Interior Swiss Club
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Consulate General of Switzerland
A Welcome Message from the New Consul General of Switzerland Urs Strausak:
Welcome Message CH Presidents and Executives_STU.pdf News from Consulate General of Switzerland
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 3:37 PM
Subject: A Message from the Consul General of Switzerland
Dear Madam,Dear Sir, On April 8, 2010, the opening reception of the Touring Exhibition Swiss Guides: Shaping Mountain Culture in Western Canada took place at the Harbour Center in Vancouver, BC. This exhibition was initiated by this consulate general of Switzerland. Mrs. Ilona Spaar, PhD (Cand.) was the curator of this exhibition and accompanied the project for the last eight months. This exhibition illustrates the remarkable history of Swiss mountain guides and Swiss skiers in the Canadian Rocky, Columbia and Coastal Mountains and documents their pioneering methods in mountain guiding, mountain safety, skiing and helicopter-skiing. The Swiss guides and Swiss skiers contributed significantly to a mountain culture for which Western Canada is renowned today. This exhibition will be touring from Vancouver to Golden (BC), Lake Louise (AB), Banff (AB), Jasper (AB), Prince George (BC), Smithers (BC), Calgary (AB) and to Eastern Canada. It is therefore, my pleasure to send you today the link for the electronic version of the Swiss Guides: Shaping Mountain Culture in Western Canada, Catalogue: http://www.swissviews.ca/swissGuides.html I trust you will enjoy browsing through the history of these remarkable individuals and the impact they had on mountain culture in Western Canada. Remaining yours faithfully, Walter Deplazes A welcome message from our new Consul General, Mr.Walter Deplazes: Dear fellow citizens,
My last assignment was at headquarters in Bern. Now I have the great pleasure and honour to serve you from the West Coast of this wonderful country, Canada. I entered the Foreign Service in 1973 and have been posted in Portugal, France, New Zealand, South Africa, Turkey, Sweden, Germany and the USA. My wife Siegrid has accompanied me all the way and is with me now in Vancouver. The Consulate General in Vancouver is responsible for a jurisdiction which encompasses the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta as well as the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories. This is, of course, a huge surface. The sheer vastness of Canada in comparison with Switzerland is the main difference between the two countries. Otherwise, we Swiss and Canadians share many similar values. These common views make life and work in Canada both interesting and enjoyable. Siegrid and I are looking forward to meeting you wherever you are. Walter Deplazes Video cassettes, DVD & CD ROMS available on loan from the CONSULATE GENERAL OF SWITZERLAND, VANCOUVER |
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