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CIC Yukon: Supervising a Peace that Never Was: Canadian Diplomatic Pioneers in Southeast Asia, 1954-1973

November 25, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm MST

Monday Nov. 25, 5-7 pm, Yukonstruct

Supervising a Peace that Never Was: Canadian Diplomatic Pioneers in Southeast Asia, 1954-1973

Long before the Indo-Pacific was part of Canada’s foreign policy, and when Canada had only a handful of embassies in all of Asia, Canada already had a significant diplomatic presence in Southeast Asia. Canadian diplomats and the Canadian military played an important part of the tripartite International Control Commissions (ICC), established by the 1954 Geneva Accords to monitor the truce in the region following France’s departure from Indochina – Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. While the work itself was often frustrating, the participation of Canadian diplomats in the various ICC offices around the region, including Saigon, Hanoi, Vientiane and Phnom Penh, had a profound impact on Canada’s diplomatic corps and, in the long term, on the implementation of Canadian policy in Asia.

Join Phil Calvert, former Canadian ambassador to Thailand, Cambodia and Laos, as he discusses this little-known aspect of Canada’s diplomatic history in Asia. He and co-editors Nick Etheridge (who served in the ICC) and Helen Lansdowne, have brought together a collection of stories and memories from Canadian diplomats who served in the ICC.

The ebook is published by the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives at the University of Victoria, and is available at no cost at https://www.uvic.ca/research/centres/capi/assets/docs/books/supervising-a-peace-that-never-was.pdf.

Details

  • Date: November 25, 2024
  • Time:
    5:00 pm - 7:00 pm MST

Venue

  • Yukonstruct

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