Diplomatic Circles

‘Ambassador to the ambassadors’ leaves post after navigating diplomatic upheaval

From state visits to monarch's funerals to 'bicycle diplomacy,' outgoing chief of protocol Stewart Wheeler reflects on four and half years on diplomacy's front line.

Stewart Wheeler, centre, welcomes U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and First Lady Jill Biden to Ottawa on March 23.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY NEIL MOSS

August 30, 2023

As Canada's central link to Ottawa’s diplomatic community, Stewart Wheeler spent four and a half years co-ordinating high-level international engagements amid major upheaval and revival, while also navigating the shifting terrain that is the future of dipl...

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