Canadian Expatriates, its contributors, and readers have been invited by Foreign Affairs Canada to participate in a series of eDiscussions. The current topic is “Showcasing Canadian Culture and Know-How Abroad”.

We are asked to consider the following questions:

What role does Canadian culture and know-how play in our foreign policy?

How might the government best promote Canadian talent and expertise in the world?

The eDiscussion runs from April 4 to May 6, 2005. At its conclusion, a summary of the discussion will be sent to senior policy planners.

The Expat admin team encourages its readers to join in the eDiscussion at the Canadian International Policy website.

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The administration team is currently searching for Canadian expatriates who would be interested in contributing to the Expat Blog. The subject matter is wide open, but must remain family friendly.

If you are interested in joining our blogging team, please send an email our way!

Thank you!

Now available in thirty-two delicious flavours!

Well, maybe not thirty-two new flavours, but there are a few new features to the site.

First, we have a new message board! The new board features regional forums; a dynamic members map, enabling expats to find fellow Canucks in their particular region; as well as a killer arcade, which records the high scores and has been dutifully broken in by Mr.Expat. Unfortunately I was not able to transfer the membership files, so that means that previous members will have to sign up once again. Sorry folks. The new message board is available to Canadian expatriates, folks who have emigrated to Canada, and Canucks who still call the Motherland home.

Visitors to the site may also notice the addition of The Expat Roundup and Expatriate Resources. The Expat Roundup provides a one stop source for the ten most recent headlines of your fellow bloggers. It is intended to be a portal to raise awareness of (and traffic for) Canadian expat bloggers. To include your blog in the roundup, simply email us your feed url. Initially, the idea was to file the blogs alphabetically, but it may make more sense to file them according to location. The Expatriate Resources page allows for vendors and those who run their own expatriates communities to add their links to the site.

Other recent additions include the Suggestion Box, and The Expat Poll.