley has no sympathy.

http://www.edmontonsun.com/2013/07/30/these-strikers-hard-done-by-hardly

TCS Class of 1931-32

Dana Wilgress, a manager pictured here in 1931, joined TCS just before WW1. His first posting was to Omsk, Siberia where he hoped to sell farm and forestry equipment. When the Canadian Army and a detachment of RCMP were dispatched to Vladivostok late in 1918 to support the allied invasion of the Soviet Union, Wilgress was ordered to find billets for them. He took the Trans-Siberian Railway thither and found the necessary billets, including one in the local jail for Canadian Army Private Raymond Massey (see photo in Massey's autobiography). Wilgress eventually became High Commissioner to London. A copy of his autobiography is available in the DFTAD library (formerly DFAIT).

TCS Class of 1930-31

There are two class photos for this group  -- extra good-looking, perhaps.

TCS Class of 1921-22

Looking for George Shannon

Does anyone have a contact point for George Shannon?

If so, please let me know (johnhughlang@gmail.com) - jl

HOM Appointments

July 12, 2013 - Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today announced the following diplomatic appointments:

Philippe Beaulne becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal.

Andrée Cooligan becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Finland.

David Devine becomes Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Yves Gagnon becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Cuba.

Nicole Giles becomes High Commissioner in the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and Representative to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), with concurrent accreditation as Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname.

Lisa Helfand becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Hungary.

Deborah Lyons becomes Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

Jennifer MacIntyre becomes Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation.

Peter McGovern becomes Ambassador to the Italian Republic and Permanent Representative to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Food Programme and the International Fund for Agricultural Development, with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of San Marino, and High Commissioner in the Republic of Malta.

Isabelle Poupart becomes Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, in Vienna.

Neil Reeder becomes Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines.

Bruno Saccomani becomes Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Iraq.

Stuart Savage becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Guatemala, with concurrent accreditation as High Commissioner in Belize.

Biographical notes on the appointees follow.

http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2013/07/12b.aspx

Our Condolences to colleague, Peter Furesz

"Dina Vargas Price passed away on July 6, 2013 in Santiago, Chile, at the age of 47. Dina was the spouse of Peter Furesz, Trade Program Manager at the Embassy of Canada in Santiago (STAGO).

Dina was a woman of great strength, optimism and warmth, who always knew how to overcome her inevitable fate of fragile health. STAGO colleagues are deeply saddened by the passing of Dina who will leave a great void among them.

In lieu of flowers, donations would be welcomed at the Chilean institution Hogar de Niñas, Las Creches (in Spanish) or sending an email to eliana@lascreches.cl."