PR Isfeld
@dippassport.bsky.social
#Canadian, diplomat, labour leader, dog-lover, #Writer ISO rep for CAPTIVES. Personal views. Website: prisfeld.ca
Still up and running, now endowed thanks to you! We want to support even more #Indigenous scholars looking at careers in the #ForeignService of #Canada
Want to take concrete action on #Reconciliation? Please consider contributing to the Deborah Chatsis Indigenous Scholarship,and help ensure that Indigenous people are properly represented in Canada's Foreign Service. #GivingTuesday pafso-apase.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?...
AMBCANADA-PAFSO Deborah Chatsis Indigenous Scholarship in International Affairs - Carleton FutureFunder
The Deborah Chatsis Indigenous Scholarship was established in 2021 in partnership with the Canadian Ambassadors Alumni Association (AMB CANADA) and The Professional Association of Foreign Service Work...
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December 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Still up and running, now endowed thanks to you! We want to support even more #Indigenous scholars looking at careers in the #ForeignService of #Canada
This #GivingTuesday please consider supporting this scholarship to honour the intelligence, commitment and generosity of Black diplomat CJ Scott, who was a former member of #PAFSO 's ExCom (and my friend). We miss her. futurefunder.carleton.ca/campaigns/c-...
C.J. Scott Memorial Award in International Relations and Diplomacy - Carleton FutureFunder
futurefunder.carleton.ca
December 2, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This #GivingTuesday please consider supporting this scholarship to honour the intelligence, commitment and generosity of Black diplomat CJ Scott, who was a former member of #PAFSO 's ExCom (and my friend). We miss her. futurefunder.carleton.ca/campaigns/c-...
On #GivingTuesday please consider supporting our Deborah Chatsis Indigenous Scholarship to ensure the Indigenous people of Canada are properly represented in our foreign service. futurefunder.carleton.ca/giving-fund/...
AMBCANADA-PAFSO Deborah Chatsis Indigenous Scholarship in International Affairs - Carleton FutureFunder
The Deborah Chatsis Indigenous Scholarship was established in 2021 in partnership with the Canadian Ambassadors Alumni Association (AMB CANADA) and The Professional Association of Foreign Service Work...
futurefunder.carleton.ca
December 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
On #GivingTuesday please consider supporting our Deborah Chatsis Indigenous Scholarship to ensure the Indigenous people of Canada are properly represented in our foreign service. futurefunder.carleton.ca/giving-fund/...
Eager for more details on plans for long overdue revamp of the #ForeignService and #CanadianFP #pafso #diplomacy
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More details needed about Carney's plans to revamp foreign service,…
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May 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Eager for more details on plans for long overdue revamp of the #ForeignService and #CanadianFP #pafso #diplomacy
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Is "pre-nostalgia" a word? Sadness over things I know I am going to miss.
The reason why older generations burnt the shit out of their meat and boiled the shit out of their vegetables, was your kid died if you didn't.
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
"The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat."
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
April 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Is "pre-nostalgia" a word? Sadness over things I know I am going to miss.
PSA.
April 22, 2025 at 3:21 AM
PSA.
Love this concept of working on systems rather than people, since most people will follow the processes laid out for them. It could also take away some of the shame an individual might feel from being told they're "doing it wrong."
Siri Chilazi, co-author of "Make Work Fair," recommends debiasing systems instead of humans. (Our behavior is influenced by the systems around us. And it’s more effective to make processes more inclusive than to change individuals.)
This week's 5 Ally Actions newsletter will have specific ideas.
This week's 5 Ally Actions newsletter will have specific ideas.
April 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Love this concept of working on systems rather than people, since most people will follow the processes laid out for them. It could also take away some of the shame an individual might feel from being told they're "doing it wrong."
Good news for the national interest. PAFSO members will be there to support #Canada at the next rounds of these negotiations. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/read...
Prime Minister Carney speaks with President of the United States Donald J. Trump
The leaders agreed to begin comprehensive negotiations about a new economic and security relationship immediately following the election.
www.pm.gc.ca
March 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Good news for the national interest. PAFSO members will be there to support #Canada at the next rounds of these negotiations. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/read...
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Underestimate us at your peril... 😍
Today my 4.5 year old announced to his mother that we can't buy his favourite American-made noodles because, "The USA is mean to us."
Yes, we have indoctrinated him in this household.
Yes, we have indoctrinated him in this household.
February 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Underestimate us at your peril... 😍
Heartfelt sympathies to our USAID counterparts who are facing such a profound lack of respect for the good they have done in the world and their service to their nation.
afsa.org/statement-af...
afsa.org/statement-af...
Statement by AFSA on Decision to Dismantle USAID | American Foreign Service Association
For Immediate Release February 3, 2025 Contact: Communications Director Nikki Gamer | Cell #: (978) 884-0003 | [email protected] Washington, D.C. – The American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) strongl...
afsa.org
February 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Heartfelt sympathies to our USAID counterparts who are facing such a profound lack of respect for the good they have done in the world and their service to their nation.
afsa.org/statement-af...
afsa.org/statement-af...
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American health workers looking to relocate? Doorway to practice medicine in Canada 🇨🇦
We have job openings nationwide. www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...
We have job openings nationwide. www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...
Canada announces new immigration stream specific to health workers
Communities across Canada need health workers. The health field is one of several key sectors of Canada’s labour force which is facing unprecedented shortages. To help respond to this challenge, last ...
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February 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
American health workers looking to relocate? Doorway to practice medicine in Canada 🇨🇦
We have job openings nationwide. www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...
We have job openings nationwide. www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...
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Lesson 1: Do not obey in advance.
Thread of lessons from my book #OnTyranny. Written in 2016.
Thread of lessons from my book #OnTyranny. Written in 2016.
November 23, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Lesson 1: Do not obey in advance.
Thread of lessons from my book #OnTyranny. Written in 2016.
Thread of lessons from my book #OnTyranny. Written in 2016.
Want to take concrete action on #Reconciliation? Please consider contributing to the Deborah Chatsis Indigenous Scholarship,and help ensure that Indigenous people are properly represented in Canada's Foreign Service. #GivingTuesday pafso-apase.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?...
AMBCANADA-PAFSO Deborah Chatsis Indigenous Scholarship in International Affairs - Carleton FutureFunder
The Deborah Chatsis Indigenous Scholarship was established in 2021 in partnership with the Canadian Ambassadors Alumni Association (AMB CANADA) and The Professional Association of Foreign Service Work...
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December 3, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Want to take concrete action on #Reconciliation? Please consider contributing to the Deborah Chatsis Indigenous Scholarship,and help ensure that Indigenous people are properly represented in Canada's Foreign Service. #GivingTuesday pafso-apase.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?...
The continuing challenge of not sticking your head in the sand vs not ramping up unnecessary anxiety about things you can't control... if anybody has this one figured out please let me know your secret.
"Speculation is not the function of journalism. It is what an anxious brain does, worrying about all the ways things could go wrong, sending the worrier into a panicked and angry state,” writes Noah Hawley:
Journalism’s What If Problem
Too many reporters are writing fiction.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2024 at 3:53 PM
The continuing challenge of not sticking your head in the sand vs not ramping up unnecessary anxiety about things you can't control... if anybody has this one figured out please let me know your secret.
LOL, true that framing is everything.
November 24, 2024 at 1:53 AM
LOL, true that framing is everything.
Diplomats shouldn't have to shame their employer into providing adequate health insurance, but here we are...
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ottawacitizen.com/opinion/isfe...
November 22, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Diplomats shouldn't have to shame their employer into providing adequate health insurance, but here we are...
ottawacitizen.com/opinion/isfe...
ottawacitizen.com/opinion/isfe...
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“Free speech not free screech.” Love it.
Yeah it's "free speech", not "free screech".
Anyone shrieking in my face like an asshole will get a fire-extinguisher to *their* face (the block function).
No manners, we banners. Uphold/enforce the social contract: if you can't play nice, nobody wants to play with you..
Anyone shrieking in my face like an asshole will get a fire-extinguisher to *their* face (the block function).
No manners, we banners. Uphold/enforce the social contract: if you can't play nice, nobody wants to play with you..
November 17, 2024 at 8:21 PM
“Free speech not free screech.” Love it.
Joining in the “post a picture with no description” thing.
November 17, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Joining in the “post a picture with no description” thing.
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Some genuinely terrible people whining about the "block culture" here on Bluesky is how you know the block culture is working, keep blocking those genuinely terrible people, folks, soon the only people they'll be able to bother here is each other
November 16, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Some genuinely terrible people whining about the "block culture" here on Bluesky is how you know the block culture is working, keep blocking those genuinely terrible people, folks, soon the only people they'll be able to bother here is each other
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This seems like a good plan.
November 17, 2024 at 8:21 PM
This seems like a good plan.