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Senior officers mark Canada 125 Celebrations Senior officers from RCMP Head­quarters including the Commis­sioner joined Secretariat employees on May 15 for coffee and doughnuts to mark the Force's participation in Canada 125 celebrations. The Commissioner ordered that RCMP members across the country would wear their ceremonial red serge uniforms for the day . RCMP secondees to the SolGen were no exception. ADSG Wendy Porteous hosted the "small" gathering which was brightened by an impressive display of scarlet tunics. Special thanks to Madeleine Wesley and her network of contacts who co ­ordinated the logistics.

Shown from (1. tor.) Deputy Commissioner Michael Shoemaker, RCMP Commissioner Norman Inkster, ADSG Wendy Porteous, Inspector Paolo Vani, Deputy Commissioner Gilles Favreau and Deputy Commissioner George Allen.

Ursula Menke appointed Inspector General of CSIS

Ursula Menke

Ursula Menke has been appointed the new Inspector General of CSIS. She joined the Secretariat on May 19.

Ms. Menke is a lawyer whose most recent position was Senior Cor­porate Advisor in the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions.

She has also worked in a number of federal government departments as a Department of Justice lawyer.

Ms. Menke was born in Germany and raised in Montreal. She studied law at McGill University.

She replaces former Inspector General Richard Thompson who left the Secretariat in January to become the Senior Assistant Deputy Minister of Justice responsible for all departmental Legal Services, as well as Commercial and Property Law.

We wish Ms. Menke and Mr. Thompson success in their new duties. Richard Thompson

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Welcome

Romola Trebilcock arrived in Saskatoon as Senior Policy· Advisor (Off-reserve Policy Development and Coordination) as of June 1. She comes to us from the Secretary of State.

Christine Lamothe from the Department of Justice has been named as Secretary to the ADSG, Corrections.

Elana Barrett has joined the Toronto Regional Office as clerical assistant. She comes from outside the Public Service.

Sharon McCue has joined the Aboriginal Corrections Group as a Policy Analyst on a nine-month term. She was formerly with the Department of Justice's Aboriginal Justice Initiative.

Brenda Bildfell is joining the Vancouver Regional Office as a clerical assistant.

Good-bye

Mariette Renaud has left her position as Secretary to the Director, Institutional Policy, Corrections Branch to join the Minister's Office at the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs.

Changes

Alison MacPhail has been appointed Director General, Research and Strategic Policy, Corrections Branch. She will assume her new duties when she returns from maternity leave in October.

Jeanne Caron has accepted an acting assignment as secretary to the ASDG, Planning and Management Branch.

Richelle Leonard of Human Re­sources has accepted a secondment to Federal Law Enforcement Under Review (FLEUR).

Lise Giroux has accepted a six­month assignment as Coordinator of Administration for the Aboriginal Policing Directorate. ·

New Arrivals Gisele Parent of SPOD gave birth June 4 to a 9 lb., 1 oz. boy. Daniel Robert and his mother are doing well.

TRAVEL LING MAN Jim Diamond of Human Resources is the ideal candidate to compile TEMPO's Comings and Goings section. Born at Cold Lake, Alta., Jim moved eight times before he was 18, thanks to his father's postings with the Air Force. He clearly has experience of coming and going. If there are changes in your office, please call Jim at 990-2666.

Secondee with a suitcase A new job in a new city can create situa­tions unfamiliar to established and long­time Secretariat em­ployees with deep roots in the Ottawa area.

Consider the case of Inspector Darrell Madill who works in the Aboriginal Policing Directorate on secondment from the RCMP.

Darrell has been living out of a suitcase in a hotel since his arrival in

Ottawa in February. He expects to move his family from Portage La Prairie to their new home in Navan at the end of the school year.

An 18-year RCMPveteran, Darrell, his wife Ruth (herself a former RCMP officer) and their family have lived in communities in Saskatchewan, the Northwest Territories and Manitoba.

We hope his stay with the Secretariat will be long, enjoyable and only briefly lived out of a suitcase. Welcome.

O.P.P. Supt. Ed Robertson opens a bag of jellybeans presented to him at a farewell reception. He has returned to police duties in Toronto after serving in the NSCC.

Paule Morin of the Montreal Region Office of Executive Services gave birth June 9 to an 8 lb., 7 oz. girl named Camille.

Corrections Branch retreats to Lach ute The Corrections Branch of Secre­tariat gathered in Lachute, Que. on May 28-29 to review the past and plan for the.future.

Words of welcome from the Deputy Solicitor General and a general review of Branch activities served to fill the agenda of Day One.

Food for thought was followed by food for nourishment. Plates were replenished at the buffet table more often than was thought possible.

Day Two was devoted to future planning. At the end of the retreat, staff were given the option of returning to the office for 4 p.m. Friday or calling it a week.

Believe it or not, at least one unnamed Branch member was seen later at 340 Laurier catching up on missed E-mail!

John Walker

Ginette Collin joins legal branch Ginette Collin of the Department of Justice has joined the Secretariat Legal Services. Her most recent assignment was with the Depart­ment of External Affairs

She will deal mainly with files relating to tripartite agreements for policing services on Indian reserves.

Ms. Collin joined the Department of Justice in 1984 where she held various positions including legisla­tive drafter in the Privy Council Office (Justice) and in the Legislation Section.

An expert in administrative law, Ms. Collin was seconded to the Canadian International Trade Tribunal from 1989 to 1991.

She then returned to the Depart­ment of Justice and was assigned to the Domestic Legal Services of the Department of External Affairs until her arrival at the Secretariat.

Caroline Fobes

CAMPAIGN COORDINATION TEAM

A United Way/Healthpartners Campaign Coordination Team has been busy in the Secretariat since mid-May to organize a successful 1992 campaign. The kickoff for the annual campaign is Sept. 15. Shown are (1. to r.) Mike Theilmann, Communication (Communications Group);

Louise Lacell.e, Supplies Officer (NSCC); Doug Dalziel, Campaign Coordinator (RCMP and Enforcement Policy); Lise Giroux, Training Officer (Aboriginal Policing) and Peter Hill, Treasurer (SPOD)

Bear versus bureaucrat

Imagine a wilderness lake after sunset. Just enough light remains for me to catch a shadowy movement. A large black bear has entered our campsite in search of his evening meal.

He lumbers to our food pack and rips off the fibreglass cover our outfitter assured us would keep food odours in and animals - at least small ones - out.

I bang the lid of a small coffee pot, producing a small sound which arouses the curiosity of our visitor. He rises on his hind legs, stares me in the eye and judges (correctly) that I am not a threat but may be a nuisance.

The bear picks up the 50-pound food pack in his mouth and moves off 20 feet to resume snacking. I

trail him noisily at a distance. He moves again, and I follow. And again.

I am clearly disturbing his dinner. So he hoists our food pack and walks away into the bush with it. There's no way I'm going to follow. There are worse fates than hunger!

I recover the remains of the food pack the next morning to prove to the outfitter what happened to his equipment. Our metal cooking pot has a hole punched clear through it. Whether caused by jaws or claws is irrelevant.

After this experience, the 'bearpits' of the bureaucracy hold no terrors.

J.S. Stanford

(The latest in a series of anecdotes from Secretariat employees)

Deputy welcomes summer students Summer students were welcomed to the Secretariat at an orienta­tion/welcome session on Monday afternoon, June 8.

Deputy Solicitor General Joseph Stanford and Assistant Deputy Solicitor General for Corrections Greg Fyffe each spoke to the students about the Ministry.

Students then had an opportunity to ask them questions about the work of the Secretariat, including the new Aboriginal Policing Branch. After the speeches and questions, the students took the opportunity to get to know each other over soft drinks and munchies.

There are 40 students working in the Secretariat this summer

Yves Dube Linda Cayer Lyle Shipley Sandra Case Jeff Dillabough Denis Lapointe Peter Chisholm Anne-Marie Persaud Gurmeet Dhaliwal Robert Gerden John Toogood Gillian Balfour Camille Collett Nathalie Giroux Courtney Vallentyne Michelle Wagner

Our human resources We are committed to maximizing the unique contribution of each employee towards the fulfilment of our Mission.

People are by far our most important resource and each of us has a contribution to make to ensure that this resource is developed to its full potential. Collectively, as well as individually

according to our role in the or ganization, we must promote the recruitment of qualified personnel, the professional development necessary to achieve the potential of all employees, a sense of stimulation and challenge for each of us in our work and the recognition of excellence for work well done. Above all, we must communicate with each other.

Chief librarian joins Secretariat ,_- The Ministry has a new Chief

Cecilia Muir shows the lack of space in the Ministry library with the arrival of more books and files.

Librarian! Cecilia Muir is on a six­month secondment from the National Library while Heather Moore is off doing exciting things for the Gender Equity Task Force.

The Ministry library recently underwent a major evaluation to clarify its role within the Ministry.

The result of this evaluation has generally been an increased focus on the Library's role as an information service and a greater emphasis on delivery of service.

Cecilia encourages all Ministry staff to visit the Library to take advantage of the broad range of information sources available, to consult about information needs, or to just stop by and say hi!

Roadrunner Jim Armit (above) of the NSCC joined the Michigan State University cross-country team in 1955 after being scouted in his hometown of Hamilton, Ont. for an athletic scholarship. Jim trained with the Hamilton Olympic club before travelling to East Lansing, Mich. to study police science at MSU.

EN ROUTE - Ahmed Mafouz, a familiar face to Secretariat em­ployees as head chef at Shaffy's Place, will spend July and August in his birthplace at Elnabi, Lebanon.