Based in Australia for 30 years, Canadian journalist Ean Higgins grew up in Montreal, where he attended Lower
Canada College. He is a recent graduate of the Intensive French program and winner of an AJIQ* journalism award for best opinion piece, which began as a class assignment.
2010-2011 Issue 1
Serving a Communications Internship at the Mission of Canada
New York City, September 2010: As I stood in line waiting to get my official United Nations pass, I couldn’t stop wondering about the journey ahead. What’s in store for me as I become an official member of the UN community for the rest of this year? There are so many crucial issues on the UN’s agenda: world peace and security, third-world development, human rights, humanitarian affairs and international law; and so many on Canada’s agenda: Millennium Development Goals Summit, General Assembly, Biodiversity Summit, and the Security Council vote.