The future of Canada’s diplomacy is gender parity

At GAC we have made significant strides in achieving gender parity, but we still have a way to go in diversifying the foreign service so that it is truly reflective of Canada’s population.

In 2019, Global Affairs Canada appointed Marta Morgan, left, as the first female deputy minister of foreign affairs. Other accomplished role models who work at GAC today include Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman, Canadian Ambassador to the Czech Republic Ayesha Rekhi, and the Emi Furuya, director, Europe Bilateral Relations, Advocacy, for EU Trade. Photographs courtesy of the Government of Canada, and The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY GRACE LEE

November 3, 2021

In the hallowed hallways of Global Affairs Canada’s (GAC’s) Lester B. Pearson building, portraits of former ministers and deputy ministers adorn the walls, reminding us of some of the country’s most distinguished diplomats who carved Canada’s identity in the nascent days of nation-building. ...

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