“Today women are engaged in every facet of global affairs, from policy making to deal making, from arms control to trade, from the courtroom of the War Crimes Tribunal to the far-flung operations of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Even in the United Nations Security Council, there is, thanks to President Clinton, one skirt to balance the fourteen suits. I like to think that is just about even odds.” -Madeleine Albright
DATE: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 TIME: 19:30 SPEAKER: Sarah Fountain Smith, Canadian Ambassador to Chile TOPIC: Women in Diplomacy
Ambassador Sarah Fountain Smith graduated from McGill University in 1989 with a BA Honours in Classics. She joined the Department of External Affairs and International Trade in 1989 and has since served abroad at Canada’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York and the embassies of Canada in Argentina and Brazil.
In Ottawa, she held several management positions, including Acting Director of the Regional Security and Peacekeeping Division from 2003 to 2005 and, from 2005 to 2007, as Director responsible for relations with Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay as well as Canada’s engagement in the Summit of the Americas process and the Organization of American States. From 2007 to 2009, she was Director responsible for Canada's relations with the United States of America. Since August 2009, Ms. Fountain Smith has been Ambassador of Canada to the Republic of Chile. Ambassador Fountain Smith is a graduate of the Executive Excellence Leadership Program of the Canada School of the Public Service. She speaks Spanish, Portuguese, French and English. She is married to Richard Smith and they have two children.
Link to the Embassy's website and an introductory message from Ambassador Fountain Smith: Embassy of Canada
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2010 Monthly Meeting Dates
March
31, 2010
April
28, 2010
May
26, 2010
June
30, 2010
August
25, 2010
September
29, 2010
October
27, 2010
November
24, 2010
January
26, 2011
February
23, 2011
2010 Events
May 12, 2010 - Fall Cocktail
July 28, 2010 - Winter Dinner
October 13, 2010 - Spring Cocktail
November 27, 2010 - Member's Holiday Dinner
Location of Monthly Meetings
Our Monthly Meetings are usually held at Hotel Director El Golf (Carmencita 45, Las
Condes), one block east of the Apoquindo-El Bosque intersection on the
north side of Apoquindo. Limited garage parking is available at the hotel
free of charge. The hotel is mid-way between the Tobalaba and El Golf Metro
stations. Sign-in and refreshments begin at 7:30 pm, meetings start at 8:00
pm and typically last about 1.5 hours.
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