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Union fêtes diplomats working on Syrian refugees, Afghan security

Four women won the 2016 PAFSO Canadian Foreign Service Officer Awards on June 9 at the Shaw Centre.
Former prime minister Joe Clark, left, Immigration Minister John McCallum, third from left, and Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion, right, with award winners, from left, Mona Yacoub, Jacqueline Kalisz, and Brigitte Fournier. Another winner, Karen Bongard, was unable to attend.
OTTAWA—Working as a mission security sector specialist at Canada’s embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Karen Bongard’s everyday movements are limited by the fragile security environment in the war-torn country. On the days she is permitted to leave, she’s become accustomed to mo...

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