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Evadne Coye, Jamaica's high commissioner to Canada, and Anne-Marie Bonner, Jamaica's consul general to Toronto, were regally feted at a community farewell reception marking the end of their tenure in Canada last Friday at the Jamaican Canadian Association, according to a report by Neil Armstrong on www.gleanerextra.com.
Coye, who has been the high commissioner to Canada since January 2007, will return to Jamaica at the end of October as the new permanent secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bonner, who has been consul general in Toronto since April 2006, ended her service on October 5 and will return to a new post.
Audrey Campbell, president of the Jamaican Canadian Association, described both women as representatives of Jamaica who have done Jamaicans proud. A message from the Government of Ontario sent by Jamaica-born Margarett Best, minister of health promotion, described the diplomats as stellar representatives who have given exceptional service in representing Jamaica with pride.
"You did not disappoint us, both of you have served us with distinction and honour," said Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams, president of the Jamaican Diaspora Canada Foundation (JDCF). Ffolkes-Abrahams described the high commissioner as being rooted in Jamaican culture and said Jamaicans here were blessed to have her.
Coye, who has been the high commissioner to Canada since January 2007, will return to Jamaica at the end of October as the new permanent secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bonner, who has been consul general in Toronto since April 2006, ended her service on October 5 and will return to a new post.
Audrey Campbell, president of the Jamaican Canadian Association, described both women as representatives of Jamaica who have done Jamaicans proud. A message from the Government of Ontario sent by Jamaica-born Margarett Best, minister of health promotion, described the diplomats as stellar representatives who have given exceptional service in representing Jamaica with pride.
"You did not disappoint us, both of you have served us with distinction and honour," said Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams, president of the Jamaican Diaspora Canada Foundation (JDCF). Ffolkes-Abrahams described the high commissioner as being rooted in Jamaican culture and said Jamaicans here were blessed to have her.
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