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PAFSO Awards
Foreign Service Awards Brochure 2010
FS Awards Brochure FS Awards Brochure 
Guidelines for Nominations Guidelines for Nominations
FS Award Winners 1990-2010
Award Sponsors 2010
HOW TO NOMINATE
PAFSO Awards Brochure
The Canadian Foreign Service Officer Awards were instituted in 1990 by the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (PAFSO) to provide recognition by one's peers for exception achievement by an individual officer.
Eligibility: A nominee must be a career foreign service officer who is a member of the FS Group (including FSDP) and of PAFSO.
Criteria: A nominee will be judged on the basis of exceptional achievement in a specific circumstance and/or over the course of their career in the foreign service as exemplified through assignments both domestic and abroad. Reference can be made to, but is not restricted to, the following criteria:
* initiative and creativity;
* dedication to serving Canada and Canadians;
* effectiveness in interacting with cultures in which the officers has worked; and
* ability to inspire colleagues and professional contacts.
Nominations: PAFSO welcomes nominations from all interested parties including the Foreign Service, the private sector, NGOs, as well as the public.
There is no nomination form. To submit a nomination you must:
1. Send a signed letter, facsimile or email to:
Secretary, Awards Committee
The Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers
Suite 412, 47 Clarence Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 9K1 Canada.
Phone: (613) 241-1391 Fax: (613) 241-5911.
E-mail: awards@pafso-apase.com
2. Please supply the following information in your nomination:
- Name of nominee
- How has this person demonstrated his or her exception achievement? (Please give examples.)
3. For each nomination a minimum of two detailed letters of support will be required. You may also wish to provide names of others willing to support your candidate. (Please provide their full names, addresses, email addresses, facsimiles and phone numbers. They will be contacted by the Secretary to provide written letters of support.)
Selection: Nominations must be received by PAFSO by April 5, 2010. An independent panel of judges will select the winners of the Awards.
The winners of the Awards will each receive a framed certificate , a cash prize and a pin at a ceremony to be held in Ottawa by PAFSO before June 30.
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GUIDELINE FOR NOMINATIONS
Background: The Canadian Foreign Service Officer Awards were instituted in 1990 by the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (PAFSO) to provide recognition by one’s peers for exceptional achievement by an individual officer.
Selection Committee: The winners will be selected by a panel of distinguished judges, whose experience, in both the private and public sectors, gives them a unique perspective on the Canadian Foreign Service and the many roles its officers fulfill in Canada and overseas.
Who can nominate: Nominations are welcome from all interested parties including the Foreign Service, the private sector, NGOs, as well as the public.
Who is eligible: A nominee must be a career Foreign Service Officer in the Foreign Service category of the Public Service of Canada (including FSDP) and a member of PAFSO.
How to submit a nomination: There is no application form to be completed. A nomination takes the form of a narrative letter addressed to the Secretary of the PAFSO Awards Committee. An individual may nominate more than one candidate but each nomination must be made separately.
The judges' panel places considerable weight on the narrative. It should convey the special qualities of the nominee and describe clearly why the nominee is deserving of an Award.
A nominee will be judged on the basis of exceptional achievement in a specific circumstance and/or over the course of his/her career in the Foreign Service as exemplified through assignments both domestic and foreign. Reference can be made to but is not restricted to the following criteria:
- initiative and creativity;
- dedication to serving Canada and Canadians;
- effectiveness in interacting with cultures in which the officer has worked; and,
- ability to inspire colleagues and professional contacts.
A nomination should provide specific illustrations of the accomplishments that meet the above criteria and should answer, in as much detail as possible, the following questions:
1) Who is being nominated?
2) How has this person demonstrated his or her exceptional achievement?
For each nomination, a minimum of two detailed letters of support will be required. Please provide these substantive letters of support with your nomination. These letters should reinforce and expand upon the nomination of the candidate.
In addition to the two detailed letters, you may also wish to provide names of others willing to support your candidate (for example, peers of the nominee, colleagues in other government departments, from the private sector, NGOs, and other institutions with which the officer has interacted). If so, please provide their full names, mailing addresses, e-mail addresses, facsimiles and phone numbers. They will be contacted by the PAFSO Awards Secretary to provide written letters of support.
Letters of support received after May 5 will not be considered by the judges.
Submissions: Original, facsimile or e-mail nominations are acceptable.
Deadline for nominations: The deadline for nominations is April 5, 2010.
Nominations are to be submitted to:
Ms. Dilys Buckley-Jones, Secretary, PAFSO Awards Committee
The Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers
412-47 Clarence St.
Ottawa, ON K1N 9K1
T 613-241-1391 F 613-241-5911 e-mail: awards@pafso-apase.com
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FS Awards Winners 1990-2010:
2010: Patrice Nectous, Jordan Reeves, Bushra Saeed, Jean-Philippe Tachdjian
2009: Léonard Beaulne, Jason LaTorre, Soyoung Park and Frank Ruddock
2008: Tim Kilbourn, Joanne Lemay, Anne Martel and Michael Watts
2007: Gavin Buchan, Bernard Etzinger, Gilles Poirier and Dina Santos
2006: Sanjeev Chowdhury, Manon Dumas, Bruce Grundison and Stewart Henderson
2005: Nicolas Drouin, Karen Foss, Jean Jacques Gauthier and Andrew Smith
2004: Lisa Helfand, Steve Hibbard, Lynn Lawless and Éric Mercier
2003: Christopher Alexander, David Manicom, Eileen Olexiuk and Ron Willson
2002: Stephen Brereton, Ross Glasgow, Diane Harper and Andrée Vary
2001: David Angell, Douglas Challborn, Isabelle Roy, and Leslie Toope
2000: Daryl Copeland, Louis Dumas, Wendy Gilmour, and Kathleen O'Brien
1999: Kathryn Aleong, Éloi Arsenault, Don Myatt & Jim Bissett and Shelly Whiting
1998: Deborah Chatsis, Patricia Fortier, Don McGillivray,and Roman Waschuk
1997: David Bickford, Louise Leger, Guy Salesse, Ninon Valade
1996: Anne Arnott, Kerry Buck, Eduardo del Buey, Dominic Scott
1995: Jon Allen, Brian Casey, Nicholas Coghlan, William Pound
1994: Ian Burchett, Claudette Deschenes, Denis Gregoire de Blois, Carolyn McMaster
1993: Peter Boehm; Special Commendation: Lillian Zadravetz, Sam Hanson
Citations: Robert Peck, Georges Rioux, Bryan Burton
1992: David Turner; Special Commendation: Daniel Jean
Citations: David Hardinge, Mervyn Meadows, Rene-Francois Desamore
1991: Alexandra Bezerdi; Special Commendation: William Bowden. Citations: Guillermo Rishchynski, Claude Baillargeon
1990: Alexandra Bugailiskis & Daniel George; Citations: Gary Luton, Georges Paquet, Scott Mullin
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