OTTAWA, Canada.- H.E. Ambassador Kamal Bashah Ahmad, dean of the Diplomatic Corps in Canada, granted special recognition for the second time to the Dominican Eugene Matos G., professor of public diplomacy at the University of Ottawa and a law graduate from the Law School of that institution.
“I am pleased to present this scroll to Dr. Matos, a long-time diplomat and one of the first public diplomacy specialists in the Americas, who has been a collaborator for more than three decades on behalf of our diplomatic and consular corps in Canada,” Kamal Ahmad said.
The delivery took place on the occasion of the 4th Canada’s Ambassadors of the Year Awards Ceremony, held at the Professional Development Institute of the University of Ottawa.
The event was attended by 48 ambassadors accredited to Canada, senior officials of the Canadian Foreign Ministry, representatives of international organizations, members of the consular corps, the Canadian press and special guests.
Other merit awards were received by the Director of Protocol of the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Civil Law at the University of Ottawa and the publisher of The Hill Times newspaper.
