Message from the Ambassador

On behalf of the staff of the Canadian Embassy in Mexico City, our Consulate General in Monterrey, our Consulate in Guadalajara and our network of Honorary Consuls throughout Mexico, it is my great pleasure to welcome you to our website.

I am honoured to have been named Canada’s Ambassador to Mexico, particularly at a time when Canada-Mexico relations have never been so diverse or so strong. More

Upcoming events: Cultural, Commercial

• Remarks by the Ambassador of Canada to Mexico, Guillermo E. Rishchynski on the occassion of unveiling of the Canadian Inukshuk. Tenth Anniversary of the Monterrey Chapter of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce,
  October 31, 2007, Monterrey, Nuevo León. (Spanish)
   
• Press Release. Canada Responds to Mexico Floods (Spanish)
   
• The New Canadian Ambassador, H.E. Guillermo E. Rishchynski, Presented His Credentials to Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Wednesday, October 24, 2007.
  
  (link to the Mexican President's Office website in Spanish only)
   
• eDiscussion on Canada's Role in North America
• The Government of Canada launches the following scholarship and grant programs:
  - The Government of Canada Awards (GCA) for graduate students. The deadline for submitting the applications is December 3, 2007 at the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Academic Exchange Office, and November 26, 2007 at the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs' delegations throughout the Mexican Republic.
  - The Faculty Enrichment and Faculty Research Grants on Canadian Studies for professors and academics in Mexican institutions of higher learning. The deadline for submitting the applications is December 31, 2007. More
   
• President Calderón visits Canada for North American Leaders' Summit and Bilateral Meetings
  
  
  - Results of North American Leaders' Summit
  - Joint Statement by North American Leaders
  - Canada and Mexico: A Joint Action Plan for 2007-2008
  - Joint Declaration on the creation of a Canada-Mexico Working Group on Labour Mobility