Ailish Campbell
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Ambassador of Canada to the European Union 🇨🇦🇪🇺 Ambassadrice du Canada auprès de l’UE • Mom • @AspenInstitute Fellow • International Trade 🌏 Views mine
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Is it 2022 or 1982? 😵💫
Me: Hello, it’s Ambassador Campbell for [Senior official].
Senior official: Good, I will hold for him.
Me: It is the Ambassador.
Sr official: Yes, please put him on the line.
Me: This IS the Ambassador.
#Equality
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Your support is wonderful 🙌 Now keep going.
#Equality
is built by your actions and your leadership. Who will you act to include? What are your blind spots? At the global level, effective
#diplomacy
requires far more diversity. Let’s not rest until we have it.
#leadership
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Proud and honoured to be asked to represent Canada as Ambassador designate to the EU 🇨🇦🇪🇺 I join colleagues around the world in promoting the values and interests of our great nation. So much work to do! The health & safety of Canadians is more vital than ever.
Minister of Foreign Affairs announces new diplomatic appointments.
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@FinnyII
It’s just every day stuff, agree. Not
@MargaretAtwood
level. You may enjoy that when the senior official finally realised the Ambassador was a woman he said, “Ah, I did hear Canada has a woman Ambassador.” Yes, indeed, many of us!
#Equality
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First day in the office after two weeks of quarantine, following 🇨🇦 guidelines. I join a wonderful line of Canadian Ambassadors to the EU 🇪🇺 many of whom have been mentors and friends. Honoured to work with such a dedicated team
@Canada2EU
.
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An honour to host PM Trudeau in Brussels this week for meetings with leaders of the European Union and for his address to
@Europarl_EN
🇨🇦🇪🇺 Our focus remains on our united support to Ukraine & Ukrainian people
@Canada2EU
. “We cannot let Ukraine down.” 🇺🇦
#StandWithUkraine
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Thrilled to be Canada's Chief Trade Commissioner. Excited to work with Canadian companies & incredible team
@CanadaTrade
@TCS_SDC
.
#trade
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Bricklin SV-1 broke down in the Tim Horton’s drive-through. Husband, who is from New Brunswick where the Bricklin was manufactured, is as excited as a little kid to see one & is jumping out to push it. Feel like this could be the start of a 🇨🇦 Heritage Minute.
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Last stop before leaving Ottawa. Our posting to the European Union 🇪🇺 is approached with deep respect for those who fought for
#peace
. My grandfather George, who served WWII in Italy & France in the 🇨🇦 infantry, would be proud of all those today working for liberty & freedom.
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Warm welcome to
@SaraWilshaw
who joins us as Deputy Chief Trade Commissioner
@TCS_SDC
. Sara brings deep experience in senior leadership roles incl NAFTA advocacy, ConGen in Dallas, head of trade in New Delhi, India, and postings to the WTO and Japan. Welcome back Sara! 🇨🇦🌏
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Volunteered this morning to help with
#boisdelacambre
cleanup. Lots of broken glass on paths. Parents, runners & dogs 🐶 will need to be careful. Thank you to cleanup crews. For those using the park please take your litter & garbage with you ♻️Be friendly to the
#environment
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How wonderful to share a bit of our beautiful
#Canada
with President
@vonderleyen
after the leaders Summit. Time in the great outdoors is so good for the spirit! 🍁🌊 What a spectacular trail
@ParksCanada
has created on Signal Hill
#Newfoundland
.
#nature
🌿
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Honoured to present credentials to European Commission President
@vonderleyen
. Canada & the EU 🇨🇦🇪🇺 are united by shared values & commitment to democracy, multilateralism, rights & freedoms. Will work tirelessly on solutions that make us stronger 🕊🌿healthier & more inclusive.
Ambassador
@Ailish_Campbell
presented her credentials to European Commission President
@vonderleyen
and thanked the EU for the continuing close
#CanadaEU
collaboration and partnership.
#StrongerTogether
📸
@EU_Commission
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It was an honour to serve 🇨🇦 exporters as Chief Trade Commissioner
@TCS_SDC
. Thank you Ministers Ng, Carr & Champagne for your drive to diversify trade. The expertise of our global team is inspiring. 🙏 for securing 🌏 supply chains during the pandemic. Welcome
@SaraWilshaw
🙌
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Looked up from my desk to catch a glorious orange & pink sunset from
@Canada2EU
offices 🧡
#Bruxelles
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Missing the fall colours back home🇨🇦 This lone maple tree here in Brussels will give you a taste. Imagine lakes surrounded by red, orange & golden leaves 🍂🍁
#AutumnColors
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Women undergo unequal treatment every second of every day. Now is the time for men and societies to treat women with
#equality
and the respect they have earned. We must all do better. I stand with women and for
#WomensRights
and will always make sure to
#GiveHerASeat
.
A diplomatic faux pas that left European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen without a chair as male counterparts took their seats at a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stirred controversy in Brussels. | Read more:
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@ruffoloj
I’m sure it’s in the mail, John ✉️ But too busy forging ahead to worry about it! 🇨🇦🌍
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Honoured to present credentials to
@eucopresident
Charles Michel. Canada & the EU 🇨🇦🇪🇺 are united by our shared values & commitment to democracy, multilateralism, rights & freedoms. Promise to work tirelessly on solutions that make us stronger 🕊🌿 healthier & more inclusive.
Amb-designate
@Ailish_Campbell
presented her credentials to
@eucopresident
Charles Michel today. Canada 🇨🇦 and the EU 🇪🇺are long-standing partners and friends and we look forward to continuing our work together.
#CanadaEU
📷
@EUCouncil
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An honour to receive this award from
@Startup_Canada
. To exporting entrepreneurs: our team
@TCS_SDC
in 160+ offices 🌏 is your IBD team. To Trade Commissioners around the world: keep being amazing and ambitious for our 🇨🇦 clients! 🙏
#gratitude
#TeamTrade
#StartupCanAwards
Dr.
@Ailish_Campbell
has focused her career on making global trade more accessible to everyone, by supporting strategic partnerships to elicit the success of Canadian companies in the global markets
#StartupCanada
#StartupCanAwards
#Grandfinale
#Toronto
@QuickBooksCA
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@CFIB
Thank you & we will keep going, Dan
💪 Women-led small business owners are a big source of inspiration to me. This reminds me to make an intro to best-selling author
@KathrynFinney
. Keep building!
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Flew parallel to another flight across the Atlantic.
#Aviation
will never cease to amaze me. Every flight feels like a miracle when we go up. Clearly I did not study physics.
#planespotting
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Christmas lights 🎄⭐️ in
#Brussels
. Despite covid restrictions and many markets cancelled for sensible public health reasons, the city made an extra effort with their traditional outdoor display in the Grand Place.
#gratitude
🙏
#holidayspirit
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Packing family up. Vacuum bag sealing our clothes. Who knew how much could get in a suitcase?! 🧳 Feel like I’ve been in the amateur packing ranks and have been called up to the big leagues. Thank you
@AliaDedhar
& foreign service Facebook group for great advice 💫
#moving
#tips
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When Canada’s most boring bureaucrat met Canada’s funniest political satirist
@markcritch
. I tried to export him, but he’s still here 🇨🇦
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#DYK
@KamalaHarris
graduated from Westmount High School in Montreal,
#Canada
🇺🇸🇨🇦 Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, a cancer scientist originally from Chennai, India who taught
@mcgillu
, brought Senator Harris and her sister to Montreal in the 1970s.
#FriendsPartnersAllies
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🇨🇦 Canada ready to import 15.5 pounds of sterling silver with gold overlay from 🇺🇸
#WeTheNorth
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I was proud to honour the memory of
@DChatsis
, Canada’s first female First Nations’ ambassador, by wearing her beautiful dress. Deborah was and remains an inspiration and it was a privilege to wear
#DeborahsTravellingDress
in Brussels 🇨🇦🇪🇺 1/3
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Je suis fière et honorée de représenter le Canada en tant qu'ambassadrice désignée auprès de l'UE 🇨🇦🇪🇺 Je me joins à mes collègues du monde entier pour promouvoir les valeurs et les intérêts de notre grande nation. Plein de défis à relever!
Le ministre des Affaires étrangères annonce de nouvelles nominations diplomatiques.
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I’ve landed in
#Newfoundland
to meet leaders this evening for the Canada - EU Summit 🇨🇦🇪🇺 The warmth of the lovely people of St. John’s is incredible. How friendly are the locals? Well, my seat mate on the flight in offered me a lift into town! And another, a tour out to Cape…
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The
@TCS_SDC
stands with our Indigenous and Black colleagues, clients & citizens and commits to do our part to end racism. We will continue to act with intention to better serve all Canadians, and to make our global team representative of those we are so proud to serve 🇨🇦🌏
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It’s Friday, so of course there is a guy juggling on a unicycle in traffic outside my office.
#Bruxelles
#Belgitude
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Kids decided I needed a new business card holder for my purse. Pulling this out in meetings with Ministers or CEOs should be fun 🦄🌈
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Canadian 🇨🇦 advice: It’s not snow ❄️ unless it stays on the ground. If it doesn’t, it’s just fluffy rain 🌧 ☔️
#Brussels
#Bruxelles
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Bringing this to the office to help cut trade barriers.
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We came to Amsterdam to visit a very important girl,
@annefrankhouse
. Anne died at 15 in a Nazi concentration camp. Anti-semitism still continues today. We must keep acting against hate of all kinds. Please consider a virtual visit:
#MoreInCommon
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So
@sergeibaka
just said “we are one country”
@StrongerCanada
.
Yes! In this together. Our front line health workers are our heroes 🇨🇦
@celinedion
@perrybellegarde
@SarahMcLachlan
❤️ &
@RealKiefer
on lessons of Tommy Douglas - thank you 🙏
#StrongerTogether
#TousEnsemble
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Evening view from new office
@Canada2EU
. Very grateful to the team & everyone that helped us stay open to serve Canadians 🇨🇦🇪🇺 during these difficult last few months. As we prepare the Mission for a short holiday closure wishing everyone peace and time with family & loved ones 🌟
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Special family trip to Normandy. In 1942 almost 5,000 Canadians 🇨🇦with our allies 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇨🇿🇵🇱 stormed
#Dieppe
. Many were friends of my grandfather in the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry. Within hours, 907 Canadians were killed and more captured or wounded.
#NeverForget
#HamOnt
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Yes! Did anyone else think, “About time!” 🙌 As a 🇨🇦 negotiator on the
@wto
Doha Round I remember looking around & seeing few women. Especially as heads of delegation. It’s time for every country rep to the WTO to ask how their teams will be more representative 🌍
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Random stuff you find in a big move. Anyone remember these
@ParticipACTION
badges? I was an ace at the flexed arm hang & the shuttle run. My twin brother used to kick my butt in speed sit ups and standing long jump. How do I remember this?!
#fitness
#onted
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Honoured to be named one of
@apoliticalco
’s
#Agile50
in government 🇨🇦🌎 Behind everyone on this list is a team whose work is indispensable in transforming
#government
to respond to rapid technological change & disruption, and to improve service to citizens 1/2
#gc
#UX
#digital
These 50
#leaders
are driving
#agile
initiatives to ensure
#governments
can effectively navigate disruptions like COVID-19 and the climate crisis.
#Agile50
@Anjhula
@Ailish_Campbell
@CifuentesAura
@Ed_OlowoOkere
@hourly_radio
@carlos_santiso
@othman
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Celebrating the incredible
@AliaDedhar
🌻 Alia came to our Ottawa HQ team from the high-powered
@TCS_SDC
🇨🇦🇺🇸 network & was a force in everything she accomplished. Client-focused & innovative, she’s off to our Mexico desk. No words to describe how much I will miss her! ❤️💪💃🏻🙏
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@gregisenberg
Give $100 for COVID-19 vaccines for those who cannot afford them. Donate via
@GlblCtzn
with links to
@gavi
#COVAX
initiative to give in your country: The most important thing we can do right now is to help each other 🌍
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This is beautiful. I admire both
@serenawilliams
&
@Naomi_Osaka_
so much. Women are in good hands when we treat each other like this - as competitors that up our games & as people we admire. This is the female advantage.
#leadership
"When I step on the court, I'm not a Serena fan - I'm just a tennis player playing another tennis player. But when I hugged her at the net, I felt like a little kid again."
❤
@Naomi_Osaka_
lets us into her heart...
#USOpen
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Today marks 1000 days of unjust detention in China of two Canadians
#MichaelKovrig
&
#MichaelSpavor
. Today in Brussels we walked in solidarity and to say
#bringthemhome
. Many thanks to the EU & to member states for strong support to end arbitrary detention globally.
Please join us this Sunday in Ottawa or wherever you are to mark 1000 Days of Michaels' unjust detention and to inspire action to
#bringthemhome
Your support and solidarity matters!
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Hiring sexism and a “bias against pregnancy” happens inside the federal public service. Let me give you two examples. I give these examples so we can address them & coach managers to avoid bias.
#LeadersGC
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Happy 5th anniversary
#CETA
🙌 Canada and the European Union make great partners. Together, we keep building on our trusted people ties, research & innovation, protection of the environment 🌿 and dedication to democracy. 🇨🇦🇪🇺🇦🇹🇧🇪🇧🇬🇭🇷🇨🇾🇨🇿🇩🇰🇪🇪🇫🇮🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇷🇭🇺🇮🇪🇮🇹🇱🇻🇱🇹🇱🇺🇲🇹🇳🇱🇵🇱🇵🇹🇷🇴🇸🇰🇸🇮🇪🇸🇸🇪
🇪🇺🇨🇦 Our landmark trade deal with Canada turns 5 today. And it keeps delivering on its promises:
More trade. More jobs. More cooperation.
Watch the video to find out why we love this deal so much. 👇
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Great to see!
@Mairead_Lavery
takes the helm
@ExportDevCanada
. She’s the first female CEO in EDC’s 75-year history 👍💃 What’s more awesome? She knows
#SmallBiz
&
#finance
& her team supporting more 🇨🇦 firms than ever.
@TCS_SDC
with them all the way!
#ambition
#growth
#trade
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Blown away by 🇨🇦 first female Trade Commissioner
@TCS_SDC
Patricia Marsden-Dole. She was given several tough assisgnments, including in war zones, and kept performing. Her resilience and excellence paved the way for women
@CanadaFP
. We will keep going!
#TCSTransformation
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Productive discussion with DG
@Trade_EU
@WeyandSabine
on secure supply chains including for vaccines, therapeutics, PPE and essential goods and services that keep our societies safe & resilient. Canada believes in transparency and global cooperation for all to access vaccines.
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@PACAF
Dear Gen. CQ Brown, Jr - Last night we sat down as a family with our children and listened to you. We discussed racism, again, as we have with our black family members. We commit to act to end racism. Thank you for your strength & leadership. Hope to see you in Canada 🇺🇸🇨🇦💪
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This morning our daughter asked google the age-old question:
“Hey google, why is my Mom so annoying?”
Google answered, “I’m not really in the position to judge.” 🤣
#momlife
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Wow. A must read link. “All five institutions discovered that male employees were rewarded more than women who set and accomplished the same performance goals. The higher up the chain of command jobs went, the more this happened.”
#diversity
#wecandobetter
“People don’t feel like they favor men at work. We think we treat all people equally, rewarding meritorious performance, not identity. But what if there were data proving otherwise? Would you admit gender bias?”
#Diversity
| Your workplace rewards men more
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Silver lining of
#WorkFromHome
? Our kids learning more about what we do. Our daughter told her friend “My Mom’s work helps find
#PPE
around the world. Quality better be good & get on that plane tonight!” 🌏 🇨🇦 She also re-designed my screen saver, knows I love flowers 🌸🌿
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In Italy we were honoured to visit the grave of Lt. J. Cyril Campbell, the oldest brother of our father’s big Nova Scotia family 🇨🇦 Cyril was a member of the
#CapeBreton
Highlanders. He died on 28 September, 1944 and is buried in the Cesena War Cemetery. We will
#NeverForget
💔
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Plant rescue 🌿 Office plants
@GAC_Corporate
have found refuge in the 125 Sussex cafeteria. Les pots sont marqués avec des numéros de bureau pour que les personnes et les plantes soient réunies un jour! Until then, thanks to the amazing team keeping them
#green
🌸🍃 💚
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Canadian advice 🇨🇦 update @ 11h35: we now have photographic proof of snow in
#Brussels
. See accumulation on ground and on statue ❄️⛄️ Additonal
#ProTip
@canadagoose
parkas can now be worn.
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So proud of
@TCS_SDC
and the Canadian Tech Accelerator program we are expanding globally - take a read 👇
#cdnbiz
#cdnecon
#tech
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Check out this Nancy Drew cover and endpaper. Did anyone else want to become a sleuth as a little girl? Nancy taught me to be fearless and to analyze. Fun reading this series with the kids 📚
#summerreading
#mystery
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In 1715 Mary Anne van Outryve opened a shop with her sister in Brugge. They sold Chinese tea, silk, coffee beans from Ethiopia and Yemen via Venice & amber. Imagine being a female entrepreneur 300 years ago. Her sales ledger is pictured below.
#Trade
stories
@MuseaBrugge
. 2/2
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Little
#DIY
project with our daughter & son for
#IWD2021
🌼 Because the girls in their class will grow up to be the women who will lead us.
#leadership
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Told the kids if they found twenty different types of
#birds
and documented them, with names & migration information, there was a special treat. This is a selection of what they came back with.
#Bruxelles
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Train to Zurich. Always appreciate the view, wherever you are ❄️💙
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Honoured to receive the
@CATAAlliance
Public Sector Leadership Award on behalf of the
@TCS_SDC
! Proud to see our support for Canada’s amazing
#ICT
and advanced
#tech
sector recognized. Congratulations to all of my colleagues for this well-earned award!
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Thrilled to join the team
@Canada2EU
🇨🇦🇪🇺 I worked at Canada’s Mission to the EU in 1998-99 for the launch of the Euro, reporting to the Finance Counsellor. Also a stagiaire
@EU_Commission
in DG
#Trade
/ Karl Falkenberg &
@AParentiEU
. Nice to return to
#Brussels
many years later!
A very warm welcome to
@Ailish_Campbell
, Ambassador-designate of Canada to the EU, and to Alain Gendron
@gendroa1
Ambassador-designate of Canada to the Kingdom of Belgium!
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Please put
@Elif_Safak
’s beautiful book “How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division” on your summer reading list. Highly recommend.
#books
#summerreading
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Congratulations to
@Nadia_Theodore
on her new role at
@MapleLeafFoods
. Nadia, you have been a powerhouse for 🇨🇦 trade, entrepreneurs & foreign relations. Thank you for being a champion for women, diversity & and belonging for all. Good luck in your new role!
#leadership
#cdnbiz
Maple Leaf Foods Names Nadia Theodore Senior Vice President of Industry and Global Government Relations. Theodore joins the company from the Canadian Government, where she has filled a variety of roles for 20 years. Read more:
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“I take one mile at a time, 26 miles a day. Sometimes it feels endless...somewhere, the hurting must stop.” Please, if you don’t know
#TerryFox
watch this video. Share it. Please give to cancer research & to hope 👇
#inspiration
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Be Canadian, but not too Canadian 🇨🇦🤣 Great insights from
#ThinkAgain
by
@AdamMGrant
and this one is my favourite: build a challenge network, not just a support network. Who are your most thoughtful critics? Be open to dissenting views & tell them why you respect them.
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Wrapping up an important week in 🇨🇦🇪🇺 relations. Huge thanks to the teams who make these leader to leader visits happen. Proud to work with you! 🙏🙌 Un grand merci aux équipes qui ont permis à ces visites d'avoir lieu. Je suis fière de travailler avec vous!
#CanadaEU
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#Canada
enjoys the highest level of trust among 11 European and North American countries. 75% of the respondents rated Canada a “reliable partner”, followed closely by Germany and Sweden at 73%. Strong testament to our 🇨🇦🇪🇺 partnership!
#CanadaEU
#StrongerTogether
With PM
@JustinTrudeau
on his way this week to
@G7
Leaders' Summit,
#TransatlanticTrends
led by
@GMFus
and
@BertelsmannFdn
offers timely insight into how Canada is poised to lead in a
#postpandemic
world.
@KASonline
@MarcGarneau
@CanadaFP
@Ailish_Campbell
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Wow. Great blog on Canada 🇨🇦 by
#VC
legend
@fredwilson
. “Canada is a great option to locate a team and recruit the smartest people in the world to it. What once was the game plan for
#tech
in the US is now the game plan in Canada.”
More:
#cdnbiz
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Delighted to be in
#India
with
@TradeTeamIndia
& HC
@nadirypatel
🇮🇳 🇨🇦
#Canada
has doubled our exports in the last 10 years. Excited to highlight opportunities for
#cdnbiz
in this diverse and growing market of 1.35 billion. Join us! More 👉
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I like numbers. Especially when they show 🇨🇦 is exporting more in goods & services to more nations and in more supply chains globally 🌏
#trade
#TimeToDiversify
#cdnecon
Video here:
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Happy for Minister Champagne
@ISED_CA
to meet our amazing team
@Canada2EU
🇨🇦🇪🇺 In Brussels & across EU-27 member states we work hard to promote Canadian
#innovation
,
#digital
and environmental cooperation 🌿 Thank you for a great discussion on recovery & social inclusion.
#growth
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+1 Love that Ambassador is a master of the 1 minute complex brief to her President & FM. Some scenes I’ve lived + others remind me of colleagues. Just saying…
@KirstenHillmanA
@Nadia_Theodore
@jacqui_oneill
@Elissa_Golberg
@AyeshaRekhi
@canjenmay
@SandraMcCardell
…
#TheDiplomat
I’m on episode 5 and yes, I like it, esp the one liners, the CIA station chief, the sartorial frustration and the unkempt hair.
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Strong is the new pretty. Got this calendar by
@ktparkerphoto
for our amazing daughter.
#inspiration
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An amazing team promoting 🇨🇦
#cleantech
globally
@TCS_SDC
! C’est le parfait moment pour remercier
@evelia_manach
&
@DanSustech
travaillant ici à Ottawa, pour leur travail soutenu et rigoureux.
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