Diplomatic Circles

Protocol became ‘even more important’ in a world of virtual diplomacy, says Canada’s chief

Stewart Wheeler says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's virtual meeting with new U.S. President Joe Biden was a way to use technology to start building a relationship with the new administration.

Stewart Wheeler had to adapt to a much changed world of protocol during the COVID-19 pandemic. He is pictured with Armenian Ambassador Anahit Harutyunyan during a January diplomatic house call. Photograph courtesy of Twitter/Stewart Wheeler

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BY NEIL MOSS

April 14, 2021

In a post typically full of diplomatic meetings and state visits, Canada's chief of protocol had to find out how to keep the world of protocol afloat. For Stewart Wheeler, his work went from one week celebrating a national day at an embassy with elbow bumps to having all state visits and int...

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